Thread: What are you working on?

Yep, same here. On rare ocassions I will sleave them but usually not. Unless you bend the pin it doesn't seem to make a difference. The tricks for sucess with pinning are don't cut the pin too long and don't peen too hard. Easy as she goes wins the day.

Oh, and I don't use washers either. Don't lile the way it looks.

Important to note too that the pin hole may appear larger than it is. That razor is only 5/8. You can see by the narrow tang that it started out that way.

On a side note, Joseph Wostenholm was an interesting fellow whose downfall may have been having too many balls in the air at once. Here's some entertaining reading about him.

https://www.hawleysheffieldknives.co...?val=w&kel=487

Doing a job for a local union house built in the late 60s. They have Sargent locks which are top line commercial hardware with a top line price:


To cut to the chase, I am changing the key broaching but some of the locks have shorter cores which are no longer made and like hen's teeth trying to find even used.



What is still available is on the top. What I need is in the middle. What replaced it is on the bottom.

So...out of what I can get a friend with a metal lathe helped me make what I need.





What I need on the left, made out of what is on the right.

Related to the previous, my brother in law and I were talking about this project. He has a larger lathe I asked about using but it has been a number of years since it has run and it needs repair and a power cord. However, he told me, "if you want it, it's yours." As stated it is in need of restoration but it is one exactly like this one.



I already talked to my friend with the mini lathe that helped with the other project about it. He opens and restores old safes and he is stoked to restore an old shop sized lathe. So that may be an upcoming project.
Stay tuned for more of... AS THE LATHE TURNS!!!!!

That would be an awesome find Paul!!
Hope it works out for you.