Bob sent me a few moulds to play with. This one, an Ideal 358395 was missing the hollow base pin. Glen was very helpful in providing input on how the base needed to look. His included sending a few photos of his identical mould and rough measurements of the pin.
I was going to do this in a different manner but I wasn’t happy with it at all.
This is the pin to final size. The rough looking section on the base will be the part epoxied in the wood handle. Those grooves will help lock it in place. A will also drill that and the ha doe for a cross pin.
Waiting for the tap and die for attaching the retaining pin. If I had a welder I would cross drill for the pin and tack weld the back end. As is I plan to cross drill and tap the base pin and thread the end of the retaining pin. The retaining pin will then be filed to final fit.
I was going to do this in a different manner but I wasn’t happy with it at all.
This is the pin to final size. The rough looking section on the base will be the part epoxied in the wood handle. Those grooves will help lock it in place. A will also drill that and the ha doe for a cross pin.
Waiting for the tap and die for attaching the retaining pin. If I had a welder I would cross drill for the pin and tack weld the back end. As is I plan to cross drill and tap the base pin and thread the end of the retaining pin. The retaining pin will then be filed to final fit.