KA75 Tooling

[J W Bennett]

I got the tooling made to fuller the grooves in the 1 1/2" hot rolled stock to make foot and hand rails. Basically it's just a clamp on Gillutine with a stop to set the distance between each fullered groove. Tried it out today and it worked like a champ. The last railing took me and a striker the better part of a day. I fullered 2 feet more than we did today and did the whole thing in 1 1/2 hours. Money and time well spent.

John

[nuge]

Can we see some pics of the parts you were making with your tooling? Thanks. Why were you using the single blow hammer and not the large blue one?

[trying-it]

Nice looking setup John!!
Have to admit that your shop and growing toy collection makes me a little green with envy! :D

[J W Bennett]

Nudge,
There is not enough room between the dies for tall tooling and I cannot do single hits with the Big Blu. Here is a picture of the railing I am making the mate too. The grooves are fullered every 8 inches. Plus now I can also make other dies for the fuller.

Stan, You know your welcome to come play anytime. You having your hammer in this year?

John

[nuge]

The rail looks sweet and fits well with the woodcarving. Segmentation can be a strong design element. The mounts are great too, but the simple fullered bar is very attractive.

Still not sure why you prefer a single blow over the tap tap tap of the blue hammer? You could make a shorter spring fuller real quick.

Thanks for sharing.