Making a Small Drawknife without Forging or Heat Treating

A small drawknife is made from an old planer blade. The blade is high speed steel, and doesn't require heat treating to harden or temper it. The handle shanks are brazed or silver soldered onto the blade, so no forging is necessary.

[@lucaskeeley8200]

He's a true craftsman, wonder if he was a machinist originally bc he's very precise about everything and most machinist are. My father was

[@gereserdvelazco4916]

Amazing work, Mike you sound like a book of wisdom

[@mikelevyonline]

Nice of you to exaggerate :)

[@jimamccracken5783]

Mike, That is a fantastic job simple and to the point and very well made. Taking one's time at a project shows the quality of work of the builder. Have a blessed day my friend.

[@obviouslytwo4u]

No better advice has ever been spoken. Thanks mike. I have a new tool to make

[@johnmcc3156]

Great video.. Could watch you work all day.. Thankyou.

[@susanridenour9758]

I'm coming back in my next life as your apprentice. It's amazing to watch you work. Actually it's really relaxing -- it is clear in the video of the fine differing amounts of pressure you apply to the various pieces to get them to turn out as you want. Mad skillz, dude. I especially liked watching you create the handles, and watching the effects of the wire pressing against the turning handles, leaving the browned grip lines. Beautiful work.

[@mikelevyonline]

Who knows, in your next life I may be your apprentice.

[@susanridenour9758]

@@mikelevyonline Maybe you were my apprentice in my *last* life. Didja ever think of that, hmm??

[@davidjordonmiller9686]

This was great! Learned a lot, too. Thanks for sharing!

[@mikelevyonline]

Glad you liked it. Thanks for stopping by.

[@troubledseed]

Tip for using the grinder in passes like at the beginning of the video. Use strong telescoping magnet grabbers to guide the blade safely and smoothly through.

[@mikelevyonline]

Good info, thanks.

[@jpschmidt44]

Thanks, Mike. Very useful video.

[@stevesrt8]

very good demonstration. thank you

[@scottwilson1258]

Beautiful Workmanship Sir!

[@worldclassish]

I'm making one myself so this was helpful thank you.

[@alive.off-grid]

Really enjoyed your videos very instructive. I'm going to try making one. Thank you

[@elim7228]

Very nice work and a great presentation. You forgot to mention that one also needs to have a vice and hopefully, a lathe😂

[@ckmoore101]

Please explain how discussing it, and showing video of it at length, is "forgetting to mention"

[@mikelevyonline]

@elim7228 Thanks, usually tools are needed to make other tools. Besides, we all have our vices…

[@mikelevyonline]

@ckmoore101 No worries, I think he was making a joke.

[@codprawn]

Mike - I love your videos. Very good quality and your voice is very relaxing. You should try and do some more videos for your fans! I just bought a Jacobs rubberflex chuck based on your video from 9 years ago!

[@mikelevyonline]

Thanks for the comment, it is most appreciated. That chuck is still my favorite piece of tooling.

[@joeymclaughlin1264]

Awesome video!

[@mikelevyonline]

Thanks for stopping by.

[@familyfungi]

Thank you for sharing! I'm considering making a draw knife soon, but I have no forge, yet.

[@Wornout1]

Excellent 👌 thanks

[@eugeniorios6088]

I LIKE YOUR JOB, 👍😃NICE JOB SR.

[@mikelevyonline]

Thank you. I appreciate your taking the time to comment.

[@dormindont1]

Инструмент сделанный с душой 👍

[@DGonz0-]

out standing... I was thinking one could also use the JB weld... thank you very much for the idea..

[@mikelevyonline]

I very much doubt that JB Weld would be up to the task.

[@DGonz0-]

@@mikelevyonline even for just a hobbyist?

[@shaveclassy9986]

Nice one

[@upali66]

WOW Mate, Bloody marvellous to watch. I'd love to buy this one mate.How much?

[@RagedContinuum]

nice

[@allynmyers2708]

what per cent silver did you use ? i see there are several grades. nice work, thanks !

[@mikelevyonline]

56% silver.

[@johnruckman2320]

Id like to see one made with folding handles.

[@artbraille]

Bonjour de Montpellier. Je viens d'acheter une vielle plane comme la votre aussi piquée. J'ai essayé de l'affuter pendant une heure. et pas beaucoup de résultats. Incroyable la dureté ? j'étais orfèvre dans les années 70. Pourtant je connais bien les métaux et aussi les trempes des métaux. Je pense que ma plane a au moins 60 HRC de dureté. J'ai essayé avec plusieurs pierres " synthétiques d'affuter la lame. et je n'ai pas grand chose comme résultat. Ce sont mes pierres qui s'usent. Je serrais heureux de connaitre exactement la composition de l'acier et aussi la dureté réelle ? Merci pour votre vidéo. Mais en final pour votre plane, normalement elle devrait couper plus. Toute ma vie j'ai fabriqué mes propres outils et réalisé les trempes. à l'eau ou à l'huile. Pas de problème, ma plane est trempée. Patrick Dupré

[@mikelevyonline]

Ma lame est en acier rapide (HSS), donc c'est assez dur. J'affûte toutes mes lames sur des pierres à aiguiser diamantées.

[@markirish7599]

When you said it was a plane blade could you please explain what kind of plane and if possible where could I order such blade .

[@mikelevyonline]

It's not a blade from a handplane. It's a planer blade from a machine planer or jointer. You will have to search online for current availability.

[@markirish7599]

@@mikelevyonline thank you I ordered a 17 centimetre blade and I shall try make a drawknife from it .I forgot to say thank you for teaching me new skills and for taking the time to reply. Thank you and best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@thomaslindroos1667]

You say the heat wont effect the hardness of the HSS but isnt HSS also quenched and tempered like any other steel and this would potentially temper it even more so it becomes softer?

[@mikelevyonline]

No. High speed steel tolerates much higher temperatures than other common tool steels before losing hardness.

[@WesB1972]

High speed steel is generally quenched in air and is able to maintain hardness at red heat. Machine shop cutters are high speed steel.

[@brardshepp]

If you speed the video up, he sounds like a congested Ben Shapiro

[@thomaslindroos1667]

😂

[@blakekimmel1200]

At around 3 minutes on dude sounds like he might die if he doesn't ingest some sort of liquid.. My Mans was Parched... try hydrating before filming a video. Once I started hearing you swallow and wetting your mouth I couldn't quit hearing it, quite distracting.. just some constructive criticism, take it for what it's worth..