Oh wow, that's handy as hell, great idea. I can see other possibilities for this tool as well, such as quick change vee blocks (or just a split vee block that you can widen or narrow) for different angles, or an adjustable stop on one side so you can quickly cut circlip/ring grooves in round stock with a smaller cutting tool...just lay the round stock in the vee block and rotate it to cut a few thou at a time.
Hells, yes, I want the design! Actually, I want yours, and for free, and with a sound baffle, but realize that might sound selfish. Beautiful work, Tom. I look forward to watching the rest of this video!
oxtoolco no worries, Tom. If it had every feature I could think of, it would be autonomous and crawl around the shop at night looking for sharp edges to "fix." I'm jealous because I won't ever make something that professional.
Almost like you needed to make 2 so you could add those chamfers on the other one quick and easy. As I type, I hear you coming to same conclusion. /insert Escher drawing of power chamfer chamfering a power chamfer... Nifty idea, especially the double flexure.
Another great video I’m looking forward to seeing the prints. It will probably jump to the top of my next to do list. Thanks for your time and sharing of knowledge
Very nice Tom. Takes me back to the Chemistry Department Machine Shop at U of Texas at Austin. There was a machinist there who would never hand you a part or piece of material that he had not broken the edges on with either the small file or scraper that were always in the pocket of his shop apron. Thanks!
Tom, necessity is said to be the mother of invention. It has long been my belief that "lazy" is the father of invention. The proof is; name one invention that has made doing something harder.
You should call it the "45 Special". The selling point is the elevation adjustment on the sights and the pistol grip. Although the pistol grip might not be legal in California.
Nice tool. I just happen to have a small battery trimmer. It doesn't do much as a general-purpose router (which is what I hoped it would do), so maybe it's a candidate for a chamfering tool. It will probably depend on whether I find a nice round nose for clamping when I check it.
Cool project. I'd lay it on the side to square in the spinning yellow submarine into the holder. That is more or less flat to square the work end and the cutter power pack (battery) end. :-)
Just found your video on the power chamfering tool. Have you had a chance to make a print you can post? Sure would like a print so l could make this. Thanks for the time you put in for us to learn.
Man, you had to take your chamfering machine apart to chamfer all the edges. Too bad you didn't have a chamfering machine to do all of that. I need one to put chamfers on the ID and OD of round parts. Been kicking the idea around in my head for a while
Wonderfully made! Excellent video too. This is just what I need. Do you have any that you would be willing to sell? (I can get the Ryobi tool). Unfortunately I don't have a mill to create such a device. I'm currently chamfering stainless steel parts using a jig attached to a sand belt, but it takes a long time and the parts get hot. I need something like this to speed things up :). They have a few rounded sides, but I should be able to rotate them in your device's jig to chamfer the round sides, which suppose I would have to do anyway with any other chamfering machine.
Hey Chris, Good question. Seems to be stiff enough that it makes a consistent chamfer even with variations in hand pressure. The design because it has a screw can tolerate fairly stiff flexures. Cheers, Tom
What's the advantage of having a seperate nut in the adjusting screw compared to just cutting a thread into the part itself? Doesn't this add more backlash into the machanism?
Hi Cat, Good question. I wanted a durable replaceable material running against the stainless steel adjustment screw. Aluminum is a bit soft for maintaining an adjustment thread for something that will be adjusted frequently. Cheers, Tom
Thanks Tom, very well though out design - Way more sofisticated than the one i built years ago, without height adjustment. I always considered cutting a fine pitch thread on the neck of a Router motor for fine adjust...
Hey Stefan, I bet you use the heck out of the one you built. I have many tools I have made that I wish I had done slightly differently but have never had the time to go back and change. This tool would have been the same if I had built it with a pneumatic die grinder like I originally intended. Thanks for stopping by! Cheers, Tom
You might be interested in a tool called a microstop countersink; they're common in aviation for precisely countersinking rivet holes and the mechanism may be adapted.
@@jimsvideos7201 Thats a good call. I just found a little set and they are wayyy less expensive than I was anticipating. Typically when you say "aviation" or "Porsche" the cost of said tool/widget goes up IMMENSELY. I think I might actually buy this guy i just found: www.skygeek.com/aircraft-tool-supply-133kit-microstop-countersink-kit.html
Tom, we’re the same age, and I can attest to all those handy tools I put off - in hindsight all the time we would have saved and projects that might have ended up better! Now I coach younger people to always try to put aside 10% of their time to “sharpen the knife.” Neat tool!
Keeping up with the Joneses is easy compared to keeping up with the Liptons. It has only been a month or two since I made the Lipton chamfer tool. Now there is the all new and upgraded version. Great device by the way.
Have you seen those little pneumatic chamfering tools? Look like a mini palm router with a “router bit” that takes a triangular insert. Not quite an analog for your tool, but they work well for chamfering a hole or slot if you have a steady hand
Now I'm paranoid because I swear I've seen someone build something like this on TH-cam already but now I can't find the video! It was a similar concept except using a die grinder and set at 90° to use the side of a carbide burr for the cutting action.
@@MaxPower_Designs that's it! TBH I think robrenz's version was a bit better and simpler, though maybe a little less portable depending on where someone has air in the shop. To be fair, it's hard for anyone to compete with him on quality and precision...
I’d like to see the designs if you ever draw them up. I also want to build the “male” version of this tool. That is, a tool to cut a narrow (.030-060) relief (~.050” deep) in the inside corner of an internal angle (30, 60, 90, etc). IE, the relief in a dovetail...Could be a saw or a tiny endmill and will be more dangerous if not designed properly, but very useful. Thanks for sharing!
It's funny how much hassle we cause ourselves because we put off making those things that would make our lives so much easier. Love this idea! I will have to start procrastinating on making one! :P
Great little tool I built your previous chamfer fixture for the surface grinder would love to build this one when plans are available. Look forward to the future plans.
That thing is awesome! And it seems like a super fun project. I would love to buy a finished set of plans off you whenever you're finished tweaking it!
@@oxtoolco You have got to stop the breathy “mmmkay”. It’s genuinely revolting and off putting. Between your condescending “ooookaayyy” and “mmmmkay” you are so so annoying. Rant over
@@jazzyjay1150 Tell you what. I'll give you your money back. Sitting there sucking on the tit of free content with your own channel devoid of content and you have the nads to tell me how to talk. Glad to know I annoy you. You just made my day. Cheers, Tom
Nice job Tom, the parallel flexture is a really nice design feature. What material did you use for the 'V', looks like Teflon (or Phenolic as you guys call it over there)? Cheers, Jon
Let the copycats begin! But wouldn’t a carbide rather than a grinding wheel such as diamond also leave a burr? But now I have a use for that DEWALT sheet rock tool that is ten years old with twenty minutes use on it.
Also, as a guy who has whipped his finger on a router bit doing the exact same thing, i would use a carbide burr anyways so it doesn't grab the part and fling it, leaving your finger very near a spinning end mill. Not a fun experience. Took about a month to get the corner of my finger back.
I like really like how this turned out, part of it is the accessibility of the build compared to Robin Renzetti's beautiful build around the air tool. Not that his build isn't functional and extremely polished in its final form.
I think the Shakers always intentionally added one to their work if it was unblemished, because only God was supposed to make something perfect. It really hasn't been an issue for me.
Grizzly sells a bench top version similar to a Burr Beaver except it's $200 not $1200. Got one, works great. Edit: Got mine from Grizzly in 2013 they were $200. Now 2021 they are $325. The Burr Beaver is $1900!
Tom, Great fun seeing your log cabin self at work. You look happy! Please trim the ends of the bottom uninstrut bracket on the lathe before someone gets their ankle sliced open. Glad you’re following you instinct about insulation. It is a bit of a scam in my opinion. They buy the insulation in large quantities cheap. The actual installers will usually be underpaid and will do the in less time than you can imagine. Installing foam panels or, having it sprayed on could save you some $. I’m not sure. One thing I am an expert on is mice. Do everything you can to seal up your building now; they’ll still get in, just not as many. If you can, I suggest you install exhaust fans before you insulate the ceiling? Cheers, Will.
Just curious, what did you make the jaws out of? Is that Delrin or something else? Was having a horrible time trying to figure out what it was visually and the chips when you cnc'd the swarf slots into it looked whitish in color.
Didn't you once upon a time horse trade away some little chamfering machine with a comparable capability? Anyway great project and video, thank you. Consider me inspired.
Why not just use a cordless trim router it's purposes made for this job and what I'v been using for decades? plus it is far more capable and easier to make jig and guides for.
We would also be interested in the drawing when you get around to it. That's a great idea! And thanks again for the chamfer drawings for the surface grinder.
I made something quite similar to this years ago... unfortunately i don't remember which channel i got the idea from. Super, SUPER useful tool. I cannot overstate the increase in shop-good-feels i get from having perfectly even chamfers, perfect every time.
Hey Joe, That would defeat the purpose of how they work. They actually shear off little chips and bits as the block slides down the vee. Kind of like how a foot on an indicator base is sharp cornered to prevent dust and dirt from going underneath. I did flatten the surfaces so you don't feel any sharp edges when you run you hand down the vee. Thanks for the comment. Cheers, Tom
I thought you were joking. I was going to ask Tom to show us how to sharpen that little bit he used on the grooves, but didn't know if it would sound funny, or like I was a jerk. I had no idea the sharp edges served a purpose!
Sometimes a guy has to do something just to take the edge off.
Tom, Either you have to go into production and start selling them or I have to take the time to make one. - Best chamfer tool I have ever seen.
Oh wow, that's handy as hell, great idea. I can see other possibilities for this tool as well, such as quick change vee blocks (or just a split vee block that you can widen or narrow) for different angles, or an adjustable stop on one side so you can quickly cut circlip/ring grooves in round stock with a smaller cutting tool...just lay the round stock in the vee block and rotate it to cut a few thou at a time.
Hells, yes, I want the design! Actually, I want yours, and for free, and with a sound baffle, but realize that might sound selfish.
Beautiful work, Tom. I look forward to watching the rest of this video!
Sound baffle? That might take a while. I'll get right back to you......
cheers,
Tom
oxtoolco no worries, Tom. If it had every feature I could think of, it would be autonomous and crawl around the shop at night looking for sharp edges to "fix."
I'm jealous because I won't ever make something that professional.
Almost like you needed to make 2 so you could add those chamfers on the other one quick and easy. As I type, I hear you coming to same conclusion. /insert Escher drawing of power chamfer chamfering a power chamfer... Nifty idea, especially the double flexure.
Great stuff Tom! Simple elegance and executed like a seasoned toolmaker.
Right On Tom! 👍 This is deluxe! My rotozip could be in store for a new attachment 🤩
Tom, you need a chamfering tool to chamfer your chamfering tool! Very cool item and handy. Thank you for sharing
Another great video I’m looking forward to seeing the prints. It will probably jump to the top of my next to do list. Thanks for your time and sharing of knowledge
Parallel flexure nice use of technology simple and effective. Always enjoy your videos, thanks
Very nice Tom. Takes me back to the Chemistry Department Machine Shop at U of Texas at Austin. There was a machinist there who would never hand you a part or piece of material that he had not broken the edges on with either the small file or scraper that were always in the pocket of his shop apron. Thanks!
Chamfer Chomper ©. Awesome video and lesson as usual.
Keep up the grate work. I always wanted something like that , but I imagined it fix on a table... now I want a portable aslo...
Tom, necessity is said to be the mother of invention. It has long been my belief that "lazy" is the father of invention.
The proof is; name one invention that has made doing something harder.
The smartphone
@@iankrom510 my point.
Surplus is the mother of invention for without it, even the best idea could not bear fruit. ✊🤓💜
Beautiful job Tom, I may just have to copy your design. I don't see anything that I would change. I like it.
Take Care and Stay Safe.
Bob
Brilliant idea Tom
This looks a lot like a Robin special Tom!
Hey Cody. @robinrenzetti is responsible to getting me off my ass and building it. I have been procrastinating for twenty years.
Cheers,
Tom
Hey, Did you ever get the plans cleaned up? Would love to make one.
You should call it the "45 Special". The selling point is the elevation adjustment on the sights and the pistol grip. Although the pistol grip might not be legal in California.
I'm thinking of putting a Vortex Venom on it so I can hit my numbers.....
Cheers,
Tom
I’ll start on mine tomorrow
Nice tool. I just happen to have a small battery trimmer. It doesn't do much as a general-purpose router (which is what I hoped it would do), so maybe it's a candidate for a chamfering tool. It will probably depend on whether I find a nice round nose for clamping when I check it.
You should fill the engraving with black ink. This idea is awesome though, really smart. I'm going to have to make one.
Great as always Mr Wizard
Cool project. I'd lay it on the side to square in the spinning yellow submarine into the holder. That is more or less flat to square the work end and the cutter power pack (battery) end. :-)
I’d like a design of this cool tool attachment.the only t8me when it’s good to cut corners.
Neat tool Tom 👍
Just found your video on the power chamfering tool. Have you had a chance to make a print you can post? Sure would like a print so l could make this. Thanks for the time you put in for us to learn.
Yes I'd like to see the plans too. Nice job. What is the brown material used?
Man, you had to take your chamfering machine apart to chamfer all the edges. Too bad you didn't have a chamfering machine to do all of that. I need one to put chamfers on the ID and OD of round parts. Been kicking the idea around in my head for a while
you had suggested you will share the design of the Power Chamfering Tool. Can you suggest where it might be?
Wonderfully made! Excellent video too. This is just what I need. Do you have any that you would be willing to sell? (I can get the Ryobi tool).
Unfortunately I don't have a mill to create such a device.
I'm currently chamfering stainless steel parts using a jig attached to a sand belt, but it takes a long time and the parts get hot. I need something like this to speed things up :).
They have a few rounded sides, but I should be able to rotate them in your device's jig to chamfer the round sides, which suppose I would have to do anyway with any other chamfering machine.
Doesn't Stefan Gotteswinter have something like this on his bench?
That's a lovely device, how does it handle convex curves? I have some ideas for how a concave feature chamfering tool could be crafted.
Way cool.
When I first saw the video I thought, what Ryobi makes a chamfering tool for metalworking?
Same. ✋😅💜
We have a winner in the chamfer wars. How long til this is available on Alibaba?
Thanks for the video.
Does the flexure maintain a depth setting in that application?
Hey Chris,
Good question. Seems to be stiff enough that it makes a consistent chamfer even with variations in hand pressure. The design because it has a screw can tolerate fairly stiff flexures.
Cheers,
Tom
Enjoyed!!!!...I am lazy, can you provide STL files for printing😳😉
I think I just threw up in the back of my throat a little.... Printing. ewww.
All the best,
Tom
oxtoolco lol
What's the advantage of having a seperate nut in the adjusting screw compared to just cutting a thread into the part itself? Doesn't this add more backlash into the machanism?
Hi Cat,
Good question. I wanted a durable replaceable material running against the stainless steel adjustment screw. Aluminum is a bit soft for maintaining an adjustment thread for something that will be adjusted frequently.
Cheers,
Tom
Very nice, are you going to have models or drawings available?
Yes. Drawings will be available soon.
Cheers,
Tom
Hell yes!
I dont really know much about machining and I cant see any difference can someone tell me what its supposed to do?
Not the easiest to listen to because of the background echo from the workshop.
Thanks Tom, very well though out design - Way more sofisticated than the one i built years ago, without height adjustment. I always considered cutting a fine pitch thread on the neck of a Router motor for fine adjust...
Hey Stefan, I bet you use the heck out of the one you built. I have many tools I have made that I wish I had done slightly differently but have never had the time to go back and change. This tool would have been the same if I had built it with a pneumatic die grinder like I originally intended.
Thanks for stopping by!
Cheers,
Tom
You might be interested in a tool called a microstop countersink; they're common in aviation for precisely countersinking rivet holes and the mechanism may be adapted.
@@jimsvideos7201 Thats a good call. I just found a little set and they are wayyy less expensive than I was anticipating. Typically when you say "aviation" or "Porsche" the cost of said tool/widget goes up IMMENSELY.
I think I might actually buy this guy i just found: www.skygeek.com/aircraft-tool-supply-133kit-microstop-countersink-kit.html
Now that's dedication, 2020 prototypes before final product. Mr Oxtool doesn't cut corners! =)
He cuts corners if the blueprint calls for a chafered... it just clicked.
This is a GOOD comment.
No, but he does chamfer them.
Tom, we’re the same age, and I can attest to all those handy tools I put off - in hindsight all the time we would have saved and projects that might have ended up better! Now I coach younger people to always try to put aside 10% of their time to “sharpen the knife.” Neat tool!
Work smarter not harder was what my Grandfather always said to me.
@@1Knightwolf Mine said "Get a lazy person to figure out the easiest way to do a job."
@@BoB-Dobbs_leaning-left reminds me of the three virtues of a great programmer: Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris. 🤓😅💜
Spent two thirds of the day to sharpen the axe and the rest to cut the tree down, not the other way round .
the day you publish prints for this is the day i start building it. #ChamferChaser
Keeping up with the Joneses is easy compared to keeping up with the Liptons. It has only been a month or two since I made the Lipton chamfer tool. Now there is the all new and upgraded version. Great device by the way.
I didnt know Harold that you were a jones. Lol🤣🤣
Nice! Would love for the shop drawings to be available.
Gday Tom, this is a awesome tool that would be an asset in any shop, I’m keen to see the plans, thanks for sharing, cheers Matty
Handy tool, now the chinese will knock it off in a week. :-/
I hope so
Let me use my new chamfer tool to chamfer that part from the chamfer tool, oh wait... I've disassembled it!
Great idea cutting the grooves in , i wonder where that idea came from !!!
Hey If you can't think of it yourself steal it from wherever you can find it.
Cheers,
Tom
Have you seen those little pneumatic chamfering tools? Look like a mini palm router with a “router bit” that takes a triangular insert. Not quite an analog for your tool, but they work well for chamfering a hole or slot if you have a steady hand
Now I'm paranoid because I swear I've seen someone build something like this on TH-cam already but now I can't find the video! It was a similar concept except using a die grinder and set at 90° to use the side of a carbide burr for the cutting action.
Robin Renzetti built a smaller version of this a few months ago.
@@MaxPower_Designs that's it! TBH I think robrenz's version was a bit better and simpler, though maybe a little less portable depending on where someone has air in the shop. To be fair, it's hard for anyone to compete with him on quality and precision...
@@cavemaneca Robin is the man, his work is unbelievable! The guy’s brain is on an whole other level!
Great work. Flexure rules in the small range fine adjustment world!
I’d like to see the designs if you ever draw them up. I also want to build the “male” version of this tool. That is, a tool to cut a narrow (.030-060) relief (~.050” deep) in the inside corner of an internal angle (30, 60, 90, etc). IE, the relief in a dovetail...Could be a saw or a tiny endmill and will be more dangerous if not designed properly, but very useful. Thanks for sharing!
How much for you to build me one? Im sure there's a handful of people who would like a Lipton original tool
Is there any product like this commercially available?
It's funny how much hassle we cause ourselves because we put off making those things that would make our lives so much easier. Love this idea! I will have to start procrastinating on making one! :P
There goes OxTööl cutting corners again. Beauty of a tool Tom. I can think of thousands of ways I could use that.
That’s hilarious
That could also be a little "Bevel Devil" for small welding bevels [machinists say CHAMFER welders say BEVEL] That's a super build Tom!👍👍👍
Ooh. I like that name! Bevel devil!
Cheers,
Tom
@@oxtoolco for use when you are bedevilled with the bevel peril.
@@chrisstephens6673 "Then you need ........"
Welder, Bevel Devil.
Engineer, Chamfer Champ
Doctor, Angle antagonist.
@@BoB-Dobbs_leaning-left you forgot,
Humourist, slope dope, maybe not.
Hi Tom, this is very cool. Do you have some sort of drawing? I have everything else to get this done. Thanks for the video.
Great little tool I built your previous chamfer fixture for the surface grinder would love to build this one when plans are available. Look forward to the future plans.
Awesome job Tom..... you have my vote for the prints
Can you do a video on the Makino mill? It looks really unique.
Tom had a little commentary on the Makino in a Meatloaf a while back:
th-cam.com/video/nUqX4XWB2gA/w-d-xo.html
@@tridium-go6hw somehow missed that one, thank you :)
Tom would you mind sharing the design?
Sure, plans would be great or even sell as a ready to use attachment.
What did you use to punch the holes in the spring steel ?
That thing is awesome! And it seems like a super fun project. I would love to buy a finished set of plans off you whenever you're finished tweaking it!
Now I have to come up with a different name for mine
If I made one, I might call it The Chamfion. You can have that name if you like it!
See above. Bevel Devil.
Cheers,
Tom
@@oxtoolco You have got to stop the breathy “mmmkay”. It’s genuinely revolting and off putting. Between your condescending “ooookaayyy” and “mmmmkay” you are so so annoying. Rant over
@@jazzyjay1150 Tell you what. I'll give you your money back. Sitting there sucking on the tit of free content with your own channel devoid of content and you have the nads to tell me how to talk. Glad to know I annoy you. You just made my day.
Cheers,
Tom
Nice job Tom, the parallel flexture is a really nice design feature. What material did you use for the 'V', looks like Teflon (or Phenolic as you guys call it over there)? Cheers, Jon
Let the copycats begin!
But wouldn’t a carbide rather than a grinding wheel such as diamond also leave a burr?
But now I have a use for that DEWALT sheet rock tool that is ten years old with twenty minutes use on it.
Also, as a guy who has whipped his finger on a router bit doing the exact same thing, i would use a carbide burr anyways so it doesn't grab the part and fling it, leaving your finger very near a spinning end mill. Not a fun experience. Took about a month to get the corner of my finger back.
@@daveb3910 Did your finger prints regrow properly? I was amazed that mine did when I clipped the tip off a finger with the wood jointer.
I like really like how this turned out, part of it is the accessibility of the build compared to Robin Renzetti's beautiful build around the air tool. Not that his build isn't functional and extremely polished in its final form.
I’ve had this idea for a while now. Great tool!
That parallel flexure is a neat concept to have in the old mental toolbox!
Your engraved makers marks are much nicer than my own. Mine are always the result of a mishap.
I think the Shakers always intentionally added one to their work if it was unblemished, because only God was supposed to make something perfect.
It really hasn't been an issue for me.
Saw this on your instagram and couldn't wait for the build video! Great as always Mr Wizard
Totally agree and watching this video was a great way to start the day.
Grizzly sells a bench top version similar to a Burr Beaver except it's $200 not $1200. Got one, works great. Edit: Got mine from Grizzly in 2013 they were $200. Now 2021 they are $325. The Burr Beaver is $1900!
"Gunner knock a chamfer off there..."
You could use your chamfer tool.... Oh, wait...
Tom, Great fun seeing your log cabin self at work. You look happy! Please trim the ends of the bottom uninstrut bracket on the lathe before someone gets their ankle sliced open. Glad you’re following you instinct about insulation. It is a bit of a scam in my opinion. They buy the insulation in large quantities cheap. The actual installers will usually be underpaid and will do the in less time than you can imagine. Installing foam panels or, having it sprayed on could save you some $. I’m not sure. One thing I am an expert on is mice. Do everything you can to seal up your building now; they’ll still get in, just not as many. If you can, I suggest you install exhaust fans before you insulate the ceiling? Cheers, Will.
Just curious, what did you make the jaws out of? Is that Delrin or something else? Was having a horrible time trying to figure out what it was visually and the chips when you cnc'd the swarf slots into it looked whitish in color.
The Lipton refined bur-beaver!
Didn't you once upon a time horse trade away some little chamfering machine with a comparable capability? Anyway great project and video, thank you. Consider me inspired.
Just use a file instead, you can't cut corners when you're chamfering.
Why not just use a cordless trim router it's purposes made for this job and what I'v been using for decades? plus it is far more capable and easier to make jig and guides for.
Could it catch your finger if it slipped in? Maybe a smaller V for smaller parts?
Looks like a great device.
NICE ! No doubt the Chinese will have it in mass production for Harbor freight before years end .
We would also be interested in the drawing when you get around to it. That's a great idea! And thanks again for the chamfer drawings for the surface grinder.
I made something quite similar to this years ago... unfortunately i don't remember which channel i got the idea from. Super, SUPER useful tool. I cannot overstate the increase in shop-good-feels i get from having perfectly even chamfers, perfect every time.
Just gotta go forward in time to use the completed device to make itself. Like This Old Tony did on his boring head.
Very nice.. Hey Tom my daughter asked me how to go about getting stickers from you to cover our new equipment
shoot me an email.
Cheers,
Tom
I didn't get the part of the adjustment knob. What the hell is it for? How does it work? You didn't show that!
dont know man this tool is old and you can buy it fro, the shelf.
at work we are useing this tool metabo brand.
so whats the point?
Nice design, the only thing I would do is break the edges on the groves you milled into the v-block.
Hey Joe,
That would defeat the purpose of how they work. They actually shear off little chips and bits as the block slides down the vee. Kind of like how a foot on an indicator base is sharp cornered to prevent dust and dirt from going underneath. I did flatten the surfaces so you don't feel any sharp edges when you run you hand down the vee. Thanks for the comment.
Cheers,
Tom
I thought you were joking. I was going to ask Tom to show us how to sharpen that little bit he used on the grooves, but didn't know if it would sound funny, or like I was a jerk.
I had no idea the sharp edges served a purpose!
good to see you again, very nice tool, thanks for the video/
We used to do the same thing at work except we used a table router and a 45 degree bit.
how long will it take for a big corporation to "borrow" the design and sell it in big box stores?
This is ther first time I've see your KE-55 running, sweet!
I just sold my spiral saw because I wasn't using it... damn.