384ft You'll be supplying everyone else I hope you get sorted finally. For the record, the reducing of brass stock is officially the most tedious part of modding by an order or magnitude. I hate it, hate it, hate Neil
Bah...wimps!(Image removed from quote.)Back in the day we used to make our own pins by chewing empty brass cartridges...while walking barefoot in the snow...
According to google:2.2 millimeters = 0.0866141732 inAnd they sell .081in brass rod, so that's good enough for me to try, Gareth said he has a local place that sells 2.2mm and it it a negligible difference. Anyway, to you Scibeer, I ordered what I understand to be 384 ft of brass rod, a lifetime supply, I hope Now I just need to get a smaller drill bit so I don't mess up anymore center bushings and I will be set for life! Thanks a million!!!
Whew, alright, it's already put together, at least I put the layers all together on the pins, but now what? Last time one side was already peened, but not so now. Right now it's just 4 rods sticking through the knife holding it together. What next? Btw, a little teaser, it's leftover Champ parts, so I made a pseudo Lumberjack (of sorts):Layer 1: Large blade, small blade, corkscrewLayer 2: Wood saw, chiselSort of a woodworker knife, all cutting blades (save for the corkscrew... I guess it's meant to screw into cork, a sort of wood ) Hopefully I can find my dang ball pien hammer, I know it's around this room somewhere...
Quote from: Ben X on March 06, 2009, 08:13:09 PMWhew, alright, it's already put together, at least I put the layers all together on the pins, but now what? Last time one side was already peened, but not so now. Right now it's just 4 rods sticking through the knife holding it together. What next? Btw, a little teaser, it's leftover Champ parts, so I made a pseudo Lumberjack (of sorts):Layer 1: Large blade, small blade, corkscrewLayer 2: Wood saw, chiselSort of a woodworker knife, all cutting blades (save for the corkscrew... I guess it's meant to screw into cork, a sort of wood ) Hopefully I can find my dang ball pien hammer, I know it's around this room somewhere...This is where Gareth and I differ in approach (both work mind). I like to cut the brass 1 to 1.5mm proud of the bushing either side and then then a few taps to one side, turn the knife over and a few taps to the other, repeat 'till right. Gareth likes to take a longer bit of brass and dome one end first, pop it in place, cut to size and then peen from that side. (I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm remembering that wrong). Either way it really isn't any more difficult than working on a knife that already has been factory peened on one side. Really, you'll be fine Neil
Gareth and I are doing it correctly...I have no ideal what Neil and the Bees are doing