Scrap bin scribe

[Canobi]

Hi folks

I had a collection of broken items that when combined together, made a neat carbide scribe.




The scribe tip was made from the shaft of a broken carbide slot mill, the end of which I ground down to a fine point. The handle/shaft(?) came from a crappy scalpel set which had come with a plastic collet that had broken in seconds, so I dug out a short drop of 1/4" round I'd put in the swarf bin from some other project and copied the plastic one as close as I could and used a hand hacksaw to cut the four splits in the collet.



Canobi

[thehomeengineer]

I like recycled projects. When you look at one item that is scrap or broken and you think I could use that or parts of it, to improve another item is very satisfying. I’ve not been skip diving for a while.
The Home Engineer

[DIYer]

Thanks Canobi! We've added your Scribe to our Scribes, Awls, and Marking Knives category,
as well as to your builder page: Canobi's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Scribe by Canobi

tags: scribe

[PJs]

Nice salvage save Canobi. I use broken circuit board drills all the time for similar but the cheap scalpel and your nice collet build was Great! Thanks for sharing.

[Tonyg]

Nice one Canobi, it is always so satisfying when you can make something useful out of broken items or scrap.

[Crusty]

That's a nice handy tool. In a similar effort, here's a pin vise that I made from a dysfunctional auto punch and the motor shaft (with support bearing and chuck) from a POS rotary tool. I used to use it frequently for grinding TIG tips but I've since discovered that my screw gun does a better job faster so now it's got dedicated pin vise duty.

[Canobi]

Thanks guys

[DIYer]

Thanks Crusty! We've added your Pin Vise to our Vises category,
as well as to your builder page: Crusty's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Pin Vise by Crusty

tags: vise

[NeiljohnUK]

Diesel injector pintles make good scribes/centre punches.