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In this video I make a knife parting tool out of an old table saw blade and a piece of mahogany. This tool is used to part off thin pieces of wood when woodturning.
I begun by cutting the blade to size with my angle grinder. The angle of the front is 45 degrees.
I then used a file to clean the burrs.
On the drill press I drilled all the holes needed.
You can flatten the sides with sandpaper glued on a piece of a plexiglass. But using a belt sander is much faster. You should dip the blade in water from time to time, to avoid over heating the blade. I also used a wood block to help me keep the blade at 90degrees.
I hardened the tip of the knife. With a propane torch I heat it to red hot level and dipped it in oil to harden it.
Then I made the handle and glued it with 5 minute epoxy. I made the brass pins on my machinist’s lathe but you can buy ready made ones.
I shaped the handle using a chisel, a plane, a file, a spoke shave and my belt sander.
I finished the piece with mineral oil.
It worked really nice. But that was it see you soon with a new project video.
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