Small Drawknife

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Jun 6, 2018, 03:01 AM
Mikhandmaker

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Small Drawknife
https://youtu.be/MXzR5p5AMnM
I have always been fascinated by tiny woodworking tools so I have decided to create my own collection. I have started with a small drawknife using an old file and a broken hanger for the handles.

Although the result is perfectly valid for being used, my idea is to keep it as a part of a future wider collection.

If you like the video please Subscribe to my Youtube Channel

Materials
- Old file
- Hanger wood
- Brass rod
- Cyanoacrylate
Annealing is a process in which heat is used to soften metal to improve its malleability and make it easier to work.

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Jun 6, 2018, 07:39 AM
Paul Jones

Mikhandmaker,

Very beautiful tool making starting with an old file. You have a very informative video production with all the steps.

Regards, Paul
Jun 6, 2018, 08:03 AM
mklotz

Beautiful work indeed. If you haven't seen it already, check here...

http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/t...obertson-51427

for a bit of further inspiration.
Jun 6, 2018, 08:09 AM
rossbotics

Great work and beautiful job

Doug
Jun 7, 2018, 01:20 AM
Rorschach

Very nice, I am planning to make a similar knife from an HSS planer blade, still working out how to do the bent tangs though.
Jun 7, 2018, 01:30 PM
Mikhandmaker

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Originally Posted by Paul Jones

Mikhandmaker,

Very beautiful tool making starting with an old file. You have a very informative video production with all the steps.

Regards, Paul

Thank you very much Paul, it's a pleasure to hear that from you!!
Jun 7, 2018, 01:31 PM
Mikhandmaker

Quote:

Originally Posted by mklotz

Beautiful work indeed. If you haven't seen it already, check here...

http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/t...obertson-51427

for a bit of further inspiration.

I hadn't seen it, thank you very much for your contribution!!
Jun 7, 2018, 01:32 PM
Mikhandmaker

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Originally Posted by rossbotics

Great work and beautiful job

Doug

Thank you very much for your support Doug!!
Jun 7, 2018, 01:35 PM
Mikhandmaker

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rorschach

Very nice, I am planning to make a similar knife from an HSS planer blade, still working out how to do the bent tangs though.

If you decide to make it, I'd like to know how finally you bent them!! Thank you.
Jun 7, 2018, 01:43 PM
Rorschach

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikhandmaker

If you decide to make it, I'd like to know how finally you bent them!! Thank you.

I think it might be possible with oxyacet but I don't have that. I will probably have to cut notches and get some mild steel welded on.
Jun 9, 2018, 02:49 AM
DIYer


Thanks Mikhandmaker! We've added your Drawknife to our Woodworking category,
as well as to your builder page: Mikhandmaker's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

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Jun 10, 2018, 05:59 AM
Moby Duck

Xyz

I have a couple
Jun 10, 2018, 06:01 AM
Moby Duck

Rorschach - I have a couple of quality planter blades about 14 inches long that I salvaged thinking that they might make good knife blades. I gave one of them a bend test and was surprised that it bent quite easily. Bent at least 10 degrees and didn't return or snap. You may find that the shaped tangs will be easy to bend.
Jun 10, 2018, 06:10 AM
Rorschach

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moby Duck

Rorschach - I have a couple of quality planter blades about 14 inches long that I salvaged thinking that they might make good knife blades. I gave one of them a bend test and was surprised that it bent quite easily. Bent at least 10 degrees and didn't return or snap. You may find that the shaped tangs will be easy to bend.

Was that heated or cold? If it was cold they could be carbon steel. Mine are definitely HSS and won't bend. I know for certain because when I wanted to use a small piece for a tool, I put it in my vice and hit it with a hammer and it snapped clean off.
Jun 10, 2018, 06:46 AM
Moby Duck

Bent cold, bright and shiny, ground finish, looks like HSS to me. Came from a ship repair planer where cost didn't matter, so I was expecting HSS and expecting it to snap.
Jun 10, 2018, 08:25 AM
Rorschach

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moby Duck

Bent cold, bright and shiny, ground finish, looks like HSS to me. Came from a ship repair planer where cost didn't matter, so I was expecting HSS and expecting it to snap.

Interesting. Maybe due to the size it was deferentially hardened so only the edge was hard and the rest was softer. I know mine are hard throughout and won't bend and take a lot of work to grind into shape.
Jun 10, 2018, 04:07 PM
Moby Duck

You may be right about being deferentially hardened. Perhaps these blades, that are chip free and sharp, have been sharpened so many times that the hard edge has been removed, and perhaps that is why they were being thrown away.
Jun 10, 2018, 11:04 PM
Rorschach

They may also have been carbide blades, they only have a small strip along the cutting edge, if that had been sharpened away you would be left with a tough but malleable steel.
Oct 8, 2018, 08:05 PM
Woodsmith1951

Mikhandmaker, I so enjoyed your video and will try to make myself one soon.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikhandmaker

https://youtu.be/MXzR5p5AMnM
I have always been fascinated by tiny woodworking tools so I have decided to create my own collection. I have started with a small drawknife using an old file and a broken hanger for the handles.

Although the result is perfectly valid for being used, my idea is to keep it as a part of a future wider collection.

If you like the video please Subscribe to my Youtube Channel

Materials

Old file
Hanger wood
Brass rod
Cyanoacrylate

Annealing is a process in which heat is used to soften metal to improve its malleability and make it easier to work.

Attachment 24125
Mikhandmaker, I will begin to follow your fine work. I so enjoyed the video. Will try to make myself one soon. Woodsmith1951
Oct 8, 2018, 10:11 PM
Hemi

NICE job!!!!!!!!! Question tho, as you call it a "Pull Knife" doesn't that make it more a Spoke Shave? (I might be thinkin' of another tool thats very similar tho.....)

In any case IMPRESSIVE work for its size!!!!!! And a NICE finishing touch on the handles!!!!
Jan 10, 2019, 04:33 PM
aphilipmarcou

Very inspiring video there.
Were you using cyno glue to polish with?
An observation: the grind angle on the knife looks too steep (in the video) and if it is so then the knife would work better with a lower angle.
I think you will build up a nice collection of mini tools.....