Hi
I have been wanting and needing a Guillotine tool for a long time and decided I wanted to make it my self and do a "how to" while I made it.
This tool is used instead of a top and bottom tool for the hardy hole and is also a kind of spring fuller and can be used in knife making, sword making and general blacksmithing.
It is the blacksmiths 3th. hand and allows you to make fullers and other thing and still work alone and not need help to do some things I find that very good since I most of the time work alone and with no one to help me.
I hope this helps some one to make one for them self and maybe improve the design.
First before doing any of this make sure you use the right safety equipment while working, all tools and power tool are dangerous to use if used in a wrong way and you follow this How yo on your own risk and all responsibility is your own. stay safe.
needed tools:
a hacksaw
metal file
clamps
welder (MIG, ARC or TIG I used MIG for this)
6 and 8mm metal drills and a drilling machine
small hammer and a rule
Nice to have:
drill press
angle grinder grinding and cutting disks
steel needed
I have used 10mm mild steel plate to make the main body from, any thing can be used I recommend using something a bit thick as it will make it more stable.
here is a pic of the pieces
The sides are cut on a band saw and milled out in side the "C"
here is a pic of the drawing I made in autocad for it
the two side pieces showed above can also be cut out with a anglegrinder
6 pieces of 40x80mm for spacers between the sides
a piece of 25x100x150 for the bottom it is important that this is made of some thing thick and heavy since this is the part that takes all of the impact from the hits.
a piece of 25mm square pipe 45mm long to hold the spring
a piece of 6mm round 25mm long for the bottom of the square pipe so the spring don't fall out
another piece of 6mm round 52mm long for inserting in the top tool and over the spring so it can lift the tool up after a hit. (I used stainless 316 as I had that in 6mm but any thing will do.)
steel for the tools I made from 5160 spring steel it is not important that it is a hardnable steel if you only are going to use it for hot metal, but I like to harden mine. the top pieces is 15x79x100mm
the bottom part 15x79x55mm
they are only 79m wide so that they has a loss fit and don't jam.
and a spring that will fit inside that square pipe that is just so strong that it will lift the top tool but not throw it out of the Guillotine.
It is important to clamp the pieces together before welding it. I use a small hammer for lightly hitting the pieces in the right place after clamping it in place so that the sides are 100% even.
and when you weld it up remember to follow the same order to do so that I show here or you might end up trapping in some sides and get a hard time reaching them latter on.
here are some pics and I'll explain along the way
before welding any thing up it is important to put a spacer between the sides in the top so that they don't get bent or twisted when welding in the bottom.
here are the sides and some spacers clamped up to get the right wide between the sides when I weld them to the thick bottom plate.
next I have clamped up the two spacers on each side of the bottom tool and put in some cardboard or folded paper to get a loss fit when changing the tools
and then welded in the spacer in the back
and then I clamped up the top spacers with the top tool and some cardboard between to also get a loss fit here
I also clamped the tool together to get em to hit
and then weld up the from spacer and take out the spacer behind the tool "Dies" and drill a 8mm hole 14mm from the bottom of the plate and in the centre from the sides and with a hack saw cut out a groove and file a bit to make it even this is for the 6mm round in the top tool"dies" to top of the spring
next I clamp it all up as before with cardboard and weld it up
the I take the 45mm long square pipe and to the same thing to also make a groove in one of the sides
more in part 2. (due to the limit on how many pics in one post..)
I have been wanting and needing a Guillotine tool for a long time and decided I wanted to make it my self and do a "how to" while I made it.
This tool is used instead of a top and bottom tool for the hardy hole and is also a kind of spring fuller and can be used in knife making, sword making and general blacksmithing.
It is the blacksmiths 3th. hand and allows you to make fullers and other thing and still work alone and not need help to do some things I find that very good since I most of the time work alone and with no one to help me.
I hope this helps some one to make one for them self and maybe improve the design.
First before doing any of this make sure you use the right safety equipment while working, all tools and power tool are dangerous to use if used in a wrong way and you follow this How yo on your own risk and all responsibility is your own. stay safe.
needed tools:
a hacksaw
metal file
clamps
welder (MIG, ARC or TIG I used MIG for this)
6 and 8mm metal drills and a drilling machine
small hammer and a rule
Nice to have:
drill press
angle grinder grinding and cutting disks
steel needed
I have used 10mm mild steel plate to make the main body from, any thing can be used I recommend using something a bit thick as it will make it more stable.
here is a pic of the pieces
The sides are cut on a band saw and milled out in side the "C"
here is a pic of the drawing I made in autocad for it
the two side pieces showed above can also be cut out with a anglegrinder
6 pieces of 40x80mm for spacers between the sides
a piece of 25x100x150 for the bottom it is important that this is made of some thing thick and heavy since this is the part that takes all of the impact from the hits.
a piece of 25mm square pipe 45mm long to hold the spring
a piece of 6mm round 25mm long for the bottom of the square pipe so the spring don't fall out
another piece of 6mm round 52mm long for inserting in the top tool and over the spring so it can lift the tool up after a hit. (I used stainless 316 as I had that in 6mm but any thing will do.)
steel for the tools I made from 5160 spring steel it is not important that it is a hardnable steel if you only are going to use it for hot metal, but I like to harden mine. the top pieces is 15x79x100mm
the bottom part 15x79x55mm
they are only 79m wide so that they has a loss fit and don't jam.
and a spring that will fit inside that square pipe that is just so strong that it will lift the top tool but not throw it out of the Guillotine.
It is important to clamp the pieces together before welding it. I use a small hammer for lightly hitting the pieces in the right place after clamping it in place so that the sides are 100% even.
and when you weld it up remember to follow the same order to do so that I show here or you might end up trapping in some sides and get a hard time reaching them latter on.
here are some pics and I'll explain along the way
before welding any thing up it is important to put a spacer between the sides in the top so that they don't get bent or twisted when welding in the bottom.
here are the sides and some spacers clamped up to get the right wide between the sides when I weld them to the thick bottom plate.
next I have clamped up the two spacers on each side of the bottom tool and put in some cardboard or folded paper to get a loss fit when changing the tools
and then welded in the spacer in the back
and then I clamped up the top spacers with the top tool and some cardboard between to also get a loss fit here
I also clamped the tool together to get em to hit
and then weld up the from spacer and take out the spacer behind the tool "Dies" and drill a 8mm hole 14mm from the bottom of the plate and in the centre from the sides and with a hack saw cut out a groove and file a bit to make it even this is for the 6mm round in the top tool"dies" to top of the spring
next I clamp it all up as before with cardboard and weld it up
the I take the 45mm long square pipe and to the same thing to also make a groove in one of the sides
more in part 2. (due to the limit on how many pics in one post..)
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i have made the design from many different ones i have looked at all over the net might have looked at Nicks to not sure..
It's a compliment. :thumbup:
