The ScratchStock... |
 Decided
it was time to try my hand at some stringing so I needed to make myself a
scratchstock. Figured I might as well make it to last so a bit of Buloke
should do the job! All a bit fancier than it needs to be to function bit
it's my scratchstock so I'll do as I please.
Having the mini-metal lathe now allows me to make knurled thumbscrews and
the like which adds to the pleasure of making your own gear. Pretty
straight-forward construction - hardest part is making sure the square hole
is perpendicular to the face of the fence.
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The blade is a chunk of inch wide hacksaw blade, in this case sharpened to
cut a 2mm wide groove. I've got a few more pieces of hacksaw blade to create
other profiles when the need arises.
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Using it... |
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I was quite amazed at how well this worked. I scored a line along the short
sides where the groove was going to be going across the grain with a knife
for fear of it tearing out. Don't know if the fear was justified but it cut
the rest out much cleaner and easier than I expected. The corners where the
scratchstock was starting and finishing were cleaned up with a sharp knife
as my narrowest chisel is 3mm wide. |
I used some Sally Wattle for the stringing which I sized in one direction on
the drum sander - the other direction didn't matter as it was to be levelled
off after being glued in anyway.
Worked out pretty good for a first-timer I thought!
(Excuse the pics - note to self - don't use phone to get pics for
website!) |
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