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make those small cuts while inletting smal round items like trigger guards and forend latches? I need to know what type of tool that I can make very fine vertical cuts acroos the grain thet have about a 3/16" radius.
Thus far, I have usd the Dremel tool and I have made some scrapers that will work but are very slow in cutting the end grain.
I am attempting to put the finishing touches on the forend latch of an O/U and only have about .003" to go on the curved inletting. This is not the time to have a large gap appear in my otherwise very good job of inletting!
TIA,
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First make sure all your tools are razor sharp. Much easier to cut clean lines with very sharp tools and light pressure. On many small areas I will alter a tool for that single job. Small tools work best. Wood carving chisels or small knives that come to a sharp point work well. Rotory tools tend to grind away too much wood before your know it has happened. Work only whey you are fresh. The minute you get tired quit. One minor mental laspe and your entire job can be ruined. This, I know from personal experience. 
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Franchi, there are some dental cutters that are very tiny and have a cutting surfact about 1/4-3/8" long. They work very well in a dremel in those rounded areas. They are so small and the teeth so fine, they work very well at taking out the minute amounts around the tangs. It is the best and safest motorized cutters I have found.
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I have made several small custom radius tools from drill rod. It's a pain but it gets them right.
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Originally posted by KY Jon: First make sure all your tools are razor sharp. Much easier to cut clean lines with very sharp tools and light pressure. On many small areas I will alter a tool for that single job. Small tools work best. Wood carving chisels or small knives that come to a sharp point work well. Rotory tools tend to grind away too much wood before your know it has happened.
Work only whey you are fresh. The minute you get tired quit. One minor mental laspe and your entire job can be ruined. This, I know from personal experience. This is Jon's night for great advice. Everything he says plus get some small needle files, and rifflers, (curved files in assorted shapes), I got mine on evilbay.
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At the tool closeout stores there sets of small woodworking chisels that can be ground to many different shapes.My experience with them has been good because they are cheap and have a fair amount of metal so you can shape about any bend you need.
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Work only whey you are fresh. The minute you get tired quit. One minor mental laspe and your entire job can be ruined. This, I know from personal experience. This is the truth and should be remembered, or you will have a 'practice' stock.
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Rotary tools lead to large mistakes made quickly. Stick to purpose made chisels/gouges and go ever so conservatively. Also helps if the object being inletted has a little draft on the sides so it snugs in as it moves toward being fully seated.
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Franchi, brownells sells cutters (hand tools, not speaking of powered) for those jobs. have to buy a left and a right and it does matter which way you're going around it because of the grain. do a search on their site for "inletting tools" and should be able to find them. they're abt $12 each and money well spent. i went years being too cheap to buy them and never knew how easy they could make those radius chores. can just rotate/push them around the corner and they'll peel off little slivers cross-grain very nicely.
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