Stainless Huntsman

[hiraethus]

Right, back on it.  Stainless Huntsman is now a G10 Fieldmaster.

G10 scales drilled, cut and sanded - gone for a matt finish which actually looks really nice.  Much easier to work than the stainless - fast to sand but rather smelly.  Drilled out the backside phillips and the can opener and did a trial fit.  Everything works fine but I need to make some brass washers to go between the tools and the scales.  I also need to make the barrel pins - I've managed to source some 3mm OD x 1.6mm ID stainless tubing so hopefully I can just tap it out to M2 for the screws. 

[hiraethus]

The stainless tube worked really well for the pivots:

Might not look like much but I don't need to drill them out, just cut to length, clean the ends and tap to M2 for the screws.

Not everything went to plan though:

Need to work on my technique for making brass washers.

[PTRSAK]

Right, back on it.  Stainless Huntsman is now a G10 Fieldmaster.

G10 scales drilled, cut and sanded - gone for a matt finish which actually looks really nice.  Much easier to work than the stainless - fast to sand but rather smelly. 

You should wear a dust mask when sanding CF and preferably sand it wet to keep the dust down even more.  BAD stuff to get in your lungs.

[hiraethus]

Yep, dust mask for sure. I'll try wetting it next time too.

[hiraethus]

Finished:






Not quite what I expected when I started, but I'm happy with the result.  If I'd known I was going to peen the scales on I wouldn't have drilled everything to 3mm, but I couldn't get the stainless barrel pins to work properly.  Maybe on the next one.  Happy with the way the peening went, and the G10 is very forgiving if you mis-hit.

[ducttapetech]

That is a sweet looking Fieldmaster. Bravo!!!

That's us mobile.

[Syph007]

Nice work!  The rivets look better than my hand done rivets. 

[Raukodur]

Excellent work, and I like the density of tools.

[hiraethus]

Thanks chaps.

Syph - I riveted, then polished the heads, then lightly peened again to give a nice beaten finish.  Looks good and the G10 is quite resilient and doesn't show marks.  Nice material for scales - cheap, easy to work and doesn't need finishing.  Stinks though.

It started as a Swiss Champ, which is why there's a tool on the back of the saw.  It should be a fine screwdriver, but my friend is into wood carving so I thought a chisel would be more appropriate for her.