Dovetailed Infill - First Fumblings

[No skills]

The 'gap' area looks like the perfect place for a small brass plate with the toolmakers mark/logo.

 

[Richard T]

Hey Mr. Skills, it's not that wide! :mrgreen: It's just less than a mm I'd say. My stamp/logo would have to be purty small ....

Thanks El. I will get me to the naughty step as soon as I have finished this *** behind the bike shed.
I might even dare to make a start on narrowing the front infill to closer - to - fit. The first attempt at the back infill shrunk too much after I had started to fit it and I had to start again so I'm a bit wary about it. Much to Mrs Doyle's joy I have moved the Walnut stash into the living room since and we have had the fire lit a few times in the last fortnight, so should be fine by now.

I've found a small foundry up close to the jewellery quarter in town who specialise in all things small and bronze. I will get in contact with them after the hols to talk turkey about gunmetal, patterns and prices re lever caps.

 

[AndyT]

I've found a small foundry up close to the jewellery quarter in town who specialise in all things small and bronze. I will get in contact with them after the hols to talk turkey about gunmetal, patterns and prices re lever caps.

I know I seem to have mentioned them rather often lately, but I do feel bound to add that Bristol Design sell (and do still sell) castings for infill planes, and also have in stock bronze lever caps and a huge range of new old stock irons. There can't be many places that do!
No proper web presence, but phoneable on 0117 929 1740.

 

[Richard T]

Thanks for the reminder Andy.
I did not know they stocked old stock irons ... I wonder if there are any parallels. [-o<

 

[jimi43]

Thanks for the reminder Andy.
I did not know they stocked old stock irons ... I wonder if there are any parallels. [-o<

Hi Richard

If you make the iron out of 01 stock (you probably have some).....form it soft and drop it over to me in the post and I will do a firing run in the kiln.

I want to make a small mitre iron and I now have some 4mm stock that I think would probably be just thick enough! :mrgreen:

Turn-around should be a couple of days if we time it right.....

PM me.

Jim

 

[shim20]

crickey alot of work has gone into these, and they look awsome, keep up the good work

 

[Richard T]

Thanks Shim. You're right about a lot of work; never, in the field of human cornflakes, has so much filing been done by so few for so many hours. Or something.

Jim - you have a PM.

 

[No skills]

On the square bit silly!

I hope you are putting your own 'stamp' on these tools, dont want the Alf's and Jim's (and Andy' etc) of the far future world puzzeling too much over who made them if you havent a logo may I suggest something with a rectangular monument style about it :lol:

Now wheres that powerfile gone......

 

[Richard T]

Aha! Yes. That's a good idea - I could adjust the thickness of the brass to fill future gaps. Don't think I could bring myself to create a gap if I ever get it right though. 8) This could puzzle future historians too.

I have started to initial and number them, this being #5, just by scribing but I am still pondering stamp v engraving; on the whole I think I would like to engrave. I'm also playing about with the idea of inlet decoration, if not labelling, with brass or bronze.

More on this when I have a bash at it - prob'ly with the emphasis on "more on" (homer)

 

[Beachcricket]

I love this thread. When I had a go at this I made a total mess of the dovetails.

Great work.