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Tool Talk => The Mod Squad => Topic started by: Tofty on June 04, 2011, 12:02:42 PM
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Hi all,
I've posted this on a couple of forums already but thought it really belongs on here.
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Toftylicious/Leatherman%20Charge%20Damascus%20Mod/LeathermanChargeMod38P.jpg)
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Toftylicious/Leatherman%20Charge%20Damascus%20Mod/LeathermanChargeMod43P.jpg)
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Toftylicious/Leatherman%20Charge%20Damascus%20Mod/LeathermanChargeMod44P.jpg)
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Toftylicious/Leatherman%20Charge%20Damascus%20Mod/LeathermanChargeMod26P.jpg)
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Toftylicious/Leatherman%20Charge%20Damascus%20Mod/LeathermanChargeMod46P.jpg)
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Toftylicious/Leatherman%20Charge%20Damascus%20Mod/LeathermanChargeMod62P.jpg)
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Toftylicious/Leatherman%20Charge%20Damascus%20Mod/LeathermanChargeMod15P.jpg)
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Toftylicious/Leatherman%20Charge%20Damascus%20Mod/LeathermanChargeMod57P.jpg)
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Toftylicious/Leatherman%20Charge%20Damascus%20Mod/LeathermanChargeMod19P.jpg)
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Toftylicious/Leatherman%20Charge%20Damascus%20Mod/LeathermanChargeMod50P.jpg)
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Toftylicious/Leatherman%20Charge%20Damascus%20Mod/LeathermanChargeMod54P.jpg)
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Toftylicious/Leatherman%20Charge%20Damascus%20Mod/LeathermanChargeMod31P.jpg)
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z42/Toftylicious/Leatherman%20Charge%20Damascus%20Mod/LeathermanCollection11P.jpg)
There is more infomation about it on the British Blades Forum (http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?126258-Who-says-a-multi-tool-cant-be-sexy-A-study-in-Leatherman-Modification-%28pic-heavy%29&highlight=) as well as the EDC Forums (http://edcforums.com/showthread.php/83794-Leatherman-Charge-Damascus-Modification)
Hope you like it
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Excellent piece of craftmanship.. :salute: 8)
Good to have you here.. :tu:
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Is that real? :o Wow! :drool: :drool: :drool:
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I saw those pics a while ago while lurking on BBF, and I was blown away.
Amazing craftsmanship :tu:
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very nice, any details on how you did the mods and/or choose the tool layout :tu:
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Thanks guys, yes its very much real.
The link to the British Blades forum page in my first post has quite a few paragraphs on the method and thought process i went through.
link (http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?126258-Who-says-a-multi-tool-cant-be-sexy-A-study-in-Leatherman-Modification-%28pic-heavy%29&highlight=)
I didn't want to post it all again because there was so much of it.
(sorry i didn't realise the first links were broken, now fixed)
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That's fantastic. Love the tanto blade mod. :drool:
*want
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I REALLY don't mind seeing it again :D
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Very nice work, that's something to be proud of.
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Really nice work. It looks great.
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Woow man, that just looks plain awesom!! :drool: :drool:
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:o i wont LM to make one like this :ahhh :ahhh great work, love the thumb stud, and that bit driver is amazing , love the detail work :drool: :tu:
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Excellent work and craftsman ship. Hats off to you.
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Stunning work mate, simply stunning.(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs12/i/2006/306/1/8/_hatsoff__by_LeoLeonardo.gif)
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*cleans my eyeballs and puts them back in* WOW! :drool:
I'd estimate that thing isn't half factory components at this point. I really dig it! This a true one of a kind tool, and I wish I had the skill to match it.
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:drool: Wow. Do you plan on making any more? Also will you be making any to a different multitool?
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That is amazing. Does that serrated blade actually work? I really love the way those screw thumbstuds look on the opposite side of the blades.
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I copied the serrations from an old colt knife that had the serrations laser cut into the blade, i assume after hardening, but the knife didnt seem popular so i would suspect they dont work that well, i havent tried to put a proper edge on it or the main blade but i will in time. In fact the only real advantage of this serration type is that its relatively easy to sharpen.
As for making any more...like this, definitely not, however i am working on a 1/4" square drive tool for the wave/charge and because i am planning to get the patterns water jet cut its very cost effective to do lots, so after some testing i may feel ready to sell some but that still demends on a large number of factors. Not least of which being whether or not a square drive is any real use without a ratcheting system but i endevour to find out. I feel it will depend on what is kept in the necessary accompanying socket/bit kit.
Thanks again for the kind words
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Wow! :o Stunning bit of workmanship there sir. :salute: Absolutely breathtaking.
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I think you may have voided your warranty on your Charge mate :think: :P :D :D :D.
Stunning work mate :drool: :drool: :salute: :salute:
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:o Reckon that is one 8) Charge. :tu: :D
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I'm having eyeasms. :drool: :drool:
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Going to give this thread a kick to the top of the pile in the hope that Tofty is going to be bringing it to the meet-up. :pok:
Oh, and thought some folks might not have seen it and just might appreciate a look. 8)
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Going to give this thread a kick to the top of the pile in the hope that Tofty is going to be bringing it to the meet-up. :pok:
Oh, and thought some folks might not have seen it and just might appreciate a look. 8)
Thanks Gareth! :tu: I forgot all about this :-[
Tofty :pok: :pok: :pok:
:D
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Hehe. Me and tofty have chatted and now I have the plans to build one. Thanks! Now it's off to the shop ;)
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Yep, i'll be bringing it along, after all it's only good for showing off.
Looking forward to seeing how you get on Steve.
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Excellent work Sir
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That tool looks more fabulouser every time I look at it :o :D Wish I were coming to the meet so I could gaze upon it in person :dd:
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Ok I had my Damascus ground down to correct thickness +.005. Should be good to go on building the first Damascus awl.
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That tool looks more fabulouser every time I look at it :o :D Wish I were coming to the meet so I could gaze upon it in person :dd:
I got to have a good look at it in person. It really is as good as it looks in the pictures. :tu:
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That tool looks more fabulouser every time I look at it :o :D Wish I were coming to the meet so I could gaze upon it in person :dd:
I got to have a good look at it in person. It really is as good as it looks in the pictures. :tu:
That makes me want fly over there and :twak: tofty on the head and run off with the prize :). But I can't :( lol
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I think I asked this before, but how did you annodize the scales again?
Was it electro magic or heat treated?
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Thanks to Tofty I got to see and play with this at the Meet
It really is a thing of beauty in real life :drool: :drool:
It should be in the Louvre :tu: ( you could send the Mona Lisa away to be cleaned and no one would notice )
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Thanks to Tofty I got to see and play with this at the Meet
It really is a thing of beauty in real life :drool: :drool:
It should be in the Louvre :tu: ( you could send the Mona Lisa away to be cleaned and no one would notice )
yeah would much rather look at this than the mona lisa :D :tu: any fondling pics tony :pok: :D
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Thanks guys, it's nice to give it an airing with people who appreciate a good mod.
Now the scales need a good rubdown with acatone to get all the finger prints off.
Sounds like your tools are coming along well Steve, hopefully when it's finished it will be so nice as to distract you from clobbering me over the head.
The scales were electro anodised in 5g/L Ammonium Sulphate solution at around 18-20V using a variable power supply.
Then i did them i didn't realise that titanium should be lightly etched to remove the natural oxide layer so my experiments were unsuccessful until i realised there must be some kind of barrier inhibiting anodising but with no idea how to chemically remove it i just sanded down the front face and tried again with pretty good results.
I'm still not sure what is needed to etch titanium but freshly cut titanium should take the anodising fine. Let me know if you want a bit more infomation on exactly how i built my anodising set-up.
Surely not the Louvre, more likely the Tate Modern, right next to the pile of bricks and the pile of rubbish on a plinth.
I think Neil got some good shots of most things so we can look forward to seeing them.
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Thanks guys, it's nice to give it an airing with people who appreciate a good mod.
Now the scales need a good rubdown with acatone to get all the finger prints off.
Sounds like your tools are coming along well Steve, hopefully when it's finished it will be so nice as to distract you from clobbering me over the head.
The scales were electro anodised in 5g/L Ammonium Sulphate solution at around 18-20V using a variable power supply.
Then i did them i didn't realise that titanium should be lightly etched to remove the natural oxide layer so my experiments were unsuccessful until i realised there must be some kind of barrier inhibiting anodising but with no idea how to chemically remove it i just sanded down the front face and tried again with pretty good results.
I'm still not sure what is needed to etch titanium but freshly cut titanium should take the anodising fine. Let me know if you want a bit more infomation on exactly how i built my anodising set-up.
Surely not the Louvre, more likely the Tate Modern, right next to the pile of bricks and the pile of rubbish on a plinth.
I think Neil got some good shots of most things so we can look forward to seeing them.
pics Neil :pok: :pok: :D
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That really is some nice work, very cool and very clean. Huge fan.
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Thanks to Tofty I got to see and play with this at the Meet
It really is a thing of beauty in real life :drool: :drool:
It should be in the Louvre :tu: ( you could send the Mona Lisa away to be cleaned and no one would notice )
yeah would much rather look at this than the mona lisa :D :tu: any fondling pics tony :pok: :D
I can't fondle and photo :dd:
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Thanks guys, it's nice to give it an airing with people who appreciate a good mod.
Now the scales need a good rubdown with acatone to get all the finger prints off.
Sounds like your tools are coming along well Steve, hopefully when it's finished it will be so nice as to distract you from clobbering me over the head.
The scales were electro anodised in 5g/L Ammonium Sulphate solution at around 18-20V using a variable power supply.
Then i did them i didn't realise that titanium should be lightly etched to remove the natural oxide layer so my experiments were unsuccessful until i realised there must be some kind of barrier inhibiting anodising but with no idea how to chemically remove it i just sanded down the front face and tried again with pretty good results.
I'm still not sure what is needed to etch titanium but freshly cut titanium should take the anodising fine. Let me know if you want a bit more infomation on exactly how i built my anodising set-up.
Surely not the Louvre, more likely the Tate Modern, right next to the pile of bricks and the pile of rubbish on a plinth.
I think Neil got some good shots of most things so we can look forward to seeing them.
I think you can do a quick bath with drain unclogger to get rid of the natural anodizing, I'll give it a go with some solution you suggested, I want to build a unique TTi.
Thanks Toft!
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Thanks guys, it's nice to give it an airing with people who appreciate a good mod.
Now the scales need a good rubdown with acatone to get all the finger prints off.
Sounds like your tools are coming along well Steve, hopefully when it's finished it will be so nice as to distract you from clobbering me over the head.
The scales were electro anodised in 5g/L Ammonium Sulphate solution at around 18-20V using a variable power supply.
Then i did them i didn't realise that titanium should be lightly etched to remove the natural oxide layer so my experiments were unsuccessful until i realised there must be some kind of barrier inhibiting anodising but with no idea how to chemically remove it i just sanded down the front face and tried again with pretty good results.
I'm still not sure what is needed to etch titanium but freshly cut titanium should take the anodising fine. Let me know if you want a bit more infomation on exactly how i built my anodising set-up.
Surely not the Louvre, more likely the Tate Modern, right next to the pile of bricks and the pile of rubbish on a plinth.
I think Neil got some good shots of most things so we can look forward to seeing them.
I think you can do a quick bath with drain unclogger to get rid of the natural anodizing, I'll give it a go with some solution you suggested, I want to build a unique TTi.
Thanks Toft!
Hey Metro, when I was first trying to strip aluminum oxide I tried draino, not a great result. Left some brown scum and was sloooow. I switched to pure lye, sodium hydroxide from home hardware and that stuff worked like a dream. I dont know if its the same for Ti oxide but I would skip drano, its not pure, and has other crud in it to mess up the reaction.
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Thanks guys, it's nice to give it an airing with people who appreciate a good mod.
Now the scales need a good rubdown with acatone to get all the finger prints off.
Sounds like your tools are coming along well Steve, hopefully when it's finished it will be so nice as to distract you from clobbering me over the head.
The scales were electro anodised in 5g/L Ammonium Sulphate solution at around 18-20V using a variable power supply.
Then i did them i didn't realise that titanium should be lightly etched to remove the natural oxide layer so my experiments were unsuccessful until i realised there must be some kind of barrier inhibiting anodising but with no idea how to chemically remove it i just sanded down the front face and tried again with pretty good results.
I'm still not sure what is needed to etch titanium but freshly cut titanium should take the anodising fine. Let me know if you want a bit more infomation on exactly how i built my anodising set-up.
Surely not the Louvre, more likely the Tate Modern, right next to the pile of bricks and the pile of rubbish on a plinth.
I think Neil got some good shots of most things so we can look forward to seeing them.
I think you can do a quick bath with drain unclogger to get rid of the natural anodizing, I'll give it a go with some solution you suggested, I want to build a unique TTi.
Thanks Toft!
Hey Metro, when I was first trying to strip aluminum oxide I tried draino, not a great result. Left some brown scum and was sloooow. I switched to pure lye, sodium hydroxide from home hardware and that stuff worked like a dream. I dont know if its the same for Ti oxide but I would skip drano, its not pure, and has other crud in it to mess up the reaction.
Good to know! It's probably over kill, just need to get rid of the thin layer of oxide.
Thanks!
Now...back to the drooling over this Damacus!
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I would really like to know about the anodizing in detail; I tried to anodize y TTi with some luck, but didn't really sucseede.. I used an array of 9V batteries, and I googeld the voltage to use
to get a bright blue, and it said 40-45... I got that color, but only in the places my electrode touched the metal (tried to do a bath-thingy). How can you get a bright blue with only 18-20 V?
Amazing mod by the way
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Still looks great IMO
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Looks awesome! Nice piece of work! :gimme:
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This is absolutely stunning! :o
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This is absolutely stunning! :o
It's a cracker isn't it? :tu: I've seen it in real life and, if possible, it looks even better in the hand.
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:imws:
It's really very nice indeed.