[TheForge] Oval Tool

Mike Linn [email protected]
Mon Oct 28 23:43:04 2002


This ones made of plastic but should hold up fairly well in the home shop 
and works well up to 30 inches. The smaller one Clay made is the same size 
as this one but his is made of steel with dovetails cut in the plate. His 
larger one is made from shelf track mounted upside down to a piece of tin 
sheet and uses rounded nuts for the followers.

The one from woodcrafters could be made to do larger ovals just by adding a 
longer dowel.

mike

BTW Ive got photos of Clays devices if anyone is interested. And Stephen 
McGeehee (sp) was to draw it up for his magazine.




At 09:00 AM 10/28/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Looks good, except what is that peculiar material it's made from?  Wood?
>
>Clay Spencer demonstrates a tool based upon the same principal but made of 
>metal.  I think it's more adjustable, too.  Unfortunately, I can't recall 
>it well enough to describe it.  I wouldn't be surprised if it's in Francis 
>Whitaker's (sp?) "Blacksmiths Cookbook" or a similar book
>
>Bruce
>Nj
>
> >>> [email protected] 10/27/02 02:04AM >>>
>
>There was a thread a while back about a jig to draw ovals.  Here is the
>best one I've seen yet (for the price). It works like a champ.
>
>
>http://shop.woodcraft.com/Woodcraft/product_family.asp?family%5Fid=3056&gift=False&Gift=false&mscssid=B4B75ACBAD7244928C4AB955EE3848B5 
>
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