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Divided he ad:
John,

Nice site... Although I'm sure it has all the details I want, it's huge and would take hours finding out the details I seek.... and I'm feeling a bit over worked and possibly lazy :scratch:

Not to mention my literature induced narcolepsy :coffee: ::)

I think my time is best spent asking our new resident expert for now :thumbup:

Ralph.

Blade:

--- Quote from: Divided he ad on November 22, 2010, 03:14:16 PM ---

I think my time is best spent asking our new resident expert for now :thumbup:

Ralph.

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Cool! I have been on forums forever but I don't think I have seen the quote set up like that before. Hope I have it worked out now. Thanks for the help!

Thanks to everyone who has checked out my thread, I will be adding some more soon.

Divided he ad:

--- Quote ---Thanks to everyone who has checked out my thread, I will be adding some more soon.
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Looking forward to it :ddb:

I've been on very few forums, mainly cause I really like the people on this one :beer:

Ralph.

Blade:
Time for a little update.

In the first pic I am removing some material from the inside of the handle, it was a little too wide at that section and I didn't like the way it looked. I am using a horizontal grinder to do this step, this is a machine that I built out of some spare grinding wheels that I had.

The second pic shows my setup for cutting the standoffs which are the spacers that go between the handle scales, these pieces are cut to the same thickness as the blade and the washers combined, so in this case they are .165 and I need three of them. They are cut by using a bit in the tailstock as a stop for the 3/16" titanium, I then butt the parting tool against my stop and advance it .215 which is the thickness of my standoffs plus the thickness of my parting tool. Then I just part off and check my part, if it is off I adjust for the difference and then just advance the material into the stop again and cut the rest of the parts. By doing it this way I never have to move my parting tool. In the next picture I am center drilling my parts and the final pic shows a drill chuck I use to finish drilling them all the way through. This chuck has a base on it so that I can stand it up on the drillpress.

Blade:
Two more pics for the night.

The next picture shows the liners assembled with the standoffs, these parts have to be all the same dimension or you will have a problem with the blade being off center and hitting the sides or binding and not opening and closing smoothly.

The other picture is of some little boxes i make on the mill for handling parts as I am working on them, the two compartment box is nice when you are polishing screws or some other repetetive steps because as you finish a part you just transfer it to the opposite side.

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