Thread: What are you working on?

Panama,
I don't see where the nose on that blade is broken. Unless of course you are talking about the crooked grind at the nose in of the spine. I have no idea why, but it is not uncommon for those to be crooked. I just leave them crooked, clean but crooked.
:-)

@ RezDog - anxiously watching the stain job, nice work.

Still sanding on my Dubl Duck, there are a few scratches that might be too deep, will take it to a mirror finish and think about it.
While taking a break, I've been thinking about my John Pitt's Celebrated Razor (with nice bone scales) and what to do about it's
broken nose. Grind or no grind? I would really appreciate some opinions on this one.

It's broken. It's hard to see, but there is a flat spot above the break that is stress flattened, like it was hammered.

The nose looks fine to me, but looks like there might be some grinding required at the stabilizer to get it to hone correctly.

I believe you guys are right. Looking at the nose thru a 16x loupe, I see striations, not crystals, so not broken, uneven grind.
There is uneven wear along the spine. Will set this one aside and label for my first pro hone.

Originally Posted by MisterClean

So my pal Roy (cudarunner) sent me some acrylic scale material. Man, is this stuff is easy to work with or what. This is my first experience with this material.
I'll post the completed project soon.

Attachment 244796

Thanks Roy!

No problem Freddie.

Once you get those fully polished they will really POP! That particular pattern is called Molten Metal and it's what walleyeyman used to make my brush out of.

For those that may be wondering the product came from Woodturningz. For a small fee they will cut the Acrylic spindles into 1/8" blanks (Sorry but they won't do the wood blanks to due warping concerns). They have a Huge Band Saw and the blades cut a really nice even piece. I ask for a small clean up cut and on average I get 7 blanks.

If you want to have a block cut, contact them and talk to Fritz as he's the Sales Manager.

Here's a link to the website:

WoodTurningz

Here's the link to the Large Inlace Acylester Spindles:

Inlace Acrylester Spindles - Woodturningz

No all I've got to do is make some scales, but it's so nice out and I hear the bike calling

The washer was broken on the front of the pivot pin, so I decided to remove the pin, thinking I would
protect the scales, filed the mushroomed head off and....oops! Oh well, not the original scales anyway...saving
the bits, don't know if I can patch bone this thin.

Time to go to the stickies here and read-up on unpinning scales, Panama.
Pins are often swollen by peening and are 'seized' to the scales, particularly bone and ivory.

They must be properly and carefully drilled-out.
No worries. We all learn by busting things.

That is a tough part to repair because of the stress it takes. You can save those by lining them with very thin G-10. It comes at 1/32" thick and will bolster those up. Combine them with some of the Babar collars that Tom uses on delicate scales and they will be just fine.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Time to go to the stickies here and read-up on unpinning scales, Panama.
Pins are often swollen by peening and are 'seized' to the scales, particularly bone and ivory.

They must be properly and carefully drilled-out.
No worries. We all learn by busting things.

Yep. I usually preach "small steps allow small mistakes, big steps allow big mistakes". I just HAD to take that big step, lol.

Originally Posted by RezDog

That is a tough part to repair because of the stress it takes. You can save those by lining them with very thin G-10. It comes at 1/32" thick and will bolster those up. Combine them with some of the Babar collars that Tom uses on delicate scales and they will be just fine.

Found some nice black G-10 liner at .03" (1/32") thickness, should look nice against the bone.
Pardon my "newbness", but what is a Barbar collar, please?

I can feel my Random Acquisition Disorder kicking in.....