Hunterbow Smithy Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I am wondering if anyone could tell me what the proper angle that a butchering tool should be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) I don't know if it was "proper" but I cut my guillotine butcher tools to 30 degrees. There are different types of butchers depending on use so I'm not sure whether there is a rule of thumb to cover all flavors. Edited April 16, 2015 by HWooldridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Depends on what you are cutting into, how wide your tools are, and how big the starting stock is. I have a range of them, from around a 60* "cutting" angle to 30 to 40 deg. for my commonly worked stock sizes, and some in the 20* range for helping out deep impressions in larger stock (second operation) to prevent cold shuts. For example small stuff at the end of a bar can be made with steeper angles as the lack of resistance will allow the metal to squish out further in subsequent operations rather than flow back towards the shoulder with the possible result of cold shuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicole Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Hiya, I made one that was about 30 degrees.. a bit too sharp in my opinion for making tenons..I will make another one around 45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I use 45 degrees, but I based mine on combining planns for power hammers butchers and a handled butcher in several 100 year old plus books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I suppose I should have described in more detail. I made mine 30 degrees from perpendicular (i.e., from what would be flat surfaces) so the resulting block is less than 45 degrees. I will say that I've seen several power hammer tools that are 45. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I was hoping that you were mesuring from the anvil, lol. Otherwise it would be a hack, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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