Welcome Very nice work M
Welcome. Very nice work and micarta.
Love them both!The micarta is glued to the knife?Enviado desde mi SM-T210 mediante Tapatalk
Both are awesome
Interesting stuff M
I hope this step by step WIP isn't too boring, if so, don't worry this is the last part!What do you think? should i continue this way or did i made horrible mistakes that i shouldn't do ever again?
Quote from: m47mu74nt on January 23, 2016, 10:02:30 PMI hope this step by step WIP isn't too boring, if so, don't worry this is the last part!What do you think? should i continue this way or did i made horrible mistakes that i shouldn't do ever again?Step by step: definitely not boring - makes it better and very interestingAnd all the annodising stuff is fascinating Result looks great to me Re quality/mistakes - I can't really see any - so I'd say continueI guess if you are going to sell on, then you need to correct the mistakes, if there are anyGreat work and thanks for the posts
...at most those amateur builds will become gifts for friends
Your friends should be happy!
Good stuff! I like when people do progress pics, its nice to see how people work and step by steps are much more interesting then just posting the final build. In fact many successful blade makers started off and gained popularity specificly because they showed how they do their work. It draws in an audience.
Some things I thought while reading.The liners are the best templates as you discovered. I use little clamps to hold them on the material then scribe lines around and remove. I used double sides tape before too.. annoying.
I didnt realize how much Ti-6-4 hardens when heated so if you are using any method to cut them that involves heat, drill holes first. This really caught me off guard when I made the fold over clip on the mini champ. It was impossible to tap the holes in that scale after it was heated to fold.
I grind/sand my scales in fully assembled knife mode to get them exactly flush with the backspring. I dont use the 'good' parts that will be in the final build, just junker old ones. Its the only way I can get the perfectly flush.Keep up the great work!
Thanks for sharing, I love to see this sort of project. I think this one looked very nice, I like the 'dead hole' details, it adds a little something. Nice work
Quote from: Syph007 on January 23, 2016, 11:40:18 PMSome things I thought while reading.The liners are the best templates as you discovered. I use little clamps to hold them on the material then scribe lines around and remove. I used double sides tape before too.. annoying. hmmm so you don't pre-drill through the liners? as i don't have a good drill press, i need them in place to guide the drill bit
Oh yes I do use the liners as drilling templates too. But I actually take 4-5 liners rivetted together for that purpose so its a nice thick stack. I use this to drill that hidden 4th hole in all the 91mm Ti scales I do.
I used 2x2.5mm and 2x2mm brass nails. I think 2.5mm on ends were easier. Also I did some errors with tools so had to rebuild my handyman plus. So good to check everything before peening. I would like to know if there would be simple tools and parts to do riverts like vic have (no need for hammering). Looks like pressed.