I made this little cutter to make the spindle gasket for my Hardinge TM, which is finally going back together. It uses No. 11 X-acto blades. I may add a dowel for the slot in the blade, but maybe not. It worked fine on a cutter mat. The pivot is a hand ground point on a set screw locked by a second set screw.
That's purdy, Pete.
--Winston
Thanks Pete - that looks handy!
Mart> I made this little cutter to make the spindle gasket for my Hardinge
Makin' the tools that fix the tools... thanks for the moment of non- suck.
Dave
Ramen, brother.
--Winston
WHAT?? No vernier adjustment on the blade protrusion ?? tsk tsk
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He'd likely have put on a micrometer action if he didn't use a micron visual comparator.
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Nice looking tool. I am curious about something however, why did you choose such a large chunk of iron to hold such a small blade? And would not a tapered center point be much easier to spot correctly?
My guess is that it prevents tipping of the blade carrier and digging in.
I think that a small part of it is tapered, but again you are benefiting from the large surface area of the holder preventing tipping and gouging of the gasket material.
Enjoy, DoN.
That was my reasoning, DoN, which worked well in practice. To Roger's point, I did find that on the second cut, relocating the center was a pain. However, it was easily solved in about 1 second by picking up the cut disc, setting it on the pivot with the cutter held upside down, then flipping the whole thing back over on the cutting mat.
Other than the blade pin, the only other thing I might do is cut the rod down to a reasonable length. 8" would probably be plenty for anything I might encounter.
Pete Keillor
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