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Dang, your tang is looking good. :thumbup:![]()
I was going to do the Bocote one last but I thought I'd better get some practice in. An hour and thirty eight minutes to peen the key. I think I'll shorten the others up, this one was .0625" proud on each side before peening, I'm gonna take the rest down to .05", that should cut about 40,000 taps out!!
Tigger approves.
Yeah, I curve out the inside corners of the scale so that only the surface is square, and the key corners are smoothed out. The corners of the key under the surface are radiused more so they don't push on the inside corners of the scale. If that makes sense. Kind of like the key under the surface is slightly hourglass shaped.
The center has some divots as well for the epoxy to grab into. As I peen, I try to move the pin back and forth, a couple of taps, check, a couple of taps, check. It doesn't get much outward pressure, when I get to the point where you can barely feel a tiny movement, I quit. The epoxy is a good tell as well, when it's very close to being done, it will ooze up around the edges, just a tiny bit.
I can try to take some pictures of the next one I do as I go along if you guys would like. Boring process, but might interest some. I need to get a tripod that I can set up for stuff like that.
Something no man should ever say to another...Dang, your tang is looking good.
Thank you for that. These are the things that nobody bothers to think about when buying custom made items. The patience required to painstakingly tap 5,700 times while uncomfortably making sure that each tap lands correctly and does what you want it to do without any misteaks. [sic]
By the way, that wood is freaking gorgeous.
Something no man should ever say to another...
That little hammer was my great uncles, I'd never heard of Bonney, but it's of great quality.Thanks for taking the time (more time) to take and post your process! And a shot of your anvil and your "bonney lass"!:thumbup:
Sometimes there's a point where ya gotta admit defeat and toss it, its hard to do!Trust me I know the feeling, they make good letter openers too.![]()
Glad you guys found that at least interesting. You're right about the paperweight Mike, I constantly tell myself to stop and be patient, if I ever need a reminder of why, I look at the box of paperweights from when I started out!![]()