I MACHINED MY FIRST PIECE TODAY!!

[wachuko]

Congratulations!! That came out great! Can't wait to see it with the wood handle.

I will add that channel to my favorites. Had not seen it.

https://www.youtube.com/@TomsTechniques/featured

 

[RJSakowski]

Bravo! An excellent job!

 

[hotrats]

Looks great! Sadly, I'm still in the being proficient at making scrap metal phase... (I never thought it'd last this long...)

 

[toprecyler]

Looks good. Great satisfaction from making your own tools.


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[FOMOGO]

Nicely done. Mike

 

[AKFAB]

proud of you sir - such a great feeling. My modo is See One, Do One, Teach One!

 

[higgite]

Well done. You do know that’s a gateway to the dark side, right? You’ll never be normal again.

Tom

 

[RaisedByWolves]

Looks great! Sadly, I'm still in the being proficient at making scrap metal phase... (I never thought it'd last this long...)

Don’t worry, I’ve been doing this for 3 decade's and still make scrap.

Really nice scrap, but if it’s not what it’s supposed to be or just bugs me in some way it’s tossed.

 

[Calandrod]

Congratulations!! That came out great! Can't wait to see it with the wood handle.

I will add that channel to my favorites. Had not seen it.

https://www.youtube.com/@TomsTechniques/featured

Here it is with the walnut handle. It’s hard getting a tight fight up against the brass. I’ll have to keep working on the design.

@Boswell and @toprecyler I made another one! I added some improvements: chamfered the ends and actually gave the hole a taper. I’m looking forward to making more tools. It is already addicting.

@AKFAB I like that motto!