{"id":6857,"date":"2024-11-23T16:37:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T15:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6857"},"modified":"2024-11-23T16:37:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T15:37:19","slug":"another-tool-restoration-project-universal-combination-bevel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6857","title":{"rendered":"Another tool Restoration project &#8211; Universal Combination Bevel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently I bought a another job lot of old tools via eBay. I bought them specifically for a scribing block with a round base which I intend to turn into a tool height gauge for my lathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In amongst the other tools most of which appear to have been made during an engineers apprenticeship was this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0004-1024x645.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6858\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0004-1024x645.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0004-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0004-768x484.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0004-476x300.jpg 476w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0004.jpg 1478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Something Missing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had no idea what it was or whether it was complete (I suspected not). It turns out y suspicions were correct and it is a shop made combination universal bevel with one of the bevels missing. Someone who knew what it was point me at a photo and from that photo I have been able to make replacement parts based on the sizes of the original parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are the parts that I made. The thumbnut and the retaining screw were made from a scrap large bolt and the bevel itself was a part of a piece of plate which a friend who repairs heaters on poultry farms gave me from his scrap bin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-IMG_0004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-IMG_0004-1024x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6859\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-IMG_0004-1024x591.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-IMG_0004-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-IMG_0004-768x443.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-IMG_0004-500x289.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-IMG_0004.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Combination Bevel Restoration &#8211; Replacement Missing Parts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-New-Out99999.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-New-Out99999-1024x542.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6860\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-New-Out99999-1024x542.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-New-Out99999-300x159.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-New-Out99999-768x407.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-New-Out99999-500x265.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-New-Out99999.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Combination Bevel Restoration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is it complete aside from stamping the angles on each end &#8211; the original is marked &#8217;45&#8217; at the enagled end<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I bought a another job lot of old tools via eBay. I bought them specifically for a scribing block with a round base which I intend to turn into a tool height gauge for my lathe. 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