To set the formed wire of the double-bevel tool in a wood block, trace the profile of the cutter head onto the block. In most situations, you can simply drill a hole large enough to accept the formed wire heads and set them with epoxy. To make the handle blocks, find a piece of scrap wood that fits well in your hand and can hold the formed wire. The formed wires I make include a loop tool, a handle extruder/cutter, a double-beveled cutter, and a stepped gallery cutter. To re-harden it after heating, plunge the hot wire into an ice water bath and then removeĪny excess length of wire with a side cutter. Note that heating the wire strip will leave it soft. Shape the wire while it is still red hot into a desired tool-head shape using a pair of needle-nose pliers (3). Hold the wire with a plier and heat the sharpened area with a small propane torch until red hot to soften it and make it easy to bend (2). Of a closed bench vise), and use a flat metal file to sharpen a 2-inch section in the middle of the 8-inch wiper wire. Hold the length of wire with your hand against a hard surface (I place it on top of the jaws This gives you enough material to hold on to during the forming and sharpening process. Apply heat with a torch only to a non-flammable surface.īegin by using a side cutter to cut out an 8-inch strip of wiper wire. Safety first! Secure a pair of safety glasses and leather gloves to protect your eyes and hands during the process. Post, which is excerpted from that issue, Dan demonstrates how to make a handy gallery cutter to make quick and easy work of making galleries for lidded forms. In addition to a great step-by-step project on making lidded boxes, Dan Ingersoll shares some very cool ideas for making homemade tools out of old worn-out windshield wiper blades in the July/August 2023 issue of Pottery Making Illustrated. Pottery Making Illustrated Submission Guidelines.Pottery Making Illustrated's Print Mailing Schedule.Ceramics Monthly's Print Mailing Schedule.Workhouse Clay International ICAN Merit Award.ICAN Making a Difference in Ceramics Award.Annual National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition Award.
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