I just made some nut files from feeler gauges using the cutting wheel on my Dremel tool for the notches. Tested them on bone. Worked fine. If they dull I can grind off the old notches and do new ones. I made a home made nut file holder which keep the thin one like a .009 from wobbling around.
Questions about the punch Earl is using: It is just a regular "cold chisel" but it is not sharp. So you can use an old one that is dull or intentionally dull one. it looks like there are different grinds to give it two different face sizes and angles. are they ground at certain angles? Yes, definitely two angles. The "face" is 18 degrees from the chisel axis. The "back" is 45 degrees from the axis. In use, the face is held perpendicular to the file so front of the new tooth is formed perpendicular to the file. To accomplish this, the chisel must be tilted 18 degrees. And last, the chisel edge should be made very dull. It is really a punch. I hope that this is of some help, Earl
Yes, definitely two angles. The "face" is 18 degrees from the chisel axis. The "back" is 45 dgrees from the axis. In use, the face is held perpendicular to the file so front of the new tooth is formed perpendicular to the file. To accomplish this, the chisel must be tilted 18 degrees. And last, the chisel edge should be made very dull. It is really a punch. I hope that this is of some help, Earl
It is similar. However, the teeth are much finer, like a file, and the thickness of the gauge you used determines how wide a groove it would cut. So for jewelry making, metal wok, fine wood working (like cutting grooves in a bridge for a guitar, or the nut on a ukulele) you can make precise width notches. Also, the teeth on a hacksaw are off-set to create a groove wider than the blade thickness, (one to the right, next one to the left) whereas these teeth are just straight and the groove cut is almost the same as the thickness of the blade. Using different gauge files you can cut various width notches or grooves.
I just made some nut files from feeler gauges using the cutting wheel on my Dremel tool for the notches. Tested them on bone. Worked fine. If they dull I can grind off the old notches and do new ones. I made a home made nut file holder which keep the thin one like a .009 from wobbling around.
As a broke 22 year old who is trying to slot his tune-o-matic, thank you so much and god bless you!
Questions about the punch Earl is using:
It is just a regular "cold chisel" but it is not sharp. So you can use an old one that is dull or intentionally dull one.
it looks like there are different grinds to give it two different face sizes and angles. are they ground at certain angles?
Yes, definitely two angles. The "face" is 18 degrees from the chisel axis. The "back" is 45 degrees from the axis. In use, the face is held perpendicular to the file so front of the new tooth is formed perpendicular to the file. To accomplish this, the chisel must be tilted 18 degrees.
And last, the chisel edge should be made very dull. It is really a punch.
I hope that this is of some help, Earl
One of the better feeler gauge to nut slotter conversionson CZcams... most of the others use a file to cut the teeth, but I like your method better!
This is so genious, thanks !!!!!!!
nice, you can make a hacksaw like this too
anyidea on where to buy one of those chisels?
It is just a regular "cold chisel" but it is not sharp. So you can use an old one that is dull or intentionally dull one.
it looks like there are different grinds to give it two different face sizes and angles. are they ground at certain angles?
Yes, definitely two angles. The "face" is 18 degrees from the chisel axis. The "back" is 45 dgrees from the axis. In use, the face is held perpendicular to the file so front of the new tooth is formed perpendicular to the file. To accomplish this, the chisel must be tilted 18 degrees.
And last, the chisel edge should be made very dull. It is really a punch.
I hope that this is of some help, Earl
Looks like a hacksawblade to me...
It is similar. However, the teeth are much finer, like a file, and the thickness of the gauge you used determines how wide a groove it would cut. So for jewelry making, metal wok, fine wood working (like cutting grooves in a bridge for a guitar, or the nut on a ukulele) you can make precise width notches. Also, the teeth on a hacksaw are off-set to create a groove wider than the blade thickness, (one to the right, next one to the left) whereas these teeth are just straight and the groove cut is almost the same as the thickness of the blade. Using different gauge files you can cut various width notches or grooves.
Yeah I guess you're right!