Hand knurling tool

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I am in need of a hand knurling tool. Cannot find them in Canada.
Know a guy that works for a major tool supply company in Canada and he said he would look into bringing in an inexpensive hand knurling tool if there was enough demand. (approx $70 US )
Trying to get a consensus from CGN community. I hope I have not broken any rules here.
 
No guys not checkering tools or files, he means a tool which looks similar to a tubing cutter but has knurls in place of the rollers and cutting discs.
 
73582 said:
I am in need of a hand knurling tool. Cannot find them in Canada.
Know a guy that works for a major tool supply company in Canada and he said he would look into bringing in an inexpensive hand knurling tool if there was enough demand. (approx $70 US )
Trying to get a consensus from CGN community. I hope I have not broken any rules here.
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What are you trying to knurl? I have been gunsmithing since 1967 and have never required a hand knurling tool... I don't believe there are any restrictions bringing one in from the US but I doubt it would be worthwhile to do so for a retailer...
 
straight Hand knurlers are most often used when one wants to increase the effective diameter of a shaft for a press fit. Usually something has worn or needs to be pressed with a tight fit. I have used them for bearing and other shaft purposes when mounting to a lathe is impractical
 
Need to tighten up oprod guide on m305/m14.

The tool guy I know cant do it and is not going to pursue it...It was suggested I try Emco, the Eagle Rock looks like it would be about $250 before its in my hands.

Thanks
 
73582 said:
Need to tighten up oprod guide on m305/m14.

The tool guy I know cant do it and is not going to pursue it...It was suggested I try Emco, the Eagle Rock looks like it would be about $250 before its in my hands.

Thanks
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You could do it with a cold chisel or on a lathe with a straight knurl
 
ronnie01 said:
Buy this and be done with it,or take it to a machine shop.

https://www.goodson.com/VGK-25-Valve-Guide-OD-Knurling-Tool/

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If I needed a hand knurling tool, I would not buy that one.

The knurling roller is on one side, with smooth rollers on the other, pounding down the knurls you just worked to raise up.

I'll go out onna limb and say that with the stellar response rate, maybe the demand for a hand knurler isn't really there.

Last one I saw at a gun show was a decent American made unit that was pretty well built, and I looked it over and kept going, at $50. Had spare knurls and a nice wooden box, too.

Cheers
Trev
 
I just finished knurling my old norinco m14 that I have had since 1992. I bought my knurling tool off of eBay for $70 dollars. Great tool, American made and it did the job nicely. Well worth the money in my opinion and it tightened the old m14 up better than my new m305.
 
Butcherbill said:
Have a look here, might be something that will do what your looking for.

http://www.busybeetools.com/search.php?search_query=knurling+tool
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All of those need a lathe in order to work.

The Enco hand knurler from the link in the link, above (http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INPDFF?PMPAGE=215&PMITEM=250-1715) uses 3 knurls. This allows the pressure to be applied, without destroying your own efforts, when it is rotated. Need three, or it falls off the shaft being knurled.

Cheers
Trev
 
Does someone have a pic or diagram of the part in question? I never really got into detail with my m14 before I moved it, and I'm curious as how difficult am operation this is, or if it's sometbing I could just chuck in the lathe and zip through.
 
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