New tool PIC

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Phil Joines Krum, Texas

>Why not grind one from an old screw driver?

I made mine

Chuck Ludwigsen

>I made my own from an old 1/2" scraper. Works GREAT. I will pay good money for bowl gouges, roughing gouges, and such. But a specialty tool like this which is simply designed to make a process that I can do with other tools easier... well, I got to try the "make" approach before the "buy" approach.

Just my 0.02

Chuck.

Phil and Chuck

Terry Quiram

>How do you grind the profile. Do you have a seperate grinding wheel that is rounded?

Terry

My thought exactly

Dominic Greco in Richboro PA

>or make one out of an old 1/2" wide scraper like Chuck did.

Unless they sell this tool for a very low price, I'd make my own (It's also a lot of fun).

You know,....I just had an idea. You know the Sorby Micro Shear Scraper they sell? Well, it's basically a tool holder. You could make a tool holder out of 1/2" rod, then just buy a piece of tool steel and form your own bead making tool! You could even make different profiles!

I think I'm gonna make this up real soon. I have some scrap tool steel laying around and I have a large shop built shear scraper in the works at the moment. It wouldn't take much to add this configuration to it.

See ya around,

Dominic

Re: Phil and Chuck

Chuck Ludwigsen

>Basically yes, Terry.

I had an older wheel that had the edge kinda rounded. I set the tool platform so that I was getting about a 65-70 degree bevel and went straight in with the centerline of the tool in line with the edge of the wheel. As I pushed in, I slid it to the side keeping it straight. Gee that is hard to describe.

I took shallow passes and just worked it till the shape came out.

I also drew out a 1:1 scale pic of how I wanted the tip. I used a computer drawing program but a pencil and compass would still work.

So after every few passes, I just laid it down on the drawing to compare. Once I was on the lines, I was done.

Chuck

Old Wheels

Bill Howatt

>A while back somebody asked what could old worn-down wheels be good for. This seems to be one answer.

Bill

Re: Got a Dremmel or die grinder?

Al Crandall

>Hi Terry. I'd rough away most of the unwanted mass with the sharp corner of my bench grinder's wheel and finish it with a hand held grinder. A carborundum stone can be used to dress the hand held grinder's mounted wheel to the desired diameter to produce the bead size you want. Alternate between the two coves on the turning tool so that as the grinding wheel wears away the shapes you are making will be the same size.

Re: New tool PIC

Ron Sardo in PA

>I don't think this tool is needed.

I use either the heal of a skew to cut beads or lay the skew flat like a scraper with the longer part working the wood to form the beads.

Re: Got a Dremmel or die grinder?

Phil Joines Krum, Texas

>That's what I do. Because I make a bunch of tools one grinder has a 60 grit wheel for roughing. For something like this one I'll round over the edges with a dresser to get the profile. I also made a collar to hold the Dremmel in a vise. It's easier for me to hole the tool I'm making than to clamp the tool and hold the Dremmel.

Re: New tool PIC

Peter Teubel

>Can't see the picture so I can't comment.

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Juergen

>OK, All you guys that made the tool answer the 1st question how well does it work? I envision this tool would really speed up covering the outside of a hollow form with beads, a la Wally Dickerman.

You decide

Chuck Ludwigsen

>Both teh top and bottom beads of these grinders were formed with the tool I made. They took about a 4th of the time it took me to form similar sized beads with a skew and they are more uniform than my skill level can reliably reproduce with a skew. I'm glad to hve this tool in my arsenal and glad that I made it instead of buying it.

Chuck.