Busse production, wondering...

[mikeymoto]

I am led to believe that the blades are currently made via CNC machining, but are the handles also made via CNC?

 

[Solstice]

far as I know Jerry's Scotch, and cigars are also made via CNC machining.

 

[mikeymoto]

By handles I mean the various micarta, g10, etc. slabs of course.

 

[pmsayre153]

I believe that Solstice was saying "Yes, everything that can be CNC'd is." As long as you don't run out of blanks, you can turn out identical parts forever. Just keep loading the jig and removing the 'completed' parts. Blades, slabs, submarine propellers, etc. What do you want to make, how sophisticated is your CNC machine (lathe, standard mill, multi-axial mill), how good is your programmer and do you have the appropriate alloy or composite for the application?
There we go Jerry, INFI sub screws. Imagine the scale of the materials and machines involved. Free INFI chips with every knife order. Pete

 

[mikeymoto]

Is it possible to melt down the INFI cut off the bar stock during milling to create more stock for production? Or is that basically waste at that point? I'm not a metallurgist beyond knowing that INFI gets sharp and I like it. :thumbup:

 

[matthewb5016]

MMMmm INFI swarf i wonder how sharp that is !!!

 

[Solstice]

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=282157&highlight=tanker

Go here...top post #1 by Jerry. Hope this helps.....

 

[Tohatchi NM]

I'm not a metallurgist either, but I bet you wouldn't gain much by re-melting INFI. First, you'd need to start with clean steel - sheet from the laser cutter with blade blanks removed might work, but mill shavings would probably be contaminated with shop dust.

Next, I'm skeptical that the nitrogen would stay in the steel. You'd have to be careful to keep it from converting to nitrogen gas and bubbling out. If INFI is made using a powder-type process, you'd have to turn it back into a powder before melting, which would make it somewhat more difficult to control the final composition.

Just random speculations...

 

[Gunsite]

I am led to believe that the blades are currently made via CNC machining, but are the handles also made via CNC?

Nope. Jerry sits with a bottle of JWB and a dremmel with a fine point stone attatchment and carves out the handles.
He averages 1,297 handle slabs per bottle of JWB.:thumbup:

 

[mikeymoto]

Cool thoughts, thanks all!