Thread: CAD drawing

Updating this post:

Piet, my computer took a dive, so I wasn't able to get the files downloaded to look at them. Thank you so much for taking the time to make the patterns for me. T was very much appreciated, I'm sorry I couldn't use them.

Cody Carlson/Tattooface also pm'ed me with an offer to help. This is the picture. He originally sent.


I was going to go with it until I noticed the tangs were a little too narrow. So, I emailed him and asked him to increase their width to 0.53". At the same time, the machine shop guy said he could cut out at least 8 blanks instead off the previously thought six. I offered a blank to Cody since I asked him to do more work. He sent the following revisions and his design.


Last night at work I thought, "I'd like to do a western ground fixed blade based off this design," so another email to Cody. I asked him to widen the tang at a certain point and move some other stuff around. I also suggested maybe we should identify the individual designs somehow. Also, I decided to have him completely square the bottom corners of the square tips.


Then I said, "why don't we have his tail past the pivot on my wide tang blanks.". And "oh by the way, do a round and a square."


Then, this morning I realized that the top corners needed to be square as well. Another email to Cody. Also, "can you take a look at a certain razor and copy the barber's notch? And narrow the tang and the tail a bit on it. And make a barber's notch on my stub tail blank." Also, #9 is another one of Cody's personal designs. Less than two hours to go before cutout time at this point.


"Hey, do you mind making the notch 70% of it's current width, keep the same depth of cut, and take the excess off the bottom." "Also, can you make a square point with the narrow tang and the monkey tail? Also, hurry because I'm meeting the guy in 45 minutes."


"Ok seriously, last one because I'm driving to meet the machinist now. How about a narrow tang, monkey tail, round point?" Cody must have noticed a pattern and been watching because he came through again!