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S. Heslop:
I'd very much appreciate some photos. I was looking on google image search and saw all kinds of funny shapes for drawknives and it did confuse me.
Also with skill thing... it's silly but I take that sort of thing personally. A few years ago I took it all serious, and really believed that alot of these things were inaccessible to mere mortals like me. At least not without 2 years of training under a Master Artisan. So it always bothers me when that sort of stuff crops up.
vtsteam:
Okay, Simon, I'll take some photos tomorrow in good light. Maybe even if I get a chance this next week do a very short video of using it -- they really work well.
Maybe I'll take a photo of the spokeshave I have and never used after the first few tries! It looks very similar to yours! :beer:
S. Heslop:
I got the spoke shave working a bit better. Filed the paint off then scraped it a bit. Not a perfect scraping job i've got contact along the front of the blade. I now look like this.
I also solved the stud problem by just removing the studs. It's easier to adjust it by tapping the top of the blade with a hammer when its snugged up a bit.
vtsteam:
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S. Heslop:
Trying to anneal the files. Be able to see if it worked in a few hours I suppose.
Using Rob Wilson's fire bricks and John Mill's burner. Didn't take long for them to glow. In all honesty I almost forgot I had both of these. I rediscovered the fire bricks in the corner of the garage a week ago where i'd stored them so neatly that they were near invisible.
I probably would've been best just blocking the ends of the 'forge' off, but I didn't fancy my chances of the heat soaking through the bricks and doing a number on the patio furniture. So I stuck them in the fire.
Continuing the theme of not thinking ahead I also forgot to get anything to grab the files with. Burned my fingertips through the welding gauntlets.
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