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Lock face, lock bar, and detent. https://www.instagram.com/p/BKEEj7eDIJY/ To do the lock bar I used a cobalt slitting saw spinning at 60 RPM. I am holding it in a machinist vice and to line it up I just eye balled it. To do the lock face I made up a jig and mounted it in a machinist vice...

Blade The blade pivot has been drilled and reamed. It is undersized as I will ream it for the pivot after heat treating and surface grinding. This ensures that everything will stay in popper alignment in case of some mild warp-age. The pivot stops have also been milled on a compound rotary...

Scales. The trick here is now do you mount a scale with hidden hardware that can be removed and put back on and maintain alignment. The only thing that I could think of was to have chamfered holes in the liner so that when tightened it "should" return to it's original place. Next is to mill...

This is the bearing plate. It is the same material as the blade (S30V) and hardened to 60rc. The bearing plate is mounted to the top of the liner. This allows me to do several things. The liner has the bearing pocket in it so by adjusting the thickness of the liner I have a really tight control...

Bolsters. On the bolsters there are the 3 mounting screw holes. They were center drilled, drilled and taped for 2-56 screws. The hole depth is .085. This is where a tap-o-matic really comes in handy. It is so nice to be able to tap a 2-56 blind hole and not have to worry about anything. Lastly...

Liners. The first step is to get it all flat. I am using 2 sided tape by 3M to hold the titanium in place. Next is getting all the holes drilled. Here you can see that all the holes are center drilled then drilled (2 of them are pin holes which are reamed) and I am starting to chamfer them...

Tools and prep. Bridport style manual mill with a digital readout. The DRO is accurate to .0002 Universal tool post grinder. I made an attachment so use 2X72 belts for surface grinding. I also use it to cut the lock face. Variable speed belt sander. I made a custom large diameter (22 inch...

Design and theory. Like everybody I wanted to try and do something new and maybe be a little different. The more I looked the more I realized that it has pretty much all been done. While I am doing something a little different with the ball bearings it is more an ends to a means rather than...

Thread Index. I decided to do individual post for each aspect of the knife. It should make it easier to discuss each aspect and keep a good continuity through out the post. I will add links to my posts for people to reference comments that are beneficial and informative.

Hey all, I have been working on my first folding knife and figured I would post it up. Between figuring out how to do the "stuff" and getting my equipment up to par to get the quality I need I easily have 100 hrs into this. This next week I will learn how to do CAD drawing and modify my build...

That is a nice one! I love the look of those scales!

Just got done with the planning phase for my first flipper/folding knife. It was amazing how many bad ideas I was able to get out of the way using paper and plexi glass :biggrin:. Now I can start making jigs and breaking off taps!

I looked at the paragon ovens and copied the internal dimensions then bought the corresponding replacement element. The soft bricks also cut easy with a hand was. I cut 2 45 degree slots and then popped out the piece with a screwdriver. You can shape the cutout with the screwdriver and refine...

Thanks! Yeah, some belts require flipping but most don't. Sitting ok but for me I like to have my arms at 90 degrees and transfer weight from side to side. I also like the mobility of getting up close or to the sides easier. The general theory tho is to use the largest muscle groups as...

Grats! Nice job getting the guard pattern to line up! I can imagine the sweat while cutting it out :D

Yep. Something like this. http://alphaknifesupply.com/adhesives.htm#VC3001 Locktite would work too and is easier to get. Matt

I was hoping that the prices had come down from the last time I had looked into it. I was hoping that with the improvements in 3D printing that it would have trickled down some. I will have to look into what somebody could do DIY for fun. I was poking around a bit and it looks like getting a...

What kind of machine are you using for the laser engraving?

Stunning work!

I was going to do an adjustable column but I just went with what I had. Bruce Bumps grinder has 2 pieces of large square pipe nested together with a bottle jack on the bottom and a home make cam lock at the top. As far as the height goes it works out pretty well because the wheel has such a...