Tuck Cutter Blade Stencil

[ChinaVoodoo]

I find it interesting that the manufacturer decided it was worth forging their own wing nuts rather than just buying them.

 

[MarcL]

yeah, this looks good for $20.

 

[deluxestogie]

Screws and bolts were not standardized until the second half of the 19th century.

Turn of the Century

THE HISTORY ISSUE William Sellers knew that the end of the hand-tooled machine age was nigh. So he grabbed the manufacturing elite by the nuts and bolts and dragged them into the mass production era. A case study in the power of standards, by James Surowiecki We live in a standardized world...

www.wired.com

Bob

 

[stdly]

I don't know if this is your device.

Bob

I imported you Image to my cad program and re-scaled it.
First I drew the outline on top of the image as best I could.
Then extruded it.
Then I did a 1 to 1 layout.
Then printed it to a PDF file that is scale for a template if anyone wants it.
I didn't know the thickness I made it 0.04"" easily edited.
I also don't know the material it needs to be hardened steel.
I can export to DXF for laser cutting or a STEP file for solids if needed.
I can do this with most shapes if I have a good scanned jpg it will be already to scale.

 

[Knucklehead]

I imported you Image to my cad program and re-scaled it.
First I drew the outline on top of the image as best I could.
Then extruded it.
Then I did a 1 to 1 layout.
Then printed it to a PDF file that is scale for a template if anyone wants it.
I didn't know the thickness I made it 0.04"" easily edited.
I also don't know the material it needs to be hardened steel.
I can export to DXF for laser cutting or a STEP file for solids if needed.
I can do this with most shapes if I have a good scanned jpg it will be already to scale.


View attachment 34453View attachment 34454View attachment 34455View attachment 34456View attachment 34457

Nice work! Really neat that you put in the effort.

 

[deluxestogie]

I've added that template post to the Index of Key Forum Threads.

Bob

 

[TigerTom]

I imported you Image to my cad program and re-scaled it.
First I drew the outline on top of the image as best I could.
Then extruded it.
Then I did a 1 to 1 layout.
Then printed it to a PDF file that is scale for a template if anyone wants it.
I didn't know the thickness I made it 0.04"" easily edited.
I also don't know the material it needs to be hardened steel.
I can export to DXF for laser cutting or a STEP file for solids if needed.
I can do this with most shapes if I have a good scanned jpg it will be already to scale.


View attachment 34453View attachment 34454View attachment 34455View attachment 34456View attachment 34457

That's fantastic!

Earlier I questioned whether or not the blade on Bob's cutter would fit mine and it turns out it will with a minor modification. On my cutter, the track for the thumb screw is further out by about half the width of the track. After printing, cutting, and repeating a few times, I came up with a track placement that works.



Thank you for posting this for all to use. I'd say it cut the time out of this project by about 90%.

 

[stdly]

That's fantastic!

Earlier I questioned whether or not the blade on Bob's cutter would fit mine and it turns out it will with a minor modification. On my cutter, the track for the thumb screw is further out by about half the width of the track. After printing, cutting, and repeating a few times, I came up with a track placement that works.

Thank you for posting this for all to use. I'd say it cut the time out of this project by about 90%.

I imported your image and did the same thing but it did not match Bobs exactly.
Anyway I did what I thought was right as far as moving the pivot slot maybe you can try this one.
I am adding the PDF files for both blades if you print to scale they will work.

 

[stdly]

I've added that template post to the Index of Key Forum Threads.

Bob

Bob if you could and have time and the blade you posted handy print the PDF Tuck Cutter Blade and see how close I was.

 

[deluxestogie]

Bravo! It's a more precise match than I would be able to make from either metal or cardboard. The thickness seems to be identical as well.

Of course, the true oldies were often one-off parts, and will need adjustments, in order to fit. Your specs are sufficient for a mass production order of replacement blades, though I'm not sure there is more than a handful of interested parties.

Bob

 

[stdly]

Bravo! It's a more precise match than I would be able to make from either metal or cardboard. The thickness seems to be identical as well.

Of course, the true oldies were often one-off parts, and will need adjustments, in order to fit. Your specs are sufficient for a mass production order of replacement blades, though I'm not sure there is more than a handful of interested parties.

Bob

I do this at work a lot, drawing in CAD to .0005" helps keep the mind alive.
I'm usually within about .01 inches but I normally have the sample in hand for measuring and have scanned it.
Bobs image was very good but it had a slight shadow at the bottom facing edges I had to account for, but looks like I hit it right on.
I don't want to make these I just was trying to help out, they could be laser cut cheaply though.
If anyone wants a file made and can supply a good contrast image or scan of the blade let me know.

 

[TigerTom]

I imported your image and did the same thing but it did not match Bobs exactly.
Anyway I did what I thought was right as far as moving the pivot slot maybe you can try this one.
I am adding the PDF files for both blades if you print to scale they will work.
View attachment 34466View attachment 34467View attachment 34468View attachment 34469

Interesting. I cut it out exactly along the lines of the printout so if it came out smaller, I have to figure out what went wrong on my end when I printed it.

 

[stdly]

Interesting. I cut it out exactly along the lines of the printout so if it came out smaller, I have to figure out what went wrong on my end when I printed it.

Make sure you set your printout to actual size.

 

[MarcL]

Can you see the difference in Bobs lower blade and my star cutter lower blade?

 

[stdly]

Can you see the difference in Bobs lower blade and my star cutter lower blade?

It is completely different shape also Bob's is sharp and yours is rusty.
Take a pic or scan it and I will draw it if you want. the pencil outline you did won't be close enough.

 

[MarcL]

I'll do a scan. The blade on the dollar bill is the star cutters lower blade.
This lower star blade job was done. If you haven't seen it. https://fairtradetobacco.com/threads/tuck-cutter-spare-parts.5493/page-2#post-168443

 

[MarcL]

 

[stdly]

I'll do a scan. The blade on the dollar bill is the star cutters lower blade.
This lower star blade job was done. If you haven't seen it. https://fairtradetobacco.com/threads/tuck-cutter-spare-parts.5493/page-2#post-168443

I did it with the dollar photo.
The bottom cutting side looked sharpened a few times I estimated it's original shape not sure if it right.

 

[MarcL]

 

[MarcL]

..