Bearing Forged Into Fine Woodworking Tool

Bearing Forged Into Fine Woodworking Tool

We all know bearing are made of tough steels. See how I make a classy woodworking tool out of a ball bearing cage!br I am a novice when it comes to blacksmithing so no worries, easy techniques and common machines.br br Index of operation and materials:br 0:18 Cutting a slot in the cage so it's easier to openbr 1:32 Flattening the lip of the bearing cagebr 2:17 Isolating handles materialbr 2:59 Forging bevelbr 3:10 Drawing out handlesbr 3:58 Bending handlesbr 4:32 Hardeningbr 4:58 Straightening in visebr 5:15 Cleaning scales so I can see tempering colorsbr 5:22 Temperingbr 6:00 Grinding into shape with 2x72 belt grinderbr 7:02 Rockwell test files. Hardness between 60 and 65 Rcbr 7:15 Polishing with cotton wheel and fine polishing compound(hand sanded off camera to 1200grit)br 7:43 Turning handles of mystery woodbr 9:35 Drilling hole for tang. 5mm diameter and 11.5mm deepbr 10:10 Cutting off excess handle with bandsawbr 10:29 Fitting and glueing fullerbr 10:43 White mineral oil on wood (hand sanded off camera to 320grit)br 10:57 Refining tang shape and measurementsbr 11:23 Driving in handles with press fitbr 11:51 Honing the edge with a belt strop. No secondary bevel.br br br Thanks a lot for watching, I hope you liked the video!br Suggestions and comments are welcome.


User: Rescue & Restore

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Uploaded: 2022-03-20

Duration: 14:39

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