Hey Dan, I remember a guy here on the woodworker who did a great job of making me these things. I have always called them scratch all's but must be 20 different names out there for them ?

Very special metal was used here, as they were valve stems from an automobile motor. Very hard metal....

 

     super duper strong and in the three or four years of use have never had to resharpen them.

  I find lots of folks here can do many different things along with their woodworking.

He does have a metal lathe to help in his wood working which some can't do but I don't think he has ever said anything about it. He might have gone up price wise but did treat me like a brother-in-law on these things..

          Such a nice guy

 

Just adding more of the gifts that our guys like to come up with.....

 He might have stolen the valves so I better not give his name but I hope he reads this and sets us straight and he might have other things you all might need.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Smallpatch said:

He might have stolen the valves so I better not give his name but I hope he reads this and sets us straight and he might have other things you all might need.

 

So glad you like it Jess.  Have a friend with an engine machine shop that supplies the valves.  These new engines have belts that drive the cams and when the belt breaks the cam quits turning but the crankshaft continues to turn and pushes the pistons into the valves that are in the open position and bends them.  Bent ones need replaced with new and I get the bent ones and recycle them into the scratch awls.  You're welcome Mother Earth. 

 

By the way I see two of them in the picture.  Does Bernadette know you stole hers?

Edited December 28, 20241 yr by HandyDan

Matter of fact Dan I had lost or misplaced mine and I had her in my shop for some help and told her to go and bring hers to replaced mine that is hiding.Just an old trick so I could have 2, I could hide.

  We both use the wide top models for starting little holes for the drill bit to follow and they don't hurt our hands like to ones I use to sell to the mechanics way back yonder but they are steel tops that are about 1/2" diameter and for hammer use only.

   What else have you come up with that is interesting.

Edited December 29, 20241 yr by Smallpatch

12 hours ago, Smallpatch said:

What else have you come up with that is interesting.

 

Being a bachelor of many years I would have to get my own eats.  Many times I would grab for a can of stew or chili for convenience, read lazy here, and make a mess spooning it out of the can.  I finally figured if I put a hole in the can bottom and broke the vacuum the meal would come cleanly out of the can in the shape of the can to my great amusement.  Therefore one year I made made Dan's famous can bottom hole puncher.  I even put a knot of wood on the handle to help prevent ones hand from slipping off and hitting the can.  Ooowie preventer so to speak.

 

On 12/29/2024 at 9:02 AM, HandyDan said:

Therefore one year I made made Dan's famous can bottom hole puncher.  I even put a knot of wood on the handle to help prevent ones hand from slipping off and hitting the can.  Ooowie preventer so to speak.

Thank you, Dan, we use ours at least once a week & has never failed! 

Is that piercing peace something you made as well?

6 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Is that piercing peace something you made as well?

 

Yes it is Fred.  It is a stainless socket head screw drilled to a size that a piece of stainless welding rod was a press fit into and then ground to sharpen.  The screws and welding rod were items scavenged somewhere along my travels and used here.  I may save everything but I use it often too,.

 

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Edited January 3, 20251 yr by HandyDan