O.k. this is absolutely tedious at best. I noticed from Sam's photo, the tool profiles are identical and I checked the Flik saw and noticed the bolt end of the pivot would be fine against the saw in the MP600. I needed to take up the gap so it would lock perfectly. I started with a hard steel lock washer. I cut a section out to fit around the Gerber mp600 tool pin. Used little vise-grips to hold the wadher in place while I ground 2/3 of its' mass off, rotating it in the grips a hit at a time. I made sure it was uniform all the way around. Then I pressed it into the Flik saw pivot and used a rotary file to smooth it out and make sure the 600 pin would move properly inside. Put a dab super glue to make sure it would never shift and voila, the Flik saw fit perfectly into the MP600 with no further modification.I don't recommend this mod to the faint of heart. Here are some photos to show what I am rambling about. Photos 1-4.
always good to see more philips in a MT. Btw do u need to make a bushing also or the pivot happen to be the same? I have not tore down the flik's internals yet.
More OG goodness.Supertool's main blade in a Wave. Good amount of tang material to play around with. I like the blade shape. No more oho. Does this makes it legal for some places' weird-ish knife laws?
Indeed it is funny. The MP is just the most reliable MT Gerber has ever built. Maybe the most reliable anyone has ever built. The mod potential is crazy good and doesn't require machining tools. So that is a big reason too.One last use of that poor Flik. I have always been agitated that Gerber only has a #2 phillips on the 400/600. Well, with some minor grinding, I have swapped the lanyard for the #1 Phillips on the Flik. This 600 now has FIVE screw drivers. Sm. Flat, Med. Flat, Lg. Flat, #2 Phillips, and #1 Phillips. Wood Saw, double-sided file, plain blade, and serrated blade. I will eventually replace the plain blade with scissors (when I can find some, as the flik scissors would require me to make two more bushings and grind a thumb pad opening in the 600 handle (I want to retain original look/feel of this particular tool). I may grind the Flik can opener into a reamer/awl at somw point too.The Flik Small tools(the pivots are small inside and larger outside the frame) have an identical pivot hole as the 600. Only modding was to remove the tang bump closest to the driver head.This tool is being readied to replace my 'non-carbide head' BN600 soon, as the old one is just kind of worn out. If I can find a non-carbide-cutter BN plier head, that will be swapped too.
Quote from: Sam Lim on November 10, 2018, 11:51:40 AMMore OG goodness.Supertool's main blade in a Wave. Good amount of tang material to play around with. I like the blade shape. No more oho. Does this makes it legal for some places' weird-ish knife laws? That would make it street legal in Germany, for instance (provided you did the same to the serrated blade if present).Nicely done!
PST's internal tools will fit into a wave/charge/Zytel/rebar series. With some re-profiling of course. There's enough material to play around with. Prefers the OG drivers as they are more streamlined and centre orientated.(Image removed from quote.)
I had a Charge ALX with a broken plier head that's been sitting waiting for some work. I bought it broke with the intention of doing a few mods to it. Well yesterday I finally got around to removing the plier head and replacing it with a Kick plier head. Straight swap no issues. I now want to remove the can opener and add ? I'm not sure what else i'll do with it but for now just happy to finally swap the plier head. Pics later once I'm on my other computer.
Great work, Aloha And an awl would be great Sam, what half tool do we here now