crackout's Adventures in Alox.

firiki · **Reply #150 on:** December 16, 2013, 01:40:23 PM

Quote from: crackout on December 16, 2013, 09:09:56 AM

Quote from: papercut on December 14, 2013, 05:10:23 PM
It is the devil finding an alox exec.

Yup. And when you do find one, it has a bail or advertisement. That's why I had to go custom on this one.

Nice ! I'm not so fond of the 74mm line. This one I would consider, despite the clip.

microbe · **Reply #151 on:** December 16, 2013, 01:44:52 PM

Crackout!

crackout · **Reply #152 on:** December 17, 2013, 04:28:05 PM

I just ordered 3.0mm and 2.5mm carbide bits to finally attempt my 111 mod.

crackout · **Reply #153 on:** December 21, 2013, 02:00:20 AM

Built a new Urban Pioneer with my remaining anodized scales. Golden screws.

Oh and I made new pivots for this one using pin stock with a 1.7mm hole I cut a M2 threading in.
I can make custom lenghts now. Up to 100cm.

Cupboard · **Reply #154 on:** December 21, 2013, 12:40:38 PM

Quote from: crackout on December 21, 2013, 02:00:20 AM

Oh and I made new pivots for this one using pin stock with a 1.7mm hole I cut a M2 threading in.
I can make custom lenghts now. Up to 100cm.

What material is the pivot pin stock?

papercut · **Reply #155 on:** December 21, 2013, 03:39:19 PM

That is rather big news!

crackout · **Reply #156 on:** December 21, 2013, 03:53:33 PM

Quote from: Cupboard on December 21, 2013, 12:40:38 PM

What material is the pivot pin stock?

Brass.
I made a test where I clamped a piece in my vice and went Rambo on it. It withstood a lot of pressure.
So I'm pretty sure these will hold beautifully in EDC.

Side note: I also clamped the modified Solo spring (with a rest for the scissors) in the vice as well and gave it a few blows bending it a few degrees. Now the scissors have amazing snap. The difference is huge. I'd suggest this to anyone using Solo or blade springs for scissors.

lowtech · **Reply #157 on:** December 21, 2013, 04:13:05 PM

I have - In the same spiirit - bought soem 4 mm Brass tubeing with 2 mm id to tap M3 threads in tehre and be able to screw togetehr soem 108 and 111 mods. 4 mm Carbide bits are easier to come by than imperial sizes and there is enough meat left at the pivots.

I´m looking forward to your experiences and will gladly share mine!

Syph007 · **Reply #158 on:** December 21, 2013, 04:46:15 PM

Quote from: lowtech on December 21, 2013, 04:13:05 PM

I have - In the same spiirit - bought soem 4 mm Brass tubeing with 2 mm id to tap M3 threads in tehre and be able to screw togetehr soem 108 and 111 mods. 4 mm Carbide bits are easier to come by than imperial sizes and there is enough meat left at the pivots.

I´m looking forward to your experiences and will gladly share mine!

Thats a good idea, larger pivot should be strong enough.

I bought some stainless 4mm rod to make some swisstool spirit pivots with so I dont have to drill out those tools to replace with pivots and be able to easily add pocket clips.

PTRSAK · **Reply #159 on:** December 22, 2013, 03:28:12 AM

Quote from: crackout on December 21, 2013, 03:53:33 PM

Side note: I also clamped the modified Solo spring (with a rest for the scissors) in the vice as well and gave it a few blows bending it a few degrees. Now the scissors have amazing snap. The difference is huge. I'd suggest this to anyone using Solo or blade springs for scissors.

I found that works well,
even with just careful shaping of the "ramp" at the free end of the backspring and a slight bend you can get scissors sitting just right and having really good snap on a Solo spring.
The main thing is to go SLOWLY with the filing/dremelling and test fit often... you can't put material back.

crackout · **Reply #160 on:** December 25, 2013, 09:23:24 PM

Finished! I love these.

ducttapetech · **Reply #161 on:** December 25, 2013, 11:11:16 PM

Nice!

sent from Nate's mobile

Gareth · **Reply #162 on:** December 26, 2013, 10:06:09 PM

Very nice.

crackout · **Reply #163 on:** February 19, 2014, 09:52:10 PM

I always wanted to try to turn some 91mm in 84mm scissors. I think it came out fine.

PTRSAK · **Reply #164 on:** February 20, 2014, 08:49:20 AM

the scissors in my "Double Recruit" are cut down 91mm's just the same as this.

crackout · **Reply #165 on:** February 20, 2014, 08:51:17 AM

Btw, I had to modify the spring and the lower blade as well, otherwise the scissors would stick out.

PTRSAK · **Reply #166 on:** February 20, 2014, 11:10:37 AM

The scissors I used had one broken tip so I had to re-profile them anyway. Also I used a blade spring and a rest at the free end.

crackout · **Reply #167 on:** February 23, 2014, 08:23:47 PM

The last step to my perfect Cadet. The ribbed vintage scales.
I found a beat up Waiter on eBay, and I knew, this is the missing puzzle piece.

Carnage...

And after some magic it's finally done!

Case closed.

MWDP · **Reply #168 on:** February 23, 2014, 08:37:10 PM

That's a beauty right there

crackout · **Reply #169 on:** February 25, 2014, 01:10:13 PM

Here are a few more pictures. I also weathered the screws by heat colouring.
You won't believe how much effort and time as well as money went into this sucker.

Included:
* 3 Cadets for the tools and liners
* 1 vintage Waiter for the scales
* 1 vintage 84mm Climber for the scissors spring
* 1 MyFristVictorinox for the saw
* 1 Compact for the 91mm scissors
* drilled out pivot holes
* threaded pivots
* modified 91mms scissors and modified 84mm scissors spring
* heat coloured button head screws
* hours and hours of fiddling

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #170 on:** February 25, 2014, 02:05:12 PM

Gorgeous.

neillcurrie · **Reply #171 on:** February 25, 2014, 02:09:01 PM

I used a modern 91mm scissor spring in my Urban Cadet (84mm Cadet, with 84mm vintage scissors added). There are two issues to overcome:
1.....the hole the scissors spring locates into is too small for a modern spring. I very carefully ground (Dremel, sanding disk) just a smidge off the curl of the spring, then squeezed it down till it fit the hole tightly.
2....when the scissors close in the knife, the spring is a bit too "open" to permit proper closure. I used a small pin punch in the offending spring bend, and closed the radius till the scissors closed fully. The pin punch was used as a support/stop, in case I closed the spring too far and flattened it.
All told, it only took maybe 10 minutes to modify to my satisfaction. And it's a lot easier than trying to locate a vintage spring.

enki_ck · **Reply #172 on:** February 25, 2014, 09:44:21 PM

I like it, very nice job.

enki_ck · **Reply #173 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:11:31 PM

BTW, Happy birthday.

crackout · **Reply #174 on:** July 19, 2014, 01:20:52 PM

Finally I could give my Pioneer a red shield!

enki_ck · **Reply #175 on:** July 19, 2014, 02:27:28 PM

It got nice new clothes.

crackout · **Reply #176 on:** August 16, 2014, 07:33:27 PM

This will be the next mod. I just have to find some time to redrill the holes (OH 111mm and Slide-Lock 111mm have different hole sizes).

And I finally got a bigger box to store all the fodder in.

hiraethus · **Reply #177 on:** August 16, 2014, 09:48:40 PM

Quote from: crackout on August 16, 2014, 07:33:27 PM

And I finally got a bigger box to store all the fodder in.

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Nicely organised!

crackout · **Reply #178 on:** August 18, 2014, 11:14:48 AM

I found a perfect condition vintage Golfer and decided to harvest the thick tang blade and the nice scissors for my beloved Cadet to replace the modern blade and the converted 91mm scissors.

MWDP · **Reply #179 on:** August 18, 2014, 02:48:16 PM

Gorgeous looking mod. Lately I've fallen out of love with the standard bottle opener, and now I'm more a fan of the combo one.

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