Thread: Hook tool

Originally Posted by Arron

One question, how do you fix the hook to the shaft. Is it just pushed into a hole in the shaft and held in place with a grub screw?

thanks
Arron

G'day Arron

I drilled and tapped a M4 thread into the shaft and filed a flat on the insert. I then used a stainless steel grub screw.

Cheers
Shorty

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Sounds like you want to make a BIG batch of 'em... so you won't run out after people like me beg, borrow or steal 'em off you.

Are you kidding me Skew? A fart smella like you would knock these up in your sleep

Cheers
Shorty

As promised here is the hook tool I made tonight for Tea Lady. I hope it serves her well. Looking forward to a couple nice coffee mugs Although, looking around this place tonight there is definately no shortage of mugs here

Cheers
Shorty

Originally Posted by thefixer

As promised here is the hook tool I made tonight for Tea Lady. I hope it serves her well. Looking forward to a couple nice coffee mugs Although, looking around this place tonight there is definately no shortage of mugs here

Cheers
Shorty

Ooooooooooooh! A new tool for my collection. I'll have doubled my turning tools.

My mugs are the only ones which hold coffee or tea very well.

Originally Posted by thefixer

Are you kidding me Skew? A fart smella like you would knock these up in your sleep

I keep burning my fingers trying to heat the nails with a Bic.

Ackershully, I feel like a bit of a dill 'cos I've always wanted to try my hand at making a hook tool, but haven't 'cos my forge (An EK Holden wheel lined with clay ) takes too long to set up. Mind you, I've always thought along the lines of forging the whole tool and not just a hook end that I could fix into any ol' oland tool handle...

Your idea, sirrah, is most definitely nicked!

You lot need to get out more

Get a look at the wood volume of the York Archeological Trust' s excavation reports - its about 50% wood turning and it has a long section on hook tools and pole lathes. The bits about barrels and other wood stuff is 'good' too.

Craft Industry and Everyday Life: Wood and Woodworking in Anglo-Scandinavian and Medieval York by Carole A Morris
ISBN-13: 978-1-902771-10-6
ISBN-10: 1-902771-10-9
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.c...OnlyResult/Yes

try interlibrary loan - I've got my own copy

Saw a Japanese woodturner in Proserpine, demonstrate making a 'hook' tool, out of a bar. Japanese turners use a 'hook' tool as their main tool for making bowls. The manufacturing process took a whole 25 minutes. The hook tool was used extensively by the old English 'bodgers' on their pole lathes, 100 years ago.
Jim