Bone-head of the week award

Mark Williams

Mark Williams

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Everybody should know that I hate fitting guards.

Anyway, I'm doing the typical method for me.

1. Attach fileguard to ricasso, clamp everything in vise and file
away till I get a nice ridge.

2. Measure tang to see what size drill bit is needed to make slot
in guard.

3. Drill a series of holes to approximate tang height.

4. Use various chainsaw and flat files to get a good fit.

Seems normal enough. Well I had been using a round chainsaw file that was broken in half, the piece was about 6 " long. I was just filing away for about 2 hours and my hand was getting sore. I decided to make the golfball handle.I drilled the hole in the ball and was about to put the file in the ball.I put the end of the file that had no teeth into the ball and went back to filing.I happened to notice the other half of the file in a pile of rubble on the workbench. I checked to see if it was sharper. I put the end of the file with no teeth into the ball and went to filing. WOW this thing cuts nice:D

That's because both ends of this file have an area with no teeth.

I had been filing in the wrong direction for 3 hours.:footinmou

Hi , I'm Mark and I'm a DUMBASS.

edited to add: feel free to laugh and point.
 
Hey do we have permission to laugh at this post? I mean, in a friendly way? <grin>

Mark, that's just a horror story! Sounds like something I would do. All I can say is... dude... get a mini-mill or something to help you with those guards! I've never filed anything for 3 hours in my life! No wonder you are getting sore!
 
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Well, you said we could laugh :p . JK man, that is pretty funny though. I've done considerably more boneheaded things than that though, so I can't razz you too hard. Thanks for the laugh, seriously.
 
Gouge,That would be funny if it wasn't so sad! Oh, well, Bwaaahaaaahaaaahaaaaahaaaaa! You could have put a golfball on the other end,too, and have a mini finger barbell."One, two, one,two,one, two",.... . Sorry, Gouge. I made an ostrich bone handle knife and got too far in with the grinder,clear down into the 'glas. Rant,cuss, smoke a couple of coffin nails. Then I got the idea to fill the spot with silver inlay. Did that, and knife had to have two more, to balance the looks of the handle. Knife took FOREVER to finish because of one second of grinder oooops.Just one of numerous, guy.
 
Don't feel bad about it. If I had a nickle for every stupid thing I've done the PA lottery would just be pocket change.
:rolleyes:
 
I don't think that's so funny Gouge:D After all they should paint arrows on the file or something:D :D and it could have been worse. You could have clued a golfball on each end after you put it in the hole:D :D :D After all nobodys perfect:D :D :D :D
 
Ha Ha Ha Bone head :) 3hours:)
I say it only because you labeled yourself.:)
don't feel bad I use to get guys in that would put their
Chain saw chain on backwards and complain it won't cut.
that's fun telling them the problem,,what they did..:D
you figured it out at least...
I do stupid things I just don't tell anyone.:D :D
 
LOL..........!!! ;) :D Reminds me of the time my brother put the circular saw blade on backwards. Sure did smoke.;)
 
I felt so stupid, i started not to tell anybody. what the heck, it's Friday. I figured folks could use a laugh.

Mark
 
Lmaoooooooooooooo!
You need to save up for a small milling machine Mark! :eek:
Aint one of hasn't done something like you just did so don't feel too bad about it. You just had the guts to share it with the world, lol!
 
well im gonna fess up now. Mark one time I was in the shop busy as all get out and COULD not find my safety glasses, I fussed,complained,yelled to the wife come here! Who has my safety glasses I asked her? She had this Glen your a idiot look on her face when she politely said honey there on your head. Thats right I had pulled em up and forgot all about it. I feel so much better now that I have confessed this to my fellow knifemakers :)

This post was edited because I am a redneck and cannot spell.
 
Never feel stupid Mark. We have to be able to laugh at ourselves. After all, we make some things that no one out in the real world can. Remember, I'm the fellow that not only once but countless times, have set my pants on fire, I'm talking about full blaze, with the disc grinder.

I'm still working on my formula for Aquafortis. The other day I decided to dissolve some copper rather than iron. Man did that turn a pretty shade of emerald green complete with emerald green fumes. It started to worry me so I dumped in the Arm and Hammer and went to the internet to see if it was toxic. It turns out it isn't but I found a fellow who described his experience by saying he put in the copper and started getting fumes. It concerned him so he grabbed it and threw it out of the window. He discovered that Nitric acid reacted with fingers also. After jumping up in pain he wiped his hand off on his pants. Right across the crotch. He then discovered that Nitric acid reacted with pants also!
:D

See...other people do it too!
 
A neighbor of mine came over one time to borrow a drill bit so he could mount some running lights on his aluminum boat. He said that all of his were dull. He came back over a while later and said that the boat was made out of some tough aluminum, it took him 15 minutes to drill one hole. I walked back over with him and took his hand drill off of "reverse".

A guy I used to work with asked for some small solder one time since he was replacing a component on a circuit board. Having the devious mind that I do, I gave him some buss wire instead. He kept trying to tin the tip of his soldering iron and ended up just burning his fingers on the hot wire as he was trying to heat it up. He got me back later by running tygon tubing behind a machine and blowing smoke in it every time I turned it on.

Oh, back to...
Bone head things? Like when I forget to drill holes in a full tang knife before tapering it? Or going to MSC or Wholesale Tool and buying a bunch of stuff but forgetting the ONE thing I went there for? Or filing out a guard and hit the hole one too many times with a file for a good fit instead of checking first? Or grinding on a Cruwear blade and cussing and swearing about how tough the steel is until I change to a new belt and it cuts it like butter? Naw, not me...I don't ever do stuff like that.

Craig
 
I've heard by the grapevine that a course in filing (metal not paper forms) could be offered at the next Trackrock hammer/in. We will reserve a seat for you! Sandy
 
You fellas talk about t**ds, I have to share a true story. My inlaws were in a pub, trying to drink the place dry. My mother in law had to cover her mouth and run to the restroom and lean over the stool. I don't want to know what all went into the toilet, but her false teeth did. Then she flushed them down the drain. It gets better! They called a plumber and he worked and worked, finally retreiving the teeth. She washed them(well, knowing her, probably not) and put them back into her mouth.She still wears the same teeth. Every time I see her, I think,"There's a living sh*t eating dog!"
 
Man I can't count how many times I have done something like this.Been doing allot of it on this big bar of Damascus of yours also.Man it is almost done luckily.Just a final stretch and it should be ready to send,barring any more dumb mistakes on my part again.

See we all do it,guess we need to sleep more and this kind of stuff wouldn't happen:D

Bruce
 
You fellas talk about t**ds, I have to share a true story. My inlaws were in a pub, trying to drink the place dry. My mother in law had to cover her mouth and run to the restroom and lean over the stool. I don't want to know what all went into the toilet, but her false teeth did. Then she flushed them down the drain. It gets better! They called a plumber and he worked and worked, finally retreiving the teeth. She washed them(well, knowing her, probably not) and put them back into her mouth.She still wears the same teeth. Every time I see her, I think,"There's a living sh*t eating do



John....LMAO:D :D :D :D
 
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