Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)
I wanted to jump right in with my new milling machine so I thought a small infill would be perfect! I underestimated the labor involved by 2 miles, even using the mill I cut it close and hand filed the dovetails to fit. It's 99% built from scratch – the screw came from the hardware store (common 1/4-20 in case it ever need replaced). Everything else was machined in my home shop, even the blade. The intended use is to clean up joinery, especially dovetails and easing /chamfering edges.The sole is mild steel, sides and clamp are brass and the blade is 5160 steel. The bed angle is an ultra low 10 degrees and I put a 30 degree bevel on the blade honed to 800 grit. There's room for improvement but it tested nicely for me!
The wood is figured /tiger maple and in the right light you'll see ribbons across it.
The whole thing is coated in Renaissance wax. My pictures on the black granite background are from right after applying the wax- mistake! It looks much better in Joe's (Pointer) pics so I used a couple of his here.Here are some pics of the process.
Cutting tails first
Setting up the vise to cut pins
ready for assembly
Getting there!
I didn't take pics from this point to the finish, it was all blur! The blade was cut from a piece of 1/8” 5160 knife steel, I put a 30 degree bevel on it with the mill then hand honed the flats and bevel on my granite surface plate. It was hardened using a torch til non-magnetic, quenched in peanut oil and tempered in the shop toaster oven.The clamping block was machined from a slice of 1-1/2” square brass bar I had on hand and the pivot pin is 3/8” stainless bar.Overall the sole is about 3×1-1/2” and I hope it is a great user for years to come for Joe!Thanks to Kenny & Dave K for pointers along the way!!