Recent content by gudspelr

I’m curious what others say on this. I have plans to try and get one built a little down the road, as well. I had thought of doing the side swinging door, as I’ve heard from some that the draw bridge type can radiate a fair bit of heat when you’re reaching in to put stuff in/take it out. I...

I can say without doubt that dressing my contact wheel helped significantly. It clearly wasn’t manufactured very precisely. By sighting over the top of it and spinning it by hand, I could see the rise and fall at the edges. I used a dial indicator and checked the hub and edge of the rubber...

Shoot-should’ve been more specific. I dressed the wheel with the rail assembly removed, so there wasn’t anything in the way. The 4’ long bar of steel was just standing on one end on the floor, with the other end pointing towards the ceiling. Put some sandpaper on the steel and gently push the...

I appreciate the kind words, everyone. Jeremy

That was a little bit of a rodeo, to be honest... I had to figure a way to turn the contact wheel while still having access to the face of it. I split down an old belt to a really narrow one and used the tracking wheel to run it as far to each side I could. I put a double cut file on the chuck...

Will do, thanks. Jeremy

I’m kind of wishing I had a couple 3” wide belts to keep from having to go back and forth over the chuck... I remember some guys talking about a source for 3”x72” belts-do you remember where that was? Same place carry the shorter belts that you got yours? Jeremy

Thanks for the suggestions. I finally got things worked out. Dressing the rubber on the contact wheel was a big part of the problem. That helped things out significantly once I figured a way out to do that. I still have an ever so slight “washboard” type effect on the surface with the light...

Gotcha-thanks for the explanation. I appreciate it. Jeremy

Thanks for the information. Could you expand on the blade rub comment with .015 clearance? Do you get issues with the side of the blade rubbing on the inside of the liners? Jeremy

Thanks, guys. I appreciate the comments. Jeremy

Thanks so much, Ed-I really appreciate it. There’s a lot to think about and consider with folders and every little change affects several other things....so not having to just make a guess and go for it is huge for me. And I’m with you-I don’t feel like tempting fate with leaving too little web...

I’m considering using caged bearings on my next liner lock and it’ll be a first for me. I’ve seen where guys will recess both the liners as well as the blade for the bearings. I’m curious for anyone’s opinion on how they do it and why. Specifically, how big of a gap between the blade and liner...

Thanks, John. Jeremy

Thanks for the kind words. And yes, John-it was a nice piece he picked out from the handle material stash :). Jeremy