Power broach

[MSCantrell]

Now I won't claim to be the first person to ever do this. because it's simple enough that it's surely been done before, BUT I've never seen it on BFC, so it's worth a post.

This is a reciprocating saw blade, ground down to fit within a 1/4" drilled hole. It opens up those blocks for hidden tangs like a champ.

Now if there were just a painless way to slot guards.

Mike

 

[nc_cooter]

Made one using a bi metal blade about 4yrs ago. Silver soldiered to a 3/8" rod. Still using it.

 

[Phil Dwyer]

Here are a few links along similar lines...

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=660356
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...81&postcount=6
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...36&postcount=6

 

[Brad Richardson]

on the painless (well almost)way to slot gaurds, I drill the apropate size holes(using a drillpress)then, up the speed on the press and change the bits out for an 1/8" carbide bur to remove the remaining material. works great with brass& ns havent tryed S.S as of yet,hope this helps.

 

[Justin King]

Jigsaw blades usually require less grinding if you can find ones long enough.
You can even stack them up to get a wider cut.
Before I heard of this trick I made a couple of keyhole rasps out of 0-1 which work very well too.

 

[MSCantrell]

Oops, should have mentioned that the fun part of this is letting the reciprocating saw do the cutting too!
That is, instead of doing it slowly by hand.

 

[BrianThie]

Interesting.