Checkering Micarta?

mike biz

mike biz

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Can it be done without the use of a CNC machine or something like that. Basically can you do it by hand? Not necessarily as fine as rifle or handgun checkering, but something to add a little more grip to some older micarta that is smoother than I want.
 
it would be easy enough to do in theory --- harder to keep the lines straight.

I've done some minor "fluting" but never tried checkering. You could use the fine edge of a triangular file and just try to stay straight...
 
my concern would be that the canvas micarta grains are not fine enough and it would crumble if the checkering is too small.

and paper micarta scales are a bit uncommon for conducting experiments.
 
It shouldn't be much harder than checkering wood, a bit more challenging to start a straight cut because phenolic is so hard though. Use really sharp files and practice on something cheap first.
 
xaman said:
it would be easy enough to do in theory --- harder to keep the lines straight.

I've done some minor "fluting" but never tried checkering. You could use the fine edge of a triangular file and just try to stay straight...
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I've tried to stray straight since 1966, but once into the Electric Kool Aid .........

I did have some grooves cut into the grips of a user MS after the diamond quilt was worn so smooth it was getting dangerous.

Not as pretty as checkering, but it did work like a champ.

Also, some file work on the spine to keep the thumb from sliding. Looked like the same file was used for both.

Chase Axin did the work.

Rob
 
It can be done and looks cool. I'm sure a checkering file was used. Here is a picture of one of Tom Krein's knives.
 

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