? for you hidden tang makers

Great pics and tutorial, Nick! I really like your screw process. Nice work, too. I've used pins, but I like your screw process much better.
 
I don't know why I missed this Nick:(
got you on the knife making site again.:thumbup:
 
How is it that you locate where to drill holes for the locator pins in the wood so that everything matches up right? My brain tells me it's probably "press them into the ferrule and then tap the wood down on it to make a mark" or something similar, but so very often my common sense ends up being wrong :rolleyes:

Thanks for a great thread!

-d
 
Fit the "ferrule" spacer to the tang

Take it off and drill the locator/indexing pin holes in the drill press (put it back on)

Fit the block of wood, then take it off.

Put a couple drops of super glue on the ferrule, then slip the wood on and hold it in place for a couple minutes.

Pull the whole shebang off, and the ferrule will be "in place" on the wood

Use your hand drill and the same bit that you drilled the locator holes with, and drill into the wood block, using the ferrule as a drill guide. The holes do not need to be very deep... I run them into the block 3/16"-1/4"

Take it apart, clean up the super-glue, and then make sure the pins will line it all up like they're supposed to.

:)
 
Good stuff Nick. I use the same techniques with the alignment pins but instead of the screws I use a small allthread thru the slot were the tang will go, add a washer on each side then a nut on each side. If you let the allthread project out both sides it gives you a handle on each side to hold onto while you buff or grind. It takes a little time to do the set up with the pins but it makes it sweet when you go to do the assembly. Well worth the effort. Fred
 
Jerry and Terry,
Thanks, and those are really clean, crisp, neat, beautiful works of art.:thumbup:

Mike
 
primos said:
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Terry I like that inlay and of course the rest of the knife,,
a few months ago I was in San Antonio Tx and stopped to visit the Alamo (and the Hard rock Cafe:) )
they have those penny roll machines that oblong the penny and press pictures into them, of the Alamo and the like, I picked up a bunch to inlay into a bowie or 10 :D I thought it would look cool..
thanks guys nice thread for sure.
 
If it's a good post, Ctrl "C" before you post. If it's a great big post I usually have it copied to a viewer so I can check spelling, so I have it twice.
 
NickWheeler said:
Argh!!! Mother F'er!!!! I just wrote out this big long post with pics and BF ate it and told me the server's too busy. Piece of $hit!@#$J!$^!$#^!@J%^$^~@

-Nick-
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I've been there, dude! Sucks, don't it...

Craig
 
I've been doing the alignment pin "thing" for years. This allows not only continual disassembly for part creation, but also allows for take-down configuration as well.
The shear strength of four pins will FAR exceed any normal use of a knife. It will be as strong as the handle material itself.
I do this on one piece knives as well.
Just adds strength the way I see it! The knife can never fail because of twisting.
really adds to lateral strength.
 
This is a great thread guys, thank you very much for the information. I'm going to be trying a few "take-down" knives soon and this will help immensely.
 
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