B-Day Gift For a Friend

[Mike 56]

I bought a Huntsman from Tim made some scales out of a old teak bowl.
I made a little bit kit to go with it. The box is a small candy tin I fire blued.
Mike

 

[Gareth]

I'll be your friend Mike.  

Very nice mate, your friend is a lucky guy.

[Smitty44]

Looks nice Mike.

[Sparky415]

Looks nice Mike.

+1

I think we need some more pictures please 

[AHB]

Looks great and more pics please.. 

[Millhouse]

 

Really like the bit driver.

[MultiMat]

Mike did you glue the metal Vic cross on to the scales or cut the scales & then insert it into the scales  .
I would love to do the same sort of thing for my beat up broken scales Huntsman  .

Any tips on retrieving the metal cross & applying it

Looks great mate 

[Mike 56]

Thank you for the complements. I can not take more pics i all ready gave the knife as a gift.

Millhouse the bit adapter is easy to make if you are interested i can tell you how to make one.

Mat i just super glued cross to the scale and finished over it. To remove the cross from the scale there is a small hole on the back of the scale i pushed it out with a small punch. I heat the scale first before pushing it out.

Mike

[MultiMat]

Thank you for the complements. I can not take more pics i all ready gave the knife as a gift.

Millhouse the bit adapter is easy to make if you are interested i can tell you how to make one.

Mat i just super glued cross to the scale and finished over it. To remove the cross from the scale there is a small hole on the back of the scale i pushed it out with a small punch. I heat the scale first before pushing it out.

Mike

Thanks Mike  .
Nice work getting the scale tools in to 

Mike what is your finishing treatment on your wood scales 
 

I have some nice wood acoming 

[Mike 56]

Mat the finish i used is Tru-Oil gun stock finish made by Birchwood Casey. I sand the scales starting with 60 grit paper and work my way to 1000 grit and finish up with #0000 steel wool. I put a small amount of Tru-Oil on a q-tip to apply finish to the edges of the scales then i put a small drop of finish on the scale then use my finger to put finish on the rest of the scale. You want to apply the finish in very thin coats. You can re coat in 3 to 4 hours. The finish will be very shiny that's ok. After every 2 or 3 coats let the finish dry over night then lightly buff the scales with #0000 steel wool and re coat. I put 10 coats of finish on those scales. After the last coat i put hardwood paste on the scales and buff with #0000 steel wool then let dry and buff out with a rag.This will cut the gloss and leave the scales very smooth.

Mike

[MultiMat]

Mat the finish i used is Tru-Oil gun stock finish made by Birchwood Casey. I sand the scales starting with 60 grit paper and work my way to 1000 grit and finish up with #0000 steel wool. I put a small amount of Tru-Oil on a q-tip to apply finish to the edges of the scales then i put a small drop of finish on the scale then use my finger to put finish on the rest of the scale. You want to apply the finish in very thin coats. You can re coat in 3 to 4 hours. The finish will be very shiny that's ok. After every 2 or 3 coats let the finish dry over night then lightly buff the scales with #0000 steel wool and re coat. I put 10 coats of finish on those scales. After the last coat i put hardwood paste on the scales and buff with #0000 steel wool then let dry and buff out with a rag.This will cut the gloss and leave the scales very smooth.

Mike

Thanks Mike  .

I think I am going too have to do some more research as I doubt I will be able to get any of that Tru-Oil stuff in Oz .
I am sure there are plenty of options I just need to do some looking 

[Sparky415]

You have a lot more patience than I have Mike 

Good job! 

[Mike 56]

You can all so use tung oil it is allmost the samething.
Mike

[MultiMat]

You can all so use tung oil it is allmost the samething.
Mike

A few things to get when I go to the hardware store next 


Thanks Mike 

[Sparky415]

There seems to be a million different oils in the stores over here, teak oil, danish oil, wood reviving oil, wood restoring oil etc etc
I mostly use boiled linseed oil on a lot of wood and it seems to do a good job, I thin it with about 50% white spirit to help it soak in

[MultiMat]

Tony , silly question  ,  does the linseed oil come pre boiled & why mix it with white spirits  .
Does 'Sparkies Magic Wood Potion' leave a hard protective finish 
What does 415 stand for 
When will Australia win back the Ashes 

 

[Sparky415]

We get it pre boiled over here (I think it might 'purify' it but I'm not sure) Its a bit like warm honey so I thin it down to help it to soak in to the wood better (I'm told that's what they do with Ax handles ) 

No its not like varnish leaving a protective shell but if you damage varnish you have to rub it all down and re apply it if you want it to look good, with oil you can give it a bit of a rub with spot more oil if that makes any sense 

Its not my age    In the UK we have for thousands of years had our electricity supplied to us at 240volts single phase or 415volts three phase.... then we joined the EU......  even though we invented electricity...... the French....
Its part of one of my Email addresses 

The only thing I know about cricket  and the only thing worth knowing is they rub linseed oil in to their bats 

[MultiMat]

Thanks Tony  , you bloody heathen  .

Come & live in Oz , we do not care about cricket anymore(now that we are smurfhouse at it  )

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                          WE HAVE 240 VOLTS ELECTRICITY single phase
                          415 VOLTS three phase

[Sparky415]

Sorry about all this Mike!


Matt

  Just wait untill you join the EU then see what happens 

and I've seen the size of the rats you have down there 

[Sparky415]

The brave Australian exterminator with the tools of his trade   






at least we haven't gone too far off topic 

[MultiMat]

BAD SPARKY  .

Do I tell you the story of driving my son too a cricket game at 80kmh , last Saturday ,with a rather large roo/sparky rat coming the other way between a fence & a cement divider  . They smurfup cars good & proper & have been known to kick off in the car(when they go through the windscreen)  .. Big Roos traveling a couple feet of the ground leads to some nervous moments in a car 

Back on track I am keen to do some wood scales & like the idea of a hard finish , sorry Tony 

[Sparky415]

BAD SPARKY  .

Do I tell you the story of driving my son too a cricket game at 80kmh , last Saturday ,with a rather large roo/sparky rat coming the other way between a fence & a cement divider  . They smurfup cars good & proper & have been known to kick off in the car(when they go through the windscreen)  .. Big Roos traveling a couple feet of the ground leads to some nervous moments in a car 

Back on track I am keen to do some wood scales & like the idea of a hard finish , sorry Tony 

If you want to do it the wrong way don't blame me if it all goes pear shaped 

Good luck Mat 

  Just something to think about read the instructions when using oils,
If you leave it to dry on some rags it can spontaneously combust 

seriously!   

[Sparky415]

BAD SPARKY  .

Do I tell you the story of driving my son too a cricket game at 80kmh , last Saturday ,with a rather large roo/sparky rat coming the other way between a fence & a cement divider  . They smurfup cars good & proper & have been known to kick off in the car(when they go through the windscreen)   .. Big Roos traveling a couple feet of the ground leads to some nervous moments in a car 

Back on track I am keen to do some wood scales & like the idea of a hard finish , sorry Tony 

We have deer and horse riders that do that to us over here   

[Mike 56]

Rats that size you need a Swiss K31
Mike

[MultiMat]

We know how this fight ends