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02-27-2014, 01:02 PM #7
If you are going to bore that hole to bush it tight all the way through, be sure to account for any taper in the tang. If not, it is not going to swing on plane with the blade and you will have issues with hitting the scales or the blade will be cocked in relation to the scales.
Most of those punched holes are tapered. I just drill them to the size of the smallest tubing that won't fit through. That mean that when bushed, the blade pivots cleanly on the center of the hole without movement "fore and aft" but is still able to "rock" on the pin (because the bushing only contacts the minor diameter of the hole) to account for the hole being a few degrees off of perpendicular to the plane of the blade.
I hope you understand my explanation...Last edited by Splashone; 02-27-2014 at 01:04 PM.
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