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elasmonut

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I was in the last stages of fitting together a nice kitchen knife RWL-34,black pakkawood,and stainless bolster.Had everything fitting up nicely,no gaps nice and flat.Taped up the blade,applied epoxy to the slabs,fitted the bolster and began to peen the pins,was going nicely 'till I noticed a small bit of the tape caught under the bolster,after acetone and picking that sucker wasn't coming out:mad:
The pins were to far gone to pull out and the gap from the tape would look terrible,so rush to the belt sander to grind it off:grumpy:then I slip,because I'm rushing before the epoxy sets and put a nice big 60 grit scuff right below my logo:barf:Needless to say I was a long way from happy place.
Anyway just needed to vent,and maybe give someone smile when they remember a similar incident.
I do love doing this stuff, but sometimes I wonder why?:D
 
elasmonut said:
I was in the last stages of fitting together a nice kitchen knife RWL-34,black pakkawood,and stainless bolster.Had everything fitting up nicely,no gaps nice and flat.Taped up the blade,applied epoxy to the slabs,fitted the bolster and began to peen the pins,was going nicely 'till I noticed a small bit of the tape caught under the bolster,after acetone and picking that sucker wasn't coming out:mad:
The pins were to far gone to pull out and the gap from the tape would look terrible,so rush to the belt sander to grind it off:grumpy:then I slip,because I'm rushing before the epoxy sets and put a nice big 60 grit scuff right below my logo:barf:Needless to say I was a long way from happy place.
Anyway just needed to vent,and maybe give someone smile when they remember a similar incident.
I do love doing this stuff, but sometimes I wonder why?:D
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Did that once and took a scaple to dig out the tape then put a bit more glue in the small gap.
Richard
 
Reminds me of the incident on my own first knife.

Heat treat came out better than I expected. No ping, no warpage of any sort. Hand finished out to 1000 grit. Next I fitted up all of the handle materials, and finished them up to be ready for the final glue up. Then started with buffing compounds on a cloth wheel on an arbor on my hand held cordless drill with the blade held in a vise.

Got down to the semi mirror polish I was looking for, and decided "just one more pass". Being that I had just spent an hour and a half doing exactly this, and was finished, I made the classic blunder of letting my concentration slip. The buffer grabbed the tip and broke nearly an inch off the end of the blade!

I did actually manage to salvage the knife, and in a way I'm happy it happened. Taught me a lot, that first knife did. Although some of the lessons were less than pleasant, they were all worth learning.
 
Thanks guys I'm almost over it now,I've apologised to the neighbors for high volume strings of adjectives,but I might leave it 'till the weekend to start over again,it makes me angry just lookin' at it right now.I think the worst part is I have no-one to blame but my own dumb ass.
And as for YOU! bladecarver,you keep tellin' yourself that mate,and maybe oneday someone will believe it:D
 
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