Gentle Galoots,

Ron Harper talked about what to use for a cutter for a marking gauge. Here's a
picture of a marking knife I made from an ordinary hacksaw blade. The handle is
cherry, and I used cutler's rivets from Lee Valley.

http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10215/MarkingKni
feScaled.jpg">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10215/Marki
ngKnifeScaled.jpg

The blade is thin and flexible, and has a single bevel. It works well in tight
spaces.

My adult son has gotten interested in quality kitchen knives. For his Christmas
present I bought a chef knife kit from Woodcraft and put some rosewood scales on
it:

http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10215/ZhenChefsK
nifeScaled.jpg">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10215/Zhe
nChefsKnifeScaled.jpg

That rosewood came to me from Galootaclaus a few year's back. Galootaclaus told
me he bought it in a shop in Cairo, Egypt.

--
Chuck Taylor
north of Seattle

On 10/23/2014 3:27 PM, Chuck Taylor wrote:
> Ron Harper talked about what to use for a cutter for a marking gauge. Here's a
picture of a marking knife I made from an ordinary hacksaw blade. The handle is
cherry, and I used cutler's rivets from Lee Valley.
>
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10215/MarkingK
nifeScaled.jpg">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10215/Mar
kingKnifeScaled.jpg
>
> The blade is thin and flexible, and has a single bevel. It works well in tight
spaces.
I knew there was a good reason for me to save those old unimetal hacksaw 
blades!

Don

McMaster Carr still sells carbon steel hacksaw blades. They are coated in paint
and heavily decorated. I'll strip some and see what is underneath. That and cut
a blade up for marking knives and scratch stock blades. We'll see how it goes.

Jeff

> On Oct 23, 2014, at 8:47 PM, Don Schwartz  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 10/23/2014 3:27 PM, Chuck Taylor wrote:
>> Ron Harper talked about what to use for a cutter for a marking gauge. Here's
a picture of a marking knife I made from an ordinary hacksaw blade. The handle
is cherry, and I used cutler's rivets from Lee Valley.
>> 
>> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10215/Marking
KnifeScaled.jpg">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10215/Ma
rkingKnifeScaled.jpg
>> 
>> The blade is thin and flexible, and has a single bevel. It works well in
tight spaces.
> I knew there was a good reason for me to save those old unimetal hacksaw
blades!
> 
> Don
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On 10/24/2014 10:15 AM, Jeff Oberg wrote:
> McMaster Carr still sells carbon steel hacksaw blades. They are coated in
paint and heavily decorated. I'll strip some and see what is underneath. That
and cut a blade up for marking knives and scratch stock blades. We'll see how it
goes.
>
> Jeff

Everything I know about steel could be printed on a matchbook. That 
said, I have wondered whether steel banding - used to secure loads on 
trucks and - might make useful blades.

Don

What I know about steel would probably fit on two matchbooks. That said Google
is helpful. Steel strapping is usually selected for toughness and strength
rather than hardness. The exact type of steel isn't listed any where I can find.
Given its primary use I wouldn't expect it to be a tool steel. Fortunately there
is a source besides hack saw blades. Bandsaw blades, jig saw blades, utility
knife blades, concrete nails, and many other things can be annealed, shaped,
hardened, and tempered. I don't have a charcoal grill al home any more but I
have been seriously considering setting one up just to anneal some concrete
nails for tool making and woodwork.

I tell you the more I get into Galoot pursuits the more metal working I am
doing. I'm thinking about teaching myself casting so I can cast beds for infill
planes. I must be insane.

Jeff

> On Oct 24, 2014, at 12:51 PM, Don Schwartz  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 10/24/2014 10:15 AM, Jeff Oberg wrote:
>> McMaster Carr still sells carbon steel hacksaw blades. They are coated in
paint and heavily decorated. I'll strip some and see what is underneath. That
and cut a blade up for marking knives and scratch stock blades. We'll see how it
goes.
>> 
>> Jeff
> 
> Everything I know about steel could be printed on a matchbook. That said, I
have wondered whether steel banding - used to secure loads on trucks and - might
make useful blades.
> 
> Don
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On 10/24/2014 12:15 PM, Jeff Oberg wrote:
> McMaster Carr still sells carbon steel hacksaw blades


If you have a  Bosch or Bosch style jig saw those blades are killer hard 
and hold an edge like nobody's business. I dunno what the steel is, but 
it holds up well like it was high cobalt M8 HSS.

Jigsaw blades and alen keys heated and flatend also made good knife blades.

Pete

Sent from my brain

> On 24 Oct 2014, at 21:13, Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq  wrote:
>
>
>> On 10/24/2014 12:15 PM, Jeff Oberg wrote:
>> McMaster Carr still sells carbon steel hacksaw blades
>
>
> If you have a  Bosch or Bosch style jig saw those blades are killer hard and
hold an edge like nobody's business. I dunno what the steel is, but it holds up
well like it was high cobalt M8 HSS.
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On 10/24/2014 10:49 AM, Jeff Oberg wrote:
> What I know about steel would probably fit on two matchbooks. That said Google
is helpful. Steel strapping is usually selected for toughness and strength
rather than hardness. The exact type of steel isn't listed any where I can find.
Given its primary use I wouldn't expect it to be a tool steel. Fortunately there
is a source besides hack saw blades. Bandsaw blades, jig saw blades, utility
knife blades, concrete nails, and many other things can be annealed, shaped,
hardened, and tempered. I don't have a charcoal grill al home any more but I
have been seriously considering setting one up just to anneal some concrete
nails for tool making and woodwork.
>
> I tell you the more I get into Galoot pursuits the more metal working I am
doing. I'm thinking about teaching myself casting so I can cast beds for infill
planes. I must be insane.
>
> Jeff
>
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Springfield, Or .97478

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"Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good
with ketchup"

Rather than insane, I prefer the description 'quaint' 


But to return to the point.  If you want to make an infill, you just double
dovetail some steel together, and add a blade and tote.

The archives have many postings on the topic 


Richard Wilson
Yorkshireman Galoot
in Northumberland


 

On 24 Oct 2014, at 18:49, Jeff Oberg wrote:

> What I know about steel would probably fit on two matchbooks. That said Google
is helpful. Steel strapping is usually selected for toughness and strength
rather than hardness. The exact type of steel isn't listed any where I can find.
Given its primary use I wouldn't expect it to be a tool steel. Fortunately there
is a source besides hack saw blades. Bandsaw blades, jig saw blades, utility
knife blades, concrete nails, and many other things can be annealed, shaped,
hardened, and tempered. I don't have a charcoal grill al home any more but I
have been seriously considering setting one up just to anneal some concrete
nails for tool making and woodwork.
> 
> I tell you the more I get into Galoot pursuits the more metal working I am
doing. I'm thinking about teaching myself casting so I can cast beds for infill
planes. I must be insane.
> 
> Jeff