pliant par Allen Elishevitz
Publié: 12 Mar 2008 02:10
What I am going to try to attempt to pull off is a Scarab with a slightly modified blade, a compound grind with some other goodies on the blade. The handle is going to be all titanium with lots of machining. It will also feature a very special E-Lock and before I forget: it is going to be a full auto. But I don't want to spoil the excitement so I am not going to say what else I have planned for the knife...
So there will be no goofing off for the next few days
Like for the fixed blade Build-Off this is going to have a lot of photos, probably even more.
The materials, time stamps and some technical drawings
Layout fluid on the materials
Scribing the patterns on the different materials
Ready for cutting
Cutting all the parts on the bandsaw
All the parts are cut out
Blade and handles profiled
Handle materials in the lapping machine
The lapping machine in action!
The parts after the lapping.…. Ooooooh nice and flat
Spotting all the holes on my handles
All holes have been drilled, tapped and reamed
Other side
While the handles were together in the reaming process, I went ahead and profiled the handle to 400 grit and after that I have lapped the flats again by hand
Here I am hand lapping a washer to make sure it is absolutely flat and parallel
I am checking the washers for thickness and consistancy
Writing down all my calculations and figuring out how everything is going to work
Boring out the pocket for the spring and the spacer. I love this machine
Measuring the depth of each cut
Sometimes I scare myself
I am milling a little channel to anchor the auto spring
Here is what it looks like on the inside with the spring and washers in place
Time to start the machining! About 2/3 of the handle is machined away
This is before I do my final cleaning and lapping on the inside of the handle. I want to make sure that all bumps or grooves are removed and it is absolutely flat. This is all done by hand with stones, sand paper and flat blocks
la suite demain
So there will be no goofing off for the next few days
Like for the fixed blade Build-Off this is going to have a lot of photos, probably even more.
The materials, time stamps and some technical drawings
Layout fluid on the materials
Scribing the patterns on the different materials
Ready for cutting
Cutting all the parts on the bandsaw
All the parts are cut out
Blade and handles profiled
Handle materials in the lapping machine
The lapping machine in action!
The parts after the lapping.…. Ooooooh nice and flat
Spotting all the holes on my handles
All holes have been drilled, tapped and reamed
Other side
While the handles were together in the reaming process, I went ahead and profiled the handle to 400 grit and after that I have lapped the flats again by hand
Here I am hand lapping a washer to make sure it is absolutely flat and parallel
I am checking the washers for thickness and consistancy
Writing down all my calculations and figuring out how everything is going to work
Boring out the pocket for the spring and the spacer. I love this machine
Measuring the depth of each cut
Sometimes I scare myself
I am milling a little channel to anchor the auto spring
Here is what it looks like on the inside with the spring and washers in place
Time to start the machining! About 2/3 of the handle is machined away
This is before I do my final cleaning and lapping on the inside of the handle. I want to make sure that all bumps or grooves are removed and it is absolutely flat. This is all done by hand with stones, sand paper and flat blocks
la suite demain