Here is the next one I want to build
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Here is the next one I want to build
I was cruising thru the google images, looking at pics of old antique knives and this one poped up. I took a fancy to it and so I am working out the details of how to build it. Here is a couple of pics of what I saw.......
SO next, I got to work on drawing out a plan. I found out it is MUCH easier to build a folder if you draw out a "working diagram" before you even start. The "pistol" part of the handle is fatter than I would like so I thinned it a bit. I moved the pins around some so I could (hopefully) get the lock pivot point far enough away from the spring pin point. I may have to do some adjusting but the proof will be in the pudding I guess. I cut out a paper blade to swing back into the case so I could see how the blade would sit inside when closed. AND, I needed to work out the shape of the lock mechanism.
NOW, If y'all see anything I need to fix of change on my diagram, please speak up..... I am open to suggestions.
Below is my diagram with the blade open and with the blade closed...(dotted).
I made the drawing full size on the paper so it will be about 4-1/2" closed. I plan to cut up a copy of the pieces so I can use those as templates.
Christmas is coming up and there is a LOT of scurrying for me to do leading up to the day we set aside to commemorate the birth of our Savior.... SO, not as much shop time as I would WANT.....LOL.
BUT, I hope to get started SOON. The list of "honey do's" even extends into my vacation between Christmas and New Years Day. BUT, Maybe.... just MAYBE, I can find a few minutes to work on my newest obsession....
My ultimate finished product will have an elk skin sheath like the one shown.
Onward!
Mike
SO next, I got to work on drawing out a plan. I found out it is MUCH easier to build a folder if you draw out a "working diagram" before you even start. The "pistol" part of the handle is fatter than I would like so I thinned it a bit. I moved the pins around some so I could (hopefully) get the lock pivot point far enough away from the spring pin point. I may have to do some adjusting but the proof will be in the pudding I guess. I cut out a paper blade to swing back into the case so I could see how the blade would sit inside when closed. AND, I needed to work out the shape of the lock mechanism.
NOW, If y'all see anything I need to fix of change on my diagram, please speak up..... I am open to suggestions.
Below is my diagram with the blade open and with the blade closed...(dotted).
I made the drawing full size on the paper so it will be about 4-1/2" closed. I plan to cut up a copy of the pieces so I can use those as templates.
Christmas is coming up and there is a LOT of scurrying for me to do leading up to the day we set aside to commemorate the birth of our Savior.... SO, not as much shop time as I would WANT.....LOL.
BUT, I hope to get started SOON. The list of "honey do's" even extends into my vacation between Christmas and New Years Day. BUT, Maybe.... just MAYBE, I can find a few minutes to work on my newest obsession....
My ultimate finished product will have an elk skin sheath like the one shown.
Onward!
Mike
"Life is tough.... but it's tougher if you're stupid."....John Wayne
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
Mike that is quite an ambitious plan . I can't wait to see the results.
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
So where is the order button?
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
Dang, I forgot to put that on there.....Colonel26 wrote:So where is the order button?
Here it is.
Yep, that's me Greg.....
Mr. Ambitious.... LOL....
(It aint built yet....LOL.)
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
I think the picture is pretty darn good! Can't wait to see it to the end!
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
Rofl. Looks like it’ll be a right nice knife. I approve of the project!Meridian_Mike wrote:Dang, I forgot to put that on there.....Colonel26 wrote:So where is the order button?
Here it is.
order button.jpg
Yep, that's me Greg.....
Mr. Ambitious.... LOL....
(It aint built yet....LOL.)
“There are things in the old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit.”
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
I'm envious...I have a custom I am looking to build, but 1. Haven't got my new grinder finished yet and 2. Too many mod projects take up all my shop time.
Can't wait to see what you come up with!
Can't wait to see what you come up with!
Re: Here is the next one I want to build
Mike that has my anticipation stirred up for sure. Can't wait to see it finished. And show us a few progress photo's as well.
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
Yep, I will try to take more pics as I go.....
I usually get to working and with my hands all nasty, I just don't grab my phone up to take a pic.
(I built 5 or 6 flint lock rifles and never took the first pic while making them)
I'll try to do better this time.
Mike
I usually get to working and with my hands all nasty, I just don't grab my phone up to take a pic.
(I built 5 or 6 flint lock rifles and never took the first pic while making them)
I'll try to do better this time.
Mike
"Life is tough.... but it's tougher if you're stupid."....John Wayne
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Mike, you're like a Mad Scientist. I love it!! You're also funnier than heck. Go Mike Go!!!!!
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If I can make one person smile..... It makes me happy.XX Case XX wrote:Mike, you're like a Mad Scientist. I love it!! You're also funnier than heck. Go Mike Go!!!!!
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
I'd like to order a farmers jack.
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Uhhhh.... well..... ummmmm.... well, I guess you can order but I'm not sure I can deliver.....wlf wrote:I'd like to order a farmers jack.
(Maybe one day when I am rich and famous...???)
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
I'm staying tuned!
Take care and God bless,
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
You need an assistant. Do you have any grandkids close by?Meridian_Mike wrote:Yep, I will try to take more pics as I go.....
I usually get to working and with my hands all nasty, I just don't grab my phone up to take a pic.
(I built 5 or 6 flint lock rifles and never took the first pic while making them)
Mike
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Well, I'm not too close to either son and my oldest grand child is only 4 now.jerryd6818 wrote: You need an assistant. Do you have any grandkids close by?
All I can get out of my sons is, "Hey dad, can you make me a (such and such) knife?"
AND, NOW, dang it.... my sisters are starting to bug me to make them a knife for their kids and husbands....
SO.... there ya' go..... see what happens when the word gets out....... LOL.
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
That's an ambitious build!
Hell, I'm impressed with the drawings you made ..
Can't wait to see the working model
Hell, I'm impressed with the drawings you made ..
Can't wait to see the working model
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OOOOPPPPPS... Looks like I really messed up when I posted this thread...royal0014 wrote:That's an ambitious build!
Hell, I'm impressed with the drawings you made ..
Can't wait to see the working model
Now I HAVE to build that knife...
LOL
Mike
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
So, not hang out, and starts workMeridian_Mike wrote:
Now I HAVE to build that knife...
LOL
Mike
It is also very interesting to me!
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Which is a Bulgarian way of saying "get off your dead keister and git-er-done.Eustace wrote:So, not hang out, and starts workMeridian_Mike wrote:
Now I HAVE to build that knife...
LOL
Mike
It is also very interesting to me!
Georgi
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The Few. The Proud.
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--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
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This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
LOL....
Well, OK then.
Well, OK then.
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
Well.... after a couple of set-backs and re-designs I have got this knife finally moving in a positive direction.
These pics are from early this year....
(the makin's....as my granny used to say...)
The blade... roughed out....
More parts in the rough-out stage....
Starting the grind..... (I have a tinker-toy belt sander.... For now, that is)
The fit-up and design refining stage. I wanted the blade to have a spot to seat and I made a notch in the blade to allow the toggle to keep it closed. So far.... so good.....
BUT.... It don't work yet..... SO.... onward! Cutting me out some liners..... Drilling and pinning for a fit-up of the parts....
OK.... here we go..... This was the area I had to try to figure out. After breaking a couple of attempts at a spring... I figured out the spring would have to be THIN and LONG so just a casual finger pressure would be able to release the blade in the open and the closed position.
In a side note right here..... I did finally figure out how to do this.... My mock-up works now.... But the knife is still in the rough-in stage so I will up date after I get the scales thinned out and more finished.
Stay tuned!
Mike
These pics are from early this year....
(the makin's....as my granny used to say...)
The blade... roughed out....
More parts in the rough-out stage....
Starting the grind..... (I have a tinker-toy belt sander.... For now, that is)
The fit-up and design refining stage. I wanted the blade to have a spot to seat and I made a notch in the blade to allow the toggle to keep it closed. So far.... so good.....
BUT.... It don't work yet..... SO.... onward! Cutting me out some liners..... Drilling and pinning for a fit-up of the parts....
OK.... here we go..... This was the area I had to try to figure out. After breaking a couple of attempts at a spring... I figured out the spring would have to be THIN and LONG so just a casual finger pressure would be able to release the blade in the open and the closed position.
In a side note right here..... I did finally figure out how to do this.... My mock-up works now.... But the knife is still in the rough-in stage so I will up date after I get the scales thinned out and more finished.
Stay tuned!
Mike
"Life is tough.... but it's tougher if you're stupid."....John Wayne
Re: Here is the next one I want to build
Mike I'm glad you resurrected this project and are sharing it with us. What an ambitious project and looks like it is progressing nicely. Can't wait to see the finished knife. Amazing. Thanks.
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
Well.... I had to walk away for a while and do another project or 2 to clear my head. The spring solution hit me yesterday so I got back on it. Now I can start shaping the handle and (hopefully) make it a working and cutting knife!
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Re: Here is the next one I want to build
VERY impressive !!
Chris
i woke last night to the sound of thunder
how far off i sat and wondered
started humming a song from nineteen sixty two
aint it funny how the night moves
i woke last night to the sound of thunder
how far off i sat and wondered
started humming a song from nineteen sixty two
aint it funny how the night moves