i think i need exactly what rickyb has, but where to get it? its surprising that these seem not to be used. how big is the grout scraper? i cant see it on the picture but i have one with three cutting edges about 1" long. i was thinking of something that could go in a 1/2" hole. the noga comes close but has a flat tip.
so yes, i thought idd ask before making one, because usually i make tool three times before it works and very often it will then stop working when i need it most anyway. i might start with forging a screwdriver into shape.
How many items to do, and how often?
Don't insult an honest screwdriver just to have a HANDLE! Grab a length of "clock steel" and use it with a general purpose file handle or hand-vise handle. Or MAKE a handle.
Broken or just worn-out files, drills, taps, hacksaw, and POWER hacksaw blades, even industrial razor blades get tossed in a drawer here, more than 60 years running.
That small stash of "good steel" or bustid carbide - a bit of messing with one of many grinder wheels, and the challenge is soon dealt with.
Here's another useful trick - from the joolry manufacturing industry - also google "thrumming":
Shopping
Mitchell Abrasives Round Cords and Flat Tapes
ISTR both of these techniques were first seen in "modern times" within a few hundred miles of where you park yerazz, today?
So "home to roost" from the other side of the puddle they now come in your hour of need!
"Pre-historic" times, animal or vegetable fiber charged with natural or crush-enhanced and seived abrasives shaped stone tools, temple doors and artwork, a VERY long time ago!
It was all the f**k they
had..
... even when the "cord" was a massive rope pulled by TEAMS of men at each end whist other teams kept hauling water and dumping on the recyled sand or such, still other teams scouted materials and made new rope, whilst worn-out rope went to caulk leaks or start the cooking and forging fires.
The "lost secrets of the pyramids", Stonehenge, and other ancient marvels?
Very little to do with transporting heavy material nor working stone. The craftsmanship never left public view "somewhere" on-planet.
EVERYTHING to do with the conceiving, detail planning, organizing and funding support logistics, then
executing to a plan.
Those crucial skills DID "go missing" from time to time.
Architecture. Engineering.
Finance. Logistics.
Project Management, were the key skills, rather.
"Craftsmanship" begins between the ears.
What's between or under the hands only
follows.
