Thread: The Butchered Blade

Originally Posted by MikeT

Okay I'll try it out. I always figured electrical tape because it's so durable. If I've got this right, the electrical tape grabs the metal file and peels up exposing the surface to expose the part intended to be protected..?
Is there a specific brand that's best?

Würth, where I live. Doesn't scratch up even on DMT-C.

Did I reinvent the wheel, or have some of you already done this.

Being I don't have a belt sander, I was looking for a quicker way for me to make wedges.
The hardest part was holding on to it while either using sand paper or a file.

So here's what I came up with.
The corner of a piece of 1" thick plastic.
3 pieces of 1/16" brass rod,3/4" long. ( laying on bench and floor where you do your pinning [emoji5] )

Drill three , 3/64" holes , 1/2" deep, in the shape of a triangle.
Install brass pins with peener hammer , file to desired height.

Aaaaa yep.... Works nice.[emoji6]

I think i see a handle in the near future. [emoji1]

Clever Mike.

Wedge is done..!

Originally Posted by outback

Wedge is done..!

Auhah!!!
Now I know your secret! So you really DON'T have a chain-gang of elves working tirelessly around the clock in the basement!.. it's these simple yet ingenious ideas you keep coming up with... dagnammit my plans for supreme straight razor domination have been foiled again!
hehehe
That's a great idea. In my over-complicated mind I imagined precisely machined pieces of high grade steel with slots to hold the wedge material... ... ... then I came back from Planet Neutron and grabbed some masking tape and did it the hard way... LMAO

Secrets are kept by some. Techniques developed and shared here are no secret. Thanks, outback Mike!

Those who don't want to share their 'secrets' can keep them. I reckon we shall figure it all out eventually!

Ever since being told about the K. I. S. S. theory, its been with me ever since.
Keep
It
Simple
Stupid
Thats the theory.....!

In short... The more complicated you make it, the more complicated it becomes.

But hey....!! Even a blind squirrel finds a nut ... Occasionally.
And a broken clocks right twice a day. [emoji1]

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Secrets are kept by some. Techniques developed and shared here are no secret. Thanks, outback Mike!

Those who don't want to share their 'secrets' can keep them. I reckon we shall figure it all out eventually!

Oh how little you know! You'll never figure out my Triple Locking Centrifugal Doodad Thingamajig with Osmotic Pin Defibrillator!!! NEVER! Muahahahahaha!

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king!

Here's another idea I came up with, based off sharptons (Toms ) idea of the pin vise , for cleaning collars.
Removed the anvil from a 1/8" aluminum pop rivet and replaced it with a piece of 1/16" dia. rod the same length. Peened the end of the rod so it holds the collar against the aluminum rivet.

Install into my pop rivet gun, ( this one will hold its desired grip till the button on the bottom is depressed, then will release the rivet from the gun) and buff away.
Just making use of things on hand.

Originally Posted by MikeT

Oh how little you know! You'll never figure out my Triple Locking Centrifugal Doodad Thingamajig with Osmotic Pin Defibrillator!!! NEVER! Muahahahahaha!

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king!

Sound like something I bought the little lady for Christmas last year.
It gave her the "O" face. [emoji52] [emoji45] [emoji54] [emoji33] ...[emoji5] [emoji5]