Releaving the boredome :)

[Zed]

No rush Mate, I'm just keeping an eye on you 

 

I need keeping a eye on mate 

[ducttapetech]

No rush Mate, I'm just keeping an eye on you 

 

I need keeping a eye on mate 

[ducttapetech]

Is it done yet?

[ducttapetech]

Is it done yet? 

[ducttapetech]

Is it done yet?

[ducttapetech]

Sorry, couldn't help myself.....
 

[Zed]

  I might peen the handles in a mo 

[Zed]

Ok Nate I peened the scales on and the first one I split the scale  I'm hoping I get away with it once sanded etc  sorry its a bad picture 

[ducttapetech]

Nice. Sucks about the scale. You might be right about sanding.

[Poncho65]

Hope the rest goes better than  the scale Zed Looks like a great project and I hope it turns out great for you 

[Zed]

Ok ,I did alot more and other than that scale  its home ok,well  ok it was going ok,all peened and snap was good,zero blade play so all good,so I though I'm I'll file down the pins,blade was also centered when closed,anyway after filing the blade decides to stiffen up when closing  I'm not give up and there is a spare  pin so I could knock the pin back out if needed,I'll leave it for today and go back to it ,I need to sort that out before I Finnish it off 

[Zed]

More pics 

[Zed]

And more 

[Zed]

And a bit more 

[ducttapetech]

Nice! 

[Zed]

Nice! 

Cheers Nate  well sprayed it with wd40 and it's a bit better, I'll see what it's like wed and hopefully do some more 

[Sparky415]

Hey Paul,
When I've 'over peened' a knife in the past, stuffing a big fat flat head screwdriver and giving it a little 'wiggle' sometimes helps 

[Zed]

Hey Paul,
When I've 'over peened' a knife in the past, stuffing a big fat flat head screwdriver and giving it a little 'wiggle' sometimes helps 

  lol I was thinking that Tony  I was trying to tighten the centre pin more to close the gap  being ocd again  I'll fiddle more wed 

[SteveC]

Nice job !   

[AimlessWanderer]

Hey Paul,
When I've 'over peened' a knife in the past, stuffing a big fat flat head screwdriver and giving it a little 'wiggle' sometimes helps 

  lol I was thinking that Tony  I was trying to tighten the centre pin more to close the gap  being ocd again  I'll fiddle more wed 

I agree with Sparky Bloke. A big driver and jer-jer-jiggle it a bit Granville 

If you do happen to fix it till it's broke  I've got some brass pin stock if you need some Paul 

[Zed]

Hey Paul,
When I've 'over peened' a knife in the past, stuffing a big fat flat head screwdriver and giving it a little 'wiggle' sometimes helps 

  lol I was thinking that Tony  I was trying to tighten the centre pin more to close the gap  being ocd again  I'll fiddle more wed 

I agree with Sparky Bloke. A big driver and jer-jer-jiggle it a bit Granville 

If you do happen to fix it till it's broke  I've got some brass pin stock if you need some Paul 

Cheers Al  it came with one large and one small extra pins so I should be ok ,hopefully it want be too much jiggling 

[Dean51]

When you peen your hinge pin there are a couple tricks that help.
Make up one of these fancy little tools and insert it beside the blade and around the pin.
This will keep you from getting the hinge to tight.
When the shm is tight keep peening to swell the pin so it will fill the bolster's hole.
Then you can pull the shim out and slowly tighten the remaining blade play.

[Zed]

When you peen your hinge pin there are a couple tricks that help.
Make up one of these fancy little tools and insert it beside the blade and around the pin.
This will keep you from getting the hinge to tight.
When the shm is tight keep peening to swell the pin so it will fill the bolster's hole.
Then you can pull the shim out and slowly tighten the remaining blade play.

Cheers Dean  not sure though I'll be building many more  it's been a learning curve for sure and if i sort out the issue and put a edge on it and clean it all up I think it will be a while before I do another,fun yes and a tad frustrating at times,but I've learnt many lessons so all good 

[Zed]

Quick update,Jiggling helped Tony and Al  but although it went back in better ,it now has blade play  so I peened the main pivot pin a little and no blade play but now doesn't go back in again  so jiggled again and blade goes back in ok But yep blade play  so I've decided that I'll suffer very slight play so it goes in better ,love i guess as this will never be perfect sadly ,but it is my first and I've learnt alot,and now when I moan about slight QC issues I can see how hard it actualy is  hopefully I'll do more today and then tackle that blade edge 

[Zed]

Ok blade isn't perfectly lined up closed but it closes ok and no blade play so I'm done with that,before I smooth everything down and get it all flush and polished I decided to start on the blade ,of course by hand,I'm filing the grind on it and it's actually very satisfying to do,I'll Finnish it off on my stones  that will do for today 

[ducttapetech]

It is coming along quite nicely Zed.

[Zed]

It is coming along quite nicely Zed.

Cheers Nate  it's been a interesting project,think I'll stick to restoring old knives lol but this has taught me a few lessons in knife construction  I can't wait now to get it finnished but it's my eldest 18th and we are taking her out Thursday so I'll hopefully get this finnished Friday 

[ducttapetech]

 

[SteveC]

 

[Poncho65]

Looks great to me Zed I think it looks great and a little play in the blade never hurts anything