Freshly made #289 nickers

Re: Freshly made #289 nickers

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>Have you made knickers for a #46? If so, how much would they cost? I will be sending an order your way in a couple months I think, but will have to save up my money for a little while.

A question Jim...

Scott Burr in foggy Ben Lomond,CA

>Are you going to be producing them? I'd love a pair...

The problem with #46 nickers

jim reed @ Tallahassee

>is that they are tapped and screwed in from the rear. I need to find some tinsey-winsey screws.

Yes

jim reed @ Tallahassee

>I am ordering some stock and will be working on my recipe. I think I can improve on the 2 hrs to make one. I already have some orders and I found out last night that one of my dang planes has the wrong style installed. I never looked. Gotta replace that one for sure.

Re: The problem with #46 nickers

kenc

>I bought a pair of 46 nickers off ebay as my 46 was missing one. As you say, the bigger problem is the screws - small, strange size with a non standard pitch. Good ol' Stanley!

Heat treat

Jim in Burlington Ontario

>Jim how would you heat treat something so small?

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jim reed @ Tallahassee

>The problem with heat treating such a small piece is distortion during hardening and quenching. and would not fit. Probably still too brittle after tempering and would crack around the ring or at the blade tip. Because of these problems, I do not think that the originals were heat treated. My collection bears this out. Most spurs are easily scratched with a pocket knife. Most of them also show wear from use. Leads me to believe they were never treated. At any rate, I am not going to heat treat these. The spur leaves a long scratch--much less work than a blade. I think they will last a long time.