New Page Banana Dance! I'm imagining a small torsion(?) spring inside the pivot.
Quote from: Syncop8r on October 07, 2017, 06:19:09 AMNew Page Banana Dance! I'm imagining a small torsion(?) spring inside the pivot.Yea that would be cool as! I wonder whether you could keep the strength in the pivot if you hogged it out enough to put a spring in it. Worth a look though.
Interesting thoughts...Where do MT pliers generally break? For some reason I have a picture in my head of it being between the plier pivot and the handle pivot.
I have wondered about a springy bar that you can flick out from one of the handles and it presses (whilst bending) against the other handle... giving optional spring action...
Quote from: Syncop8r on October 08, 2017, 05:06:34 AMI have wondered about a springy bar that you can flick out from one of the handles and it presses (whilst bending) against the other handle... giving optional spring action...A bigger version of the Squirt mechanism would be easier
Hi Guys,Thought I should give you an update on my progress with this little project. I have now cut the two blades out of the stainless (Bohler n690). It all went reasonably well however there was a small gash in the part as the blade got a piece of swarf stuck under it lifting it off the clamping jig.Now I will send them off to heat treat when I have a few other blades to go with them and see how that goes. I have a very slight bow in the blades to try to get them to cut nicely and I am a little concerned they may warp during heat treatment but we will just have to see.....
Any update on the scissors OP? I know I’d be interested and am sure you could make a nice chunk on the side.
Quote from: JCast265 on January 18, 2018, 04:58:08 AMAny update on the scissors OP? I know I’d be interested and am sure you could make a nice chunk on the side.Hey JCast265. Sorry for the really slow response.... I have been really slack getting on and making these. I am making some steak knives at the same time that took me an age to finish before heat treating. Everything has finally gone to heat treat so I should be getting the scissors back next week. I'm looking into external vendors to get these machined as I can't machine on bulk in the facilities available to me. Once I get some quotes back I plan to get some parts machined to ensure the quality is acceptable and do some testing to ensure I am happy. Once I have done this I will start looking at potentially setting up an online store.