Jointer's knife

[Cliff Rogers]

First effort, copied from a pic in one of the woodwork supplier's catalogues.

To get an idea of the size, the pad it is lying on is A4.

Handle is dead finish, ferrule is brass, blade is HSS from Majafang.

The handle took about 15mins; I spent hours farhting around polishing the metal, I think my next one will be better & take less time. :o

PS. Excuse the crappy pic, I won the camera at a trade night; I guess they couldn't sell it.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Looks good, Cliff, and a nice size. I'm sure you'll enjoy using it!

I'm also sure you'll end up making a few more... I find they're like pencils; you need one on every flat surface in the shed in order to be able to find one when you need it.

[Andy Mac]

Nice work Cliff, came up a treat!:D


Cheers,

[Terry B]

Looks very nice.
Sorry to be obtuse but what is it used for? I thought a jointers knife was a butchering tool.

[Bodgy]

Looks very good Cliff.

I've made a couple, but you're far in front. I find one does need the L or R handed blade tho.

[Cliff Rogers]

Thanks all, my next one will be better, this one is(was to be) a present for a friend, maybe they will get the next one.

...Sorry to be obtuse but what is it used for? .....
Kind if like a chisel version of a stanley knife.

You can run the flat side of the blade along a steel rule to score(cut) a line in surface fibres of timber to mark out & it helps to prevent grain tear.

You can use it to clean out the corner of a joint.

You can use it to open paint tins. (Try that with ya stanley knife. ;) )

[TTIT]

Nice one Cliff :). I've been wanting to do the same thing for a while now but can't find any HSS the right thickness. How thick is your blade?

[Groggy]

I like it Cliff, it looks comfortable to hold. Does it have a 'flat' to stop it rolling?

[Cliff Rogers]

Blade is 5mm thick & 12mm wide, cut from a round nose scraper that was too long & whippy to be useful.
I cut the spear point for the but end with a thin disk on an angle grinder while I had the handle of the old tool clamped.
I then cut it across to length & clamped the cutoff piece to cut the diamond point on it.
Ground & buffed it & fitted it to the handle with epoxy.
The old tool has been cut to an angle scraper for cutting dovetail groves for my chucks.

The handle does have flats on it.

[TTIT]

OK - I've got some 5mm HSS there (some old planer blades) that I thought would be too thick:(. Might give it a go after all. :)Thanks Cliff.

[Cliff Rogers]

Yeah, if you cut them roughly to shape with one of those super thin cutoff wheels in an angle grinder before you head for the regular grinder, that saves heaps of time & heat.

They are just a short, super sharp, diamond point shear scraper.

[dai sensei]

Nice job Cliff.


You can use it to open paint tins. (Try that with ya stanley knife. ;) )

I would have thought it would pierce a paint tin, or perhaps is that what you mean?

[Cliff Rogers]

Re: You can use it to open paint tins. (Try that with ya stanley knife. ;) )

...I would have thought it would pierce a paint tin, or perhaps is that what you mean?
It was a referance to Para 4.3 of The Code of Practice.:D

[MajorPanic]

First effort, copied from a pic in one of the woodwork supplier's catalogues.

To get an idea of the size, the pad it is lying on is A4.

Handle is dead finish, ferrule is brass, blade is HSS from Majafang.

The handle took about 15mins; I spent hours farhting around polishing the metal, I think my next one will be better & take less time. :o

PS. Excuse the crappy pic, I won the camera at a trade night; I guess they couldn't sell it.

Thanks Cliff! http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon14.gif

I'll have two (2) please. Via Express Post.......... ASAP!! ;) :D :D :D :D

[Cliff Rogers]

...I'll have two (2) please. ...

I've seen your work, make your own. :D

[rsser]

lol :D

[Cliff Rogers]

Zen uses one of these in his 'cutting to length' video.
His has a thinner blade.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I use old jigsaw blades for mine.

Not much use in opening paint tins though... :rolleyes: