Riley Toolworks New Drawbore Pins

[rileytoolworks]

Just made these for a forum member.
Planning on doing some 1/4" and 1/2" one too, in a choice of timbers.
Handles are based on the London pattern, with the top button omitted.
They have stainless ferrules and hardened silver steel pins.

Thanks for looking, and look out for my marking gauges coming soon!


(They'll be with you this week Mark....)

Adam.

 

[ColeyS1]

They look fantastic adam !!! I was looking on your website earlier to see if there was anything that caught my eye :razz: looking forward to seeing more of your beautiful work !

 

[rileytoolworks]

They look fantastic adam !!! I was looking on your website earlier to see if there was anything that caught my eye :razz: looking forward to seeing more of your beautiful work !

Thank you! There WILL be more added in the coming months. Just ironing out a few production details.

All the best.

Adam.

 

[marcros]

i look forward to getting them Adam, and will do a review in the next couple of weeks.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

OK, I'll show my ignorance - what are they for?

 

[ColeyS1]

OK, I'll show my ignorance - what are they for?

Pulling joints together. Quite often use them before driving in the proper wooden ones on site. Imagine a mortice and tenon. The tenon has a hole in it and the mortice part has a hole that nearly lines up through it. Because the hole isnt quite inline it pulls the joint up tight .Sure someone will be along shortly to explain it better :wink:

 

[Paul Chapman]

Couple of demos. by Chris Schwarz here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa8K_CH3 ... F&index=27

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaEO7Wkm ... C43576D6AF

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Thanks, that's what I thought. I've used the technique before, but I've only ever seen it done with a dowel that was left in situ. Is there really any point in using a bar to pull the joint tight, then taking it out and replacing it with something else? Seems like making work?

 

[RogerBoyle]

Thanks, that's what I thought. I've used the technique before, but I've only ever seen it done with a dowel that was left in situ. Is there really any point in using a bar to pull the joint tight, then taking it out and replacing it with something else? Seems like making work?

I can see where you are coming from but in some cases it pays to pull the joint tight before banging the dowels in as just sometimes instead of pulling tight the hole on the tenon will elongate and leave a slight gap on the shoulder.
If ever you go on a new build site have a look at the staircases as that is one of the main areas where you will see this ( tapered gaps between the stringer and newel post).
Its basically a belt and braces approach
I just use an old fat screwdriver

HTH
Roger

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I can see the sense in using drawbores in certain circumstances - I had to glue up six large table frames that I didn't have cramps enough for, they were ideal as I pulled everything tight with cramps, dowelled the joints and immediately removed the cramps. Surely, though, if a dowel will elongate the hole in a tenon, so will a drawbar? I'd have thought they were far better for holding things tight than for pulling things tight.

 

[RogerBoyle]

Not really, a drawbar is usually a smaller diameter than the dowel and is not getting hammered in so it is kinder to the tenon
the dowel even if it's shaped needs to be hammered in and it does not take much for it to enter the hole in the tenon a bit skewed and elongate it

 

[jimi43]

Beautiful work Adam!! =D>

I am so chuffed that your business has kicked off and that you are producing some real quality tools.

I look forward to seeing the marking gauges!

Jimi

 

[rileytoolworks]

Beautiful work Adam!! =D>

I am so chuffed that your business has kicked off and that you are producing some real quality tools.

I look forward to seeing the marking gauges!

Jimi

Thanks Jimi.
The shop is going quite well. Hopefully I'll have the gauges online soon. Just a bit more testing first...

All the best.

Adam.