What to do with a piece of Rex T15

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Adam Reese

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Hi guys,

A while back I bought a surface grinder at an auction. Well, I sold the surface grinder, but kept all the misc stuff that was inside the cabinet. In it there was this piece of T15. It is 3/4" x 1" x 7". It is precision ground on all sides, and I tested it on my hardness tester and it came out at 68!!!! wow.

The auction was at a factory where they made drill bits and reamers and end mills and what not

So my question is....What in the world can I do with this thing? Any thoughts or suggestions?

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Get a piece of fossilized tyrannosaurus bone or tooth and make the handle from it. Make the blade a stick tang with integral bolster. It will be a Rex-T blade with a T-rex handle. Use the phrase like "Both the blade and the handle are Hard to Beat" , and "This knife took millions of years to make" as advertising. That has to be good marketing!

Unfortunately, the forming of the blade will require water jet cutting and serious milling and shaping ability.
 
Haha! Yeah Stacey, that's what I was thinking! Excellent marketing!

Really though, I don't have the time or tooling to make this into a knife! I can't imagine what it would take. I was just wondering if there was another use for it. If I can't use it, there is no sense of me keeping it, that's why I was wondering. I don't like to have things laying around that have no purpose.

-Adam
 
I have no idea what it is. It may very well be for a big lathe. 3/4" by 1" is pretty stout. That would make sense considering where it came from though
 
It is a lathe tool blank. You could form it into a big fuller cutter and build a fullering sen. Round the end and relieve it at 15°.

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These tool bits are catalog items in McMaster Carr and Grainger, etc. Find a tool shop who does lathe work and give it to them so it doesn't go to waste. They can be pretty pricey at a size like that one.
 
JG,

I'd love to make a set of file guides, but I think it would be a little thick for that.

Javand, I figured MSC would be outrageous! I guess I just can't believe people pay that for stuff!
I wasn't worried about how much it cost really, because I got my money back when I sold the surface grinder, I was just shocked they were that expensive

Stacy already claimed this one.
 
I bought a couple similar pieces cheap off ebay years ago. Still have one, but the other one got forged into a knife. It forges much easier than M4.
 
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