crackout's Adventures in Alox.

crackout · **Reply #90 on:** March 21, 2013, 01:46:49 PM

Lumberjack time!

Ingredients:

Then after some peening:

I used my custom anodized scales and liner. I like it.

pawn · **Reply #91 on:** March 21, 2013, 02:13:47 PM

Hi

Very nice looking mod!

Where or how do you do your custom anodizing?

Cheers
pawn

crackout · **Reply #92 on:** March 21, 2013, 02:15:39 PM

I'm a professional yoyo builder. Those get anodized as well. So I just threw some scales and liners into the batch.

It was done by a German anodizing shop.

nuphoria · **Reply #93 on:** March 21, 2013, 02:40:48 PM

Nice - the orange liner sits really well

Syph007 · **Reply #94 on:** March 21, 2013, 03:29:15 PM

mmmm orange... I like that! If I have time I might try to do my own regular anodizing for orange scales since my pro cant do them in hard anodize.

rickinFL · **Reply #95 on:** March 21, 2013, 08:28:18 PM

Classy. Love those colors together.

TurkTeen · **Reply #96 on:** March 31, 2013, 12:57:19 AM

Indeed! Orange and black together is classy.

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #97 on:** March 31, 2013, 01:12:46 AM

Quote from: crackout on March 21, 2013, 01:46:49 PM

Lumberjack time!

Ingredients:

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Then after some peening:

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I used my custom anodized scales and liner. I like it.

One of my all time favorite 84mms.

crackout · **Reply #98 on:** May 14, 2013, 01:50:06 PM

After some time in my pocket and heavy EDC, my USB Rambler still holds together nicely. Also the Alox has finally worn in.

nuphoria · **Reply #99 on:** May 14, 2013, 03:03:05 PM

Nice... they look great when they start to look used

Marius · **Reply #100 on:** May 14, 2013, 03:51:32 PM

Crackout, your custom SAKs look nicer and nicer. Great work there

crackout · **Reply #101 on:** June 26, 2013, 08:21:05 AM

Just a little teaser:

I managed to snatch a mint serrated Recruit on Ebay today.

This I will use to build the dual blade Cadet. I thought of it like this:

Red scales, threaded pivots
Small blade, large blade
Scissors
Nail file, large serrated blade
Openers

Maybe I'll also fit a saw in there for even more monstrosity.

Let's hope it gets here soon.

HankSolon · **Reply #102 on:** June 26, 2013, 10:04:26 AM

Quote from: crackout on June 26, 2013, 08:21:05 AM

I managed to snatch a mint serrated Recruit on Ebay today.

Some of the blades I wished to have up my sleeve. Nice find.

papercut · **Reply #103 on:** June 26, 2013, 03:31:08 PM

Sounds monstrous! You could slim it down by 86ing the small blade for a combo tool I suppose?

crackout · **Reply #104 on:** June 26, 2013, 03:32:49 PM

Yeah, but I dislike the combo tool. It just doesn't feel right. Besides, I'd rather have a small blade and the nailfile.

HankSolon · **Reply #105 on:** June 26, 2013, 04:24:15 PM

Quote from: crackout on June 26, 2013, 03:32:49 PM

Yeah, but I dislike the combo tool.

He said Jehova! Stone him!

neillcurrie · **Reply #106 on:** June 26, 2013, 11:18:22 PM

Quote from: Syph007 on September 13, 2012, 10:54:14 PM

Looks good! Did you go with a solo backspring? They only need a very tiny bit of a grind on that one inside corner and then they work awesome.

What are you making next now?

I ended up buying that little bottle of Vic oil as well. It really makes it easy to get it where you want it in the SAK.

I use a small oil dispenser squeeze bottle. On to the nozzle is screwed the needle from a ball inflator.
It's how we bicycle mechanics dispensed tiny amounts of lube, back in the day!!
There is also proprietary lube sold in what looks like a hypodermic syringe. They work perfectly, of course, but why not avoid the premium price?

PTRSAK · **Reply #107 on:** June 27, 2013, 02:45:21 AM

Quote from: crackout on June 26, 2013, 08:21:05 AM

Just a little teaser:

I managed to snatch a mint serrated Recruit on Ebay today.

This I will use to build the dual blade Cadet. I thought of it like this:

Red scales, threaded pivots
Small blade, large blade
Scissors
Nail file, large serrated blade
Openers

Maybe I'll also fit a saw in there for even more monstrosity.

Let's hope it gets here soon.

"Double Recruit Plus" = good.
Here's mine, in cellidor... even the same tool order as you're thinking.

I've kept both key-rings so I can have a mini S-biner and a lanyard attached.

I added a little filework to the spine of the serrated blade so it was identifiable from the closed position.

and yes... I still need to finish grinding the end of the scissor spring rest down.

crackout · **Reply #108 on:** July 09, 2013, 06:39:05 PM

It. is. on.

MadPlumbarian · **Reply #109 on:** July 09, 2013, 06:57:28 PM

Nice! JR

crackout · **Reply #110 on:** July 14, 2013, 06:47:29 PM

I finally found the time to rumble. I give you the super prepared Cadet.

What a beast. At some point I'll add the thin nickel silver liners (still need two). This one uses the threaded pivots Syph sent me. I didn't have to grind them to length. They just fit.

Adding a saw is very tempting, but then I'd have to combine the pivots. Took me a lot of nerve to tear apart the serrated Recruit, it was in a nearly mint condition.

sawman · **Reply #111 on:** July 14, 2013, 07:00:59 PM

Very nice work there crackout

MadPlumbarian · **Reply #112 on:** July 14, 2013, 07:23:23 PM

Very nice! A saw, very tempting! Will a nail file fit across from a combo? The bottle/can/screwdriver? JR

Syph007 · **Reply #113 on:** July 14, 2013, 08:23:17 PM

If you want the regular Al liners to be a bit nicer, I edge sand them up to 800 grit and they actually end up looking decent.

ICanFixThat · **Reply #114 on:** July 17, 2013, 05:35:33 AM

Quote from: crackout on March 21, 2013, 01:46:49 PM

Lumberjack time!

Ingredients:

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Then after some peening:

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I used my custom anodized scales and liner. I like it.