In a dim and distant past as a toolmaker I learned of a bewildering
variety of steels. Each was suited to a more or less range of
purposes. Some of the steels were suited to high impact work, others
to a more sedate work. They could be classified as tool steels and
then hot rolled or cold rolled. Cold rolled, as the name implies, is
worked by the manufacturer to its dimensions while the steel was
cold. Hot rolled, yeah, you guessed it, while the steel was hot. Hot
rolled is a bit softer and bends easier than cold rolled. Cold
rolled, to my experience, has a nicer finish.
As to where you can get it, I get mine (cold rolled) at the local
hardware store. Gerald's jamming the tool into a piece of pipe is
also a good way of attaching the tool to the shaft.



On Sep 10, 11:07 am, Neillarson wrote:
You are correct, I don't really want tool steel but I wasn't sure what
to call it. Now that I look back, it is "Cold Rolled Steel" that is
used on the Oland toolds and on Darrell site.

Of course, now the question is, what the h*ll is cold rolled steel?

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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Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

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