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I just finished this spokeshave out of maple using Logan Cabinet Shoppe’s pattern. The blade is O1 steel and I’ll harden it using Paul’s method. Lots of fun to make & works great!
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You must be logged in to view attached files.27 April 2015 at 6:12 pm #126777Hey, that’s great Gary. I’m very interested in this – you said it works great. Are the screws just simple 1/4-20 machine screws or similar? I’m also interested in the knurled nuts – I was recently looking for a special size knurled nut (12-20 thread), but could not find it. Do you have a good supplier?
Oh, and I guess you had to tap the O-1 steel blade to screw it to the handle, right?
27 April 2015 at 10:26 pm #126780That looks very nice Gary.
Matt, Veritas has a hardware kit with every thing you need except the wood. It wouldn’t be as cool as building one from scratch though. 🙂
http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?p=49710&cat=1,50230&ap=1I bought the knurled brass nuts from a company called Albany County Fasteners on eBay. A bag of 25 for $11.25 with free shipping. The set screws and threaded rod along with 1/4×20 tap and the 8-32 tap for the set screws were bought at the local Ace Hardware and the O1 steel was bought on Amazon; a 1/8″ x 3/4″ x 18″ strip. If your local store doesn’t have the threaded rod, you can just take brass or steel machine bolts in that size and cut the heads off…..Amazon’s O1 steel was cheaper than eBay due to shipping charges. I emailed Bob at Logan Cabinet Shoppe and asked what angle to use on the blade. He said 25-30 degrees, but that it’s really not that critical. One word of caution: Don’t drill the holes for the set screws too close to the 1/4″ holes or the wood will break out in between (yes, I initially constructed a really nice piece of maple kindling!)
28 April 2015 at 12:45 am #126786Hi Gary
It looks good I have made two, one with a round bottom, they will last for ever.
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