Making an elephant foot

[PJs]

Thanks Marv! Unfortunately I'm not a real machinist but do love sharpening and pretty good with it most of the time all the way up to my 27" Katana and pretty much anything else...but gouge angles . Just made a shallow hollowing tool for a wood working guru friend and he's way happy...now the hard compound bend ones and why the interest in your bender.

Never really thought about the cutting geometry of a threading die but your method makes good sense to me. If I can get a couple more runs out of them it would be great. I'll give it a try on some to see if I can do it. Thanks Much! ~PJ