Neillarson wrote:
I have asked this question of Darrell Feltmate also and I am sure that
I will get good info from him, but I thought I would see what other
sources there are.

I want to make some of my own tools. I have found an easy source for
the actual bits, but I am still looking for the tool shafts. Any help
would be great.

Another question, I have not yet seen any of these athat are home
made, but, I can't help but wonder at how the shaft stock is drilled
for the bits. The bits are square stock and the shafts are round. Got
any ideas of how to get a square hole in a round bar?Thanks

Neil Larson

I'm sure you don't plan to make the shaft out of tool steel. I used a
piece of round steel bought at Lowe's. I believe it is 3/4 diam. Had
a friend with a metal lathe to drill a hole in the end that the bits
would slip into. drilled and tapped two side holes for hex set screws
to hold the bit in place. The shaft is about a foot long and the other
end slips into a piece of pipe with two set screws to hold the shaft
in place.

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Cochran, GA

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