The Mouser (Gerber EAB Mod)

[Metropolicity]

A quickie mod for the sewing kit.

I had an idea after seeing some carpet cutting blades at Canadian Tire, I can use those to rip open seams! But the massive blade holders be too large to get any kind of dextrous manipulation. Then came the Gerber EAB (exchange-a-blade), the smallest (at least that I know of) blade holder.

The blade swap is hardly a mod, the real mod is the addition of grip and a thumbstud.



When open, the jimping is nice under the thumb and allows for control of the narrow edge hook blade when cutting open seams.



I added a tiny row of jimping on the liner lock, it was a little slippy too.



Why The Mouser? It reminds me of the Ninja Turtle Mouser:

[5hif7y]

looks simple but nice. i like the look of the EAB. i might have to get one for my maxpendition bag. if i do i might put some jimping on mine to as it looks useful (sorry if im stealing your idea). nice work as always metro 

[Metropolicity]

looks simple but nice. i like the look of the EAB. i might have to get one for my maxpendition bag. if i do i might put some jimping on mine to as it looks useful (sorry if im stealing your idea). nice work as always metro 

If it wasn't worth stealing, it wouldn't be good work

[5hif7y]

in that case, i cant wait for people to start stealing my ideas 

[J-sews]

Cool idea sir! Seems like Gerber should have done that themselves

[Metropolicity]

Cool idea sir! Seems like Gerber should have done that themselves

If they did, who else would we make fun of at MTO?

I don't know why I didn't think of it before...I wish it came in BO or at least painted black...

[Potassium Hydroxide]

The jimping looks very well made.

[Sparky415]

Great Job Metropolicity 

[MeadMaker]

Thank You Metropolicity,  that tool is exactly what I need to have in my tool kit for removing the sheathing from electric cables. Even I can manage to do that mod.   

[Metropolicity]

Thank You Metropolicity,  that tool is exactly what I need to have in my tool kit for removing the sheathing from electric cables. Even I can manage to do that mod.

It was super easy, I used a dremel small diamond round file to get the spacing correct then used a small 1/8" round file and went slow to get the depths right.

The jimping on the liner lock is done with the dremel only.

The thumb stud is a little bit more difficult, you could replace the screw with a hex but I find it a little too far down (unless you have monkey length thumbs). I used a solid carbid end mill to drill through the top layer only. I made the thumb stud out of aluminum rod on my lathe and press fit it into place.

Hope that helps with your future mod

[Skylarhagler]

Just an idea for you metro, if you don't want it silver, you should get a small gun bluing kit to use on it. I think would look really good and it would be a lot more difficult to scratch off than paint.

[PyroJames]

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Cowabunga dude!  Got any pizza?

That's a really neat mod btw.  One of the reasons why I don't use my EAB much is because of the lack of grip.    I may need to dig out my EAB now...

[lowtech]

Necro posting!

I received an EAB for my work bag and I was browsing the boards for a pic of a jimped one I thought I had seen here. I guess I found the thread, but w/o pics. Does anybody still have a pic saved somewhere? Metro, maybe got a Minute to spare from sewing Skinths?
anybody else modded the EAB to "less slippery" and "grippier"?

[zoidberg]

Yeah someone did it recently. I'll try and find it.

[zoidberg]

Here you go.    Modded Gerber EAB

[lowtech]

  Thank you!