(Night)mare of a job

[Magic Bus]

Thanks to Gareth I have all I need to ruinmodify my Wave more to my liking. I'll be putting a small flathead in place of the small bit holder. The problem is the flathead is about 0.5mm too thick and I'm having a mare of a time loosing that excess metal. Wet and dry ... pfff  DC4 diamond side ... pfff  It's going to take me years. Still the long winter evenings will fly past 

[ryan1835]

Emery cloth?

[Gareth]

Have fun Chris.

[Anthony]

Belt sander?

If so, watch your fingers grinding that little driver!

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Paint it with sea water, and wait 30 mins

[Magic Bus]

Emery cloth is going to be slow too ( I think )  Ryan. A belt sander or linisher is just what I need as well as being a solution for overlong fingernails 

[Magic Bus]

Paint it with sea water, and wait 30 mins

You get your own special reply Mike on account of the quality of your suggestion    

[John]

Paint it with sea water, and wait 30 mins

I think he wanted to remove 0.5mm not the whole blade     

[Gareth]

Paint it with sea water, and wait 30 mins

I think he wanted to remove 0.5mm not the whole blade     

That only happens if you leave a Leatherman in Mike's presence for more than a minute at a time.

 

[Neil]

0.5mm is quite a chunk    I'd mount it to a block of wood and then rub it back and forth on a coarse sharpening stone.  I've reduced thickness this way before.  Its not perfect but it only takes minutes rather than hours with papers

[Zed]

I use my dremel to grind stuff down, it dont take long and you can keep checking it to see if its right, just a idea 

[Magic Bus]

0.5mm is quite a chunk    I'd mount it to a block of wood and then rub it back and forth on a coarse sharpening stone.  I've reduced thickness this way before.  Its not perfect but it only takes minutes rather than hours with papers

Good idea, thanks Neil!

[Magic Bus]

I shall have to get one Paul 

[Zed]

I shall have to get one Paul 

ive got a cheap one chris ive had for around 8-9 years and its been very useful 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Paint it with sea water, and wait 30 mins

You get your own special reply Mike on account of the quality of your suggestion    

Bit harsh

[DaveK]

Harsh. But fair.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Harsh. But fair.

Probably

[ryan1835]

I shall have to get one Paul 

i got one today they do seem pretty good so far

[Zed]

I shall have to get one Paul 

i got one today they do seem pretty good so far

there very handy things to have 

[ryan1835]

I shall have to get one Paul 

i got one today they do seem pretty good so far

there very handy things to have 

psssst go to my sideclip thread  i think you might be able to help me

[Gareth]

0.5mm is quite a chunk    I'd mount it to a block of wood and then rub it back and forth on a coarse sharpening stone.  I've reduced thickness this way before.  Its not perfect but it only takes minutes rather than hours with papers

Good idea, thanks Neil!

it's the way I'd go I think.  Being a bit anally retentive about these things I'd also be very tempted to 0.25mm off each side so as to keep the original bevel grinds for the tip the same.  If I took 0.5mm off one side I'd then have to redo the bevel so as it matched the other side, I think that'd be tricky to get looking just right as the bevels are concave not flat.  It wouldn't affect how the driver would work one iota though.

[Magic Bus]

it's the way I'd go I think.  Being a bit anally retentive about these things I'd also be very tempted to 0.25mm off each side so as to keep the original bevel grinds for the tip the same.  If I took 0.5mm off one side I'd then have to redo the bevel so as it matched the other side, I think that'd be tricky to get looking just right as the bevels are concave not flat.  It wouldn't affect how the driver would work one iota though.
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That's what I've been trying to do 

[Gareth]

Good man.

 

[Magic Bus]

Right, I have glued the driver to a block of wood and discovered that this is definitely the way forward. But the most abrasive thing I have, a Fallkie DC4, is soooo ooo oo slow  Still I'm not one to be put off so I shall keep going 

[ryan1835]

you really need a dremel 

[J-sews]

Keep at it Chris, I'm sure you'll be pleased with it in the end.

[Neil]

A big old fashioned sharpening stone is what you need.  You could just go and buy one, wouldn't be expensive as you don't need anything remotely fancy, however they can normally be obtained for 50p in grubby looking condition from the bottom of rusty tool boxes at most car boot sales

[Zed]

A big old fashioned sharpening stone is what you need.  You could just go and buy one, wouldn't be expensive as you don't need anything remotely fancy, however they can normally be obtained for 50p in grubby looking condition from the bottom of rusty tool boxes at most car boot sales

i saw one the other week,    plus a kukri that i missed out on, thats another story 

[Neil]

A big old fashioned sharpening stone is what you need.  You could just go and buy one, wouldn't be expensive as you don't need anything remotely fancy, however they can normally be obtained for 50p in grubby looking condition from the bottom of rusty tool boxes at most car boot sales

i saw one the other week,    plus a kukri that i missed out on, thats another story 

Random guess... it'd have been all yours if you hadn't of had the rest of the family in tow

[ryan1835]

maybe the thought what am i going to do with one too?