Pistolero
Well-Known Member
I bought a mold on eBay, and it was NOT what the seller said, not the same number. I initially was a bit
irked, but the mold I got was a 311316 HP with a roofing nail in as some sort of a ridiculous attempt to
make a HP pin with no handle at all. I decided to make a new one. Turned the pin and decided to make
a socket for the knob with a setscrew to let me slide the pin in and out to get different depths of HP cavity.
Couldn't find a suitable wooden drawer knob so picked through my interesting walnut scrap pile and
found a piece with cool grain and way too small to make anything else.
First, made a mandrel, turned the end of a piece of 5/8 rod down to 1/4 inch and threaded to 20 TPI
for about 3/4 inch.
Then located the center on the scrap, marked it, and then put a 1 3/8" circle on it for rough sawing.
Drilled the walnut and tapped 1/4-20. Then bandsawed the scrap to rough shape.
Threaded it onto the mandrel in the lathe, started turning it to a true cylinder.
Then started rough shaping the knob.
Then shaping with a rasp, 100 grit sandpaper, then 220, 240 and finally 320 grit. And a first
wipe with poly finish.
Will take pix of the pin and socket when they are done.
Bill
irked, but the mold I got was a 311316 HP with a roofing nail in as some sort of a ridiculous attempt to
make a HP pin with no handle at all. I decided to make a new one. Turned the pin and decided to make
a socket for the knob with a setscrew to let me slide the pin in and out to get different depths of HP cavity.
Couldn't find a suitable wooden drawer knob so picked through my interesting walnut scrap pile and
found a piece with cool grain and way too small to make anything else.
First, made a mandrel, turned the end of a piece of 5/8 rod down to 1/4 inch and threaded to 20 TPI
for about 3/4 inch.
Then located the center on the scrap, marked it, and then put a 1 3/8" circle on it for rough sawing.
Drilled the walnut and tapped 1/4-20. Then bandsawed the scrap to rough shape.
Threaded it onto the mandrel in the lathe, started turning it to a true cylinder.
Then started rough shaping the knob.
Then shaping with a rasp, 100 grit sandpaper, then 220, 240 and finally 320 grit. And a first
wipe with poly finish.
Will take pix of the pin and socket when they are done.
Bill
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