Sidney Smith
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In a previous post, I made mention of my Pecatonica River pre carve stock that has a wandering ram rod hole. The hole that was cut at the factory had veered off and when I cut the lock mortice, the main spring enters the ramrod hole and blocks the ramrod. There was no way not to cut the mortice without entering the hole the way they had drilled it.
I made a tool to allow me to chase the ramrod hole to center it again. The tool started out with a rat tail file welded to a piece of 1/4 inch rod. Well that broke at the weld. But, it gave me an idea. I took Mr. Sparky (mapp gas torch) and heated the end of the rod cherry red. I then peened the end over with a hammer, then filed it into a scraper edge. This tool now, although crude, is working. Hope to have the channel scraped straight later today. I've almost got the rod to seat. Might have to taper the rod just a little more as well.
I made a tool to allow me to chase the ramrod hole to center it again. The tool started out with a rat tail file welded to a piece of 1/4 inch rod. Well that broke at the weld. But, it gave me an idea. I took Mr. Sparky (mapp gas torch) and heated the end of the rod cherry red. I then peened the end over with a hammer, then filed it into a scraper edge. This tool now, although crude, is working. Hope to have the channel scraped straight later today. I've almost got the rod to seat. Might have to taper the rod just a little more as well.