Thread: Undream's 30 second Pivot Hole Sleeves

I'm sure some of you have done pivot pin sleeves made out of brass tubing before to get those big old sheffield blades swingin' smoothly. Its kinda hard to get that little tube cut into the right size though, ain't it? Well.. here is my method I developed over the last 6 months. I can make a sleeve in about 30 seconds.

What you need:

* 1/16" rod
* 1/16" inner diameter / 3/32" outer diameter brass tube
* Disc sander (or a sheet of sandpaper if you want to make it a 10 minute pivot hole sleeve)
* wire cutters

STEP 1: GET SOME TUBING! most of the time, tubing is always pinched from the last cut, right?



STEP 2: Get rid of the pinch!





STEP 3: Cut off appoximately double the tang width. Its gonna pinch again. d'oh!





STEP 5: Heres my trick! take some of your 1/16 rod, and just slip that little nub onto it!



STEP 6: Take it back to the sander, and sand off that pinch!