JHCC Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Made from a salvaged jackhammer bit. It didn't have enough metal for a squared-off shank, so I upset it to fit diagonally in the top of the hardie hole and jury-rigged a spring clip to keep it from bouncing around. Another view: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 It looks pretty good, How's it work? Doesn't the weight of the long shaft keep it from bouncing?Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 So far, so good. Haven't cut anything really big yet -- we'll see how that goes.It's pretty loose in the hole and bounces a lot. Hence the clip: it just snugs things up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I get you, side to side movement, I'd call wobble or maybe rattle. It's gotta go no matter what it's called, the clip ought to work a treat. Certainly easier than upsetting enough for a square shank. I'll do all kinds of things rather than upset very much.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 It is rather upsetting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 It is rather upsetting.Ayup, probably one of the most accurate descriptive names I know of.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 I like that you can change the diagonal from NE-SW to NW-SE depending on whether you're splitting or cutting off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I like that you can change the diagonal from NE-SW to NW-SE depending on whether you're splitting or cutting off.I address my anvil from the diagonal if necessary, I find being able to use the anvil as a gauge for splitting is very handy. Sometimes I will rest the held end on the point of the horn if I need a fiddly precise split. For a lot of things though I find myself standing at an angle off the tail.Hmmm, there might be a good reason to try an octagonal shank eh?Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Good Morning,Who is to say you can't tack weld an angled spacer on either side of the shank, to stop it from rattling in the Hardy McHole?Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 My standard solution is to get a piece of square tube that is slightly too large for the hardie hole. Heat it and drive it into he hole. When it cools off it can be removed again. I cut it flush with the anvil face and fix my tool to the piece of tube. The result is zero wobble, play, shake or whatever. My hardy hole is very slightly conical and there is a standard square tube the is a wee bit larger than the hole.Göte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo7 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Lot of good steel left in the shank for another tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 My standard solution is to get a piece of square tube that is slightly too large for the hardie hole. Heat it and drive it into he hole. When it cools off it can be removed again. I cut it flush with the anvil face and fix my tool to the piece of tube. The result is zero wobble, play, shake or whatever. My hardy hole is very slightly conical and there is a standard square tube the is a wee bit larger than the hole.Göte You're killing me Göte! This is a family site and you're posting such great adult straight lines!Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) Good Morning,Who is to say you can't tack weld an angled spacer on either side of the shank, to stop it from rattling in the Hardy McHole?NeilAnyone who knows I don't have a welder. Edited September 13, 2015 by JHCC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 You're killing me Göte! This is a family site and you're posting such great adult straight lines!Frosty The Lucky.It is all in the eye of the beholder Frosty.Göte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaiver Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 So... I've been beating on this 1" solid bar when iu could have used a tube?!.... Ugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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