Made an awl
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[quote quote=58763] (BTW : what wood is that ?)
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Figured maple. I had a bit left over from a lamp I turned for a friend.
Looks great, can you give us any tips? Did you use a grinder or just a file or both? How do you make sure the point is dead centre? I am going to make one as I haven’t been able to find one I like, the square ones seem to be hard to find here in Australia.
I have a belt grinder which I used to rough out the point and then touched it up with a file. Next time I’ll just use a file as the grinder was too aggressive. I’m not sure about dead centered. I just eyeballed it and it seems to work fine.