Handy-dandy knife handle drill thingy

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Patrick56

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I got the idea for these from a follow forumite's web site. Can't remember who right now, but he's in South Africa. Had some good tutorials too. I had just set up my new Grizzly mini mill and wanted to make something (hopefully useful)and not too difficult. My machining skills aren't any more developed than my knifemaking skills ;) They really do work keeping everthing lined up and parallel to the drill press table.


Anybody else have any other ideas for simple shop made tools that work?

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Looks good, Patrick! But what about stability and holding steady? Could you make one leg of each longer and mill it to fit your T-slots? Would that improve safety or just make it more cumbersome?

Take care.

Andy
 
They're very stable, much better (for me anyway) than trying to hold everything steady with a couple of C clamps holding everthing together. The reason I didn't make them to fit the T slots is so I can freely move the knife on the drill press table to drill all the holes.

No, I don't plan on selling them, it took me a long time to make these (I'm slow:))and it would cut into my knife making time! I'd be happy to send anyone the dimensions I used if interested to make your own. Send me an email pprouty@socal.rr.com .

Patrick
 
TJ
I cut the basic shape on a bandsaw, the drilled out as much material as I could, then finished them off on the mill. I used 11/16" 6061 aluminum plate because I happened to have some, but I imagine 3/4" or 5/8" would work just as well. The important thing is to make sure that the sufaces the steel rests against are parallel to the bottom of the feet. I used an 1/8" end mill to get a tight radius in the top section to keep the overall width to a minimum. I already had the knurled knobs (I'm not sure what they were for, I saw them in a surplus store a few years ago and bought some because they looked like they might be useful someday) they had 1/4-28 threads so I cut pieces of all-thread and siver soldered them together.

Patrick
 
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