folding knife project (WIP) pics

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here is my project it is a folder

blade: cpm 154cm 3 1/2" long a little over 3/16" thick

handle: 1/4" green and black G10

liners: 1/16" titanium

locking system: rectangle button lock from cpm 154cm

glass breaker/lanyard hole: cpm 154cm

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materials

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my final drawing of the knife open and closed.

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started on the G10 handles.

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tracing the blade, G10 handles rough draft, titanium trace still cutting them out.

it is going to be a very thick folder

i just got started on this project last night :D
 
Man this makes me really wanna try one but scared ill jump in and be over my head lol
 
I'm currently putting together spec for a folder design I've been working on. Be awhile before I get started since I got a couple knives in the hopper already, but I'm looking forward to it.
I'll be following your thread, interesting project!
 
Lorien said:
I'm currently putting together spec for a folder design I've been working on. Be awhile before I get started since I got a couple knives in the hopper already, but I'm looking forward to it.
I'll be following your thread, interesting project!
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You got me interested. I love the designs you come up with!
 
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i am on duty right now and decided to work on my knife here lol

i have also decided to call my knife the ON DUTY

here are some pics of what i did in the shop!

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lining it up

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dont forget to lube :D (thats what she said) :jerkit:

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marking the G10 for drilling

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evening them out

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still needs the finishing grinding nice and cleaned up now

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now comes the pain ugh!!!!!!!!!!

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all of those wheels and still not done with one liner yet lol i know that there are probably better ways to do this but this is what i got for now :D
 
no pics yet but i have cut the ti liners out and i am having a lot of trouble grinding them to shape because they heat up so fast. have to keep cooling it every 2-3 secs :mad: but i will get there and will have pics soon :D
 
Put some ice in your dipping water. Will help buy you a little time grinding. Plus after a few dips your water starts to heat up unless your using a big bucket etc.
 
i have a very important question!!!!!!!

the pivot hole on the blade, i drilled it out smaller than what the hole needs to be because i know that during the heat treat the hole is going to shrink or expand a little, my question is which is it? will it expand or shrink? do i have to get a carbid drill bit and just drill it after wards or can i go one size up or one size down on the drill bits and be fine with sanding it out a little. the hole is supposed to be a 1/4" hole.

thanks for any advice:D

o yeah this is my first folder so i am kind of oblivious just kind of improvising on some things :D but taking my time
 
The hole should be drilled to fit perfectly with the pivot before HT, don't worry about it changing size, it won't.
 
i have resently changed my heat treat for this knife for those of you that were following that lol.

but i am doing a lot of stuff lately also so i will only be able to work on this project every so often but when i do i will post pics :)

also because of the resent change in heat treat i need to get some more materials so that is going to hold me back a little to :( but ill get there lol
 
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getting the liners to line up a little so i can drill the holes

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rough draft of what it will look like folded:D
 
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getting the bevel started

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finally got back into the shop and got some drillin done :D
just need to do some lining up now.

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(red arrows) = the hole started for the push button

(green arrows) = are the holes for the stop pin

(yellow arrows) = are not holes yet becuase i dont know how deep to make them yet

(blue arrow) = were the push button is going to have its spring, dont know how deep yet

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everything fits together really tite right now :D
 
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