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Knurling 5/16” brass shaft to press-fit into the 2” dia. maple cylinder.
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Using my arbour press to install the brass shaft into the maple. It needs to be inserted dead square.
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Cutting grooves with filleted bottoms in 2” diameter hard maple. Custom ground cutter (old spade drill).
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Add water to leather edge and burnish.
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This is an awesome, slicked leather burnished edge!
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Custom ground lathe bit.
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Cobalt steel is easy to shape on a cool grinding wheel.
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Cutting precise grooves with 0.5mm increments.
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Sugar maple burnishing tools.
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Ground a larger radius cutting edge on the other side of the bit.
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Burnisher 4 with large and small radii grooves. The note pad lists the groove sizes (0.03” increments).
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Burnishing support table for drill press.
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A beautifully burnished edge of a strap.
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Turning #5, with 1/8” between slots and bottom half slot.
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#5, added a half slot to bottom so any leather thickness can be burnished.
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Mounted on a 1/2” grinder shaft
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Press-fit brass bushing with set screw. More secure than threaded wood.
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Mounted on a 1/2” grinder shaft
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Spinning smoothly at 3450 RPM!