Thread: My Blade Holding Tool......

Originally Posted by engine46

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Thank you too Bongo, I'm glad you like it. Like I said, I may have to make different center sections for different tang shapes or even a whole new holder. The hardest part was filing out the inside parts of the outer pieces because all I had were the files but if I had access to a milling machine, I would do it all on a mill with an endmill.

Nice!! Have you considered Bondo for each blade center section insert, as you are going to be holding it for a period of time? That would adjust to the taper also. It will remove readily also. A bit of vaseline in a keyed slot as you have it would allow the blade and insert to pop free.
~Richard

Yep, I thought it was a good idea & I'm glad I thought about it. If you do own a tap & die set, always use some oil (i think it is called Tap-Ease) for tapping steel & such but any kind of oil will work better than nothing at all. If tapping aluminum, use nothing & always turn it just a little bit, then go opposite direction to break the chip off, then go back in a normal direction again & repeat. In this case I had to carefully tap it by turning my tap handle until it felt like it was starting to bind, abut 1/8 of a turn & then I went the opposite way to break off the chip. Then I started tapping again & repeated the procedure.

Originally Posted by Geezer

Nice!! Have you considered Bondo for each blade center section insert, as you are going to be holding it for a period of time? That would adjust to the taper also. It will remove readily also. A bit of vaseline in a keyed slot as you have it would allow the blade and insert to pop free.
~Richard

Thank's Richard
I just got a 1 pint can of Bondo the other day for another idea I have.

Would duro glass work better. (Bondo w/ fiberglass fibers in it) its alot stronger.

Originally Posted by outback

Would duro glass work better. (Bondo w/ fiberglass fibers in it) its alot stronger.

I don't think so. What Richard mentioned will hold it tight enough & the blade shown in it now hardly moves at all. I have the drill bit & tap for the tiny screws that I thought about putting in the center section on top & bottom to keep the blade from moving up & down but so far, I don't think it needs them. It would be the same thread used in the screws I use for mocking up a razor instead of pinning it right away. I actually got some set screws the same thread last time I ordered from Micro Fasteners which use a .050 Allen wrench which I just happen to have.