Hidden Tang Tool

[nc_cooter]

Cleaning up the drilled holes in a hidden tang handle was at best a chore. I tried grinding a sheetrock saw blade down and it was better,but still not good. Doing a search showed tools that could be purchased for this task. Being buget limited ,as usual, I came up with this.



Bandsawed a slot in 1/4"barstock and inserted a 6tpi bimetal jig saw blade. Welded the slot and ground the sides to a little over 1/8" thick to get the insertion length. It cuts on the pull stroke and works great. Will add a handle for more control.
Your comments are welcomed.

[Tom Buchanan]

looks like it oughta work,cooter.you test drive it yet?i may have to be a copy-cat.

[B . Buxton]

A sawzall blade works really good. ou can grind the spines down to make them long and thin also. They are super aggressive and you can get them in several different lengths, just rig up a wood handle and your in business.

Have fun,

Bill

[indian george]

I use one of the Roto-Zip cutting drill bites in my Dremel.

[nc_cooter]

Used the new tool on 4 hidden tang handles today and it worked great, even on curly maple and stag. The relative stiffness of the blade makes it easy to apply pressure where you want it. Try it.

[Tom Krein]

Don't worry about a handle...heres what to do. Grind parallel flats on the round stock and then you can clamp it in your vise (at the angle of comfort for you) hold on to the handle material and go to work. I have fitted several hundred handles in this way and it works great.

Tom