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11th March 2011, 10:38 AM #1Senior Member
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A Boat Builders Slick
I recently aquired a magazine from the wooden boat store which contains a run down on how to build a boat builders slick using spring steel from a truck leaf spring. Not having any equipment at home that I could adequatly heat the spring steel up with, in order to harden/temper it etc. I thought about just buying some tools steel instead.
More recently, with a little help, I came across a place in town that can provide D2 tool steel for a good price and wondered about using it to make a boat builders slick.
So couple of questions to begin with. Has anyone used a slick before and if so does the handle 'need' to be offset in order to work in deep spaces? Or is this just a nicety...
If I use something like D2 tool steel, after grinding my primary bevel do I need to have it hardened or can I just use it straight away.
What do you think of this design?
Forgive my innocence/ignorance in the art of tool making. I'm having good fun learning all this and enjoying the challenges
Cheers
Simon
Couple more pictures, pdf's, and the original google sketchup document at this page
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11th March 2011, 03:02 PM #2
Per my PM you must have it professionally heat treated. Going price is between $14 to $25 a kg.
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11th March 2011, 07:21 PM #3Senior Member
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And for those of you still scratching your head thinking how would someone use a slick. Heres a you tube video I grabbed from a post by Jim L over at wooden boat forums. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vta7YuBpFzw&feature=player_embedded"]You can see him using a slick[/ame].
This is his thread if your interested too.
So far it's been determined that yes this steel does need to be heat treated after it's purchased which adds extra dollars per kg of steel. I'm now considering getting it professionally ground, so that it can possible have beveled sides, similar to a bench chisel. WIll look around Adelaide for somewhere that is happy to do this sort of small work.
Cheers
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