A question for anyone who has made or has thot about making a rotary tool
shank, like for attaching cutoff wheels.
What is an easy to find material for making a rotary tool shank? I was
thinking maybe using some rivet. Whatever, the qualities of the metal rod
have to be something like this.
...Drillable metal, not extremely hard.
...Straight.
...Diameter exactly 1/8" quickly flaring to 3/16" or whatever at some point
(it can be cut).
...Cheap.
To accuratly center the screw hole in the end of the shank, the unmade
shank can be inserted into a drill or rotary tool and spun against a
stationary drill bit.
Thanks in advance.
John Doe wrote:
>
> "CW" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> > Yes,
>
> Yes?
>
> > I have made them for specialty industrial applications
>
> And?
>
> > but for what you are doing, why bother?
>
> I enjoy making things.
>
I take you are talking about 1/8 in. shanks.
I have made several adaptors for my router to take slitting
saws and special cutters and a longer shank for the finger
joint cutter etc. I used plain old 1018 either hot rolled
or cold rolled steel. Didn't heat treat or anything special.
...lew...
John Doe wrote:
> "CW" <[email protected] wrote
>
>> Yes,
>
> Yes?
>
>> I have made them for specialty industrial applications
>
> And?
>
>> but for what you are doing, why bother?
>
> I enjoy making things.
Enco (http://www.use-enco.com) sells drill rod that you can
probably turn to what you've described.
Personally, I'd just use one of the standard mandrels from any of
the rotary tool manufacturers and spend the time making something
out of wood :-)
--
Morris Dovey
West Des Moines, Iowa USA
C links at http://www.iedu.com/c
Read my lips: The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Drill rod machines very badly. My preference has always been 304 stainless.
Tough but machines well.
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> John Doe wrote:
>
> > "CW" <[email protected] wrote
> >
> >> Yes,
> >
> > Yes?
> >
> >> I have made them for specialty industrial applications
> >
> > And?
> >
> >> but for what you are doing, why bother?
> >
> > I enjoy making things.
>
> Enco (http://www.use-enco.com) sells drill rod that you can
> probably turn to what you've described.
>
> Personally, I'd just use one of the standard mandrels from any of
> the rotary tool manufacturers and spend the time making something
> out of wood :-)
>
> --
> Morris Dovey
> West Des Moines, Iowa USA
> C links at http://www.iedu.com/c
> Read my lips: The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
>
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote
> Yes,
Yes?
> I have made them for specialty industrial applications
And?
> but for what you are doing, why bother?
I enjoy making things.
> Go to a good model shop. Dremel makes them and so do
> a number of others. Many are better than Dremel and they are cheap.
>
> "John Doe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> A question for anyone who has made or has thot about making a rotary
tool
>> shank, like for attaching cutoff wheels.
>>
>> What is an easy to find material for making a rotary tool shank? I was
>> thinking maybe using some rivet. Whatever, the qualities of the metal
rod
>> have to be something like this.
>> ...Drillable metal, not extremely hard.
>> ...Straight.
>> ...Diameter exactly 1/8" quickly flaring to 3/16" or whatever at some
> point
>> (it can be cut).
>> ...Cheap.
>>
>> To accuratly center the screw hole in the end of the shank, the unmade
>> shank can be inserted into a drill or rotary tool and spun against a
>> stationary drill bit.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
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"John Doe" writes:
> A question for anyone who has made or has thot about making a rotary tool
> shank, like for attaching cutoff wheels.
<snip>
Can you say Dremel?
For them, it's standard hardware.
HTH
--
Lew
S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the Southland)
Visit: <http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett> for Pictures
Yes, I have made them for specialty industrial applications but for what you
are doing, why bother? Go to a good model shop. Dremel makes them and so do
a number of others. Many are better than Dremel and they are cheap.
"John Doe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> A question for anyone who has made or has thot about making a rotary tool
> shank, like for attaching cutoff wheels.
>
> What is an easy to find material for making a rotary tool shank? I was
> thinking maybe using some rivet. Whatever, the qualities of the metal rod
> have to be something like this.
> ...Drillable metal, not extremely hard.
> ...Straight.
> ...Diameter exactly 1/8" quickly flaring to 3/16" or whatever at some
point
> (it can be cut).
> ...Cheap.
>
> To accuratly center the screw hole in the end of the shank, the unmade
> shank can be inserted into a drill or rotary tool and spun against a
> stationary drill bit.
>
> Thanks in advance.