toolmaking

Not the glamour shot of very small mail links in a nearly completed collar that I was going to be posting… I have been struggling a bit with drifting rings for the last few days, blaming my drift. Now I think it might be that the striking plate that I am drifting into is becoming worn and the drifted shape /hole too big for the overlap (which on these rings is pretty small). So out with this old one and drilling a new one to try.