Radius cutter
please let me know when you start building these for sale and a price because I am definitely interested
Brett
please let me know when you start building these for sale and a price because I am definitely interested
Brett
Neil's Radius Thingy
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Agreed 100%
I started buying the cheapy blades. 50 for $5. 2 tips, one per side. Maybe one more if I'm lucky.
Then the Carbide tipped blades. 50 for $30. Get 4 to 6 cuts from one sometimes. Stanleys. Pretty sure Irwins are better.
Going into the 5th or 6th cut, if I'm doing a Chrome Tanned tip, I may as well use a butter knife. Thats what it feels like sometimes. And here I thought that it was just me that felt that way.
I too, have a little plastic bin off to the side, filled with good blades.
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Sorry , I am not going to commercially make these.
I can send to you a set of drawings for the parts if you want to make one yourself or get one made.
Neil.
It is a bit of a shame. I have already gushed plenty over this setup, but I can see how
thumping them out by the dozens might be more than you would want to take on.
Besides, even slick as it is, how many tip guys would be willing to pay what it would
take to make production worth your while? Very few I suspect...
Dale
I'll tell you what, let's start the week off with some alternative thinking.
What do you guys do when your drill-bit gets dull?
Do you buy a new one or sharpen the one you have?
Do you even know how to properly sharpen a drill-bit?
Same question for carbide lathe tool-bits. Do you know how to sharpen them?
If not, you're wasting your 'hard-earned' money.
How is this relevant to this thread?
I've been using the same blade for trimming/shaping tips for at least 3 yrs.
The one I had prior to my current one lasted 10 yrs before I lost it.
I spend absolutely nothing on blades.
It's about cutting-edge geometry.
Learn it and you'll never buy another blade for trimming/shaping a tip.
But hey, it's your money, spend it on what you want.
I prefer to buy Brazilian Rose.
KJ
What do you guys do when your drill-bit gets dull?
Do you buy a new one or sharpen the one you have?
Do you even know how to properly sharpen a drill-bit?
Same question for carbide lathe tool-bits. Do you know how to sharpen them?
If not, you're wasting your 'hard-earned' money.
How is this relevant to this thread?
I've been using the same blade for trimming/shaping tips for at least 3 yrs.
The one I had prior to my current one lasted 10 yrs before I lost it.
I spend absolutely nothing on blades.
It's about cutting-edge geometry.
Learn it and you'll never buy another blade for trimming/shaping a tip.
But hey, it's your money, spend it on what you want.
I prefer to buy Brazilian Rose.
KJ
Very nice work.
My instincts are to wring the last drop out of tools but sometimes it's a trap.
I use utility knife blades a few times and then pitch 'em. And yes, it bothers me a little every time, but they're cheap and my time is precious, so I get over it quickly.
I resharpen my own drills, larger sizes anyway, but I can never get them perfectly symmetrical, so they drill a tiny bit oversize. I have about 2 sets of these.
I keep a brand new set of drills for the times, usually in metal, when the size has to be dead nuts.
I love Neil's tip tool. What a nice piece of work.
Robin Snyder