Hide my Crack, Bro!

Judcargile

Judcargile

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Tried a bolster today and I did not quite make it.
How do you pros keep looking so good? Wood putty for hard wood floors?

Oh, and why did not ya say the small wheel takes all the ugly out of blade surface in seconds?!?!?! I have been KILLING MY SELF !!!!! SLOWLY!!! ;)
 
Judcargile said:
Tried a bolster today and I did not quite make it.
How do you pros keep looking so good? Wood putty for hard wood floors?

Oh, and why did not ya say the small wheel takes all the ugly out of blade surface in seconds?!?!?! I have been KILLING MY SELF !!!!! SLOWLY!!! ;)
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Hint! Hint! You can always ask! I half crippled my hands with arthritis from blade grinding & hand sanding…lolz!
 
Judcargile said:
tiny.but, crack is not cool.
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when I made bolsters I would use fresh paper on the disc & make sure it’s set to the correct angle and I used Kydex for spacers & liners between the scales & tang & Scales & bolsters and do NOT use the 5 minute epoxy. First it isn’t enough time to assemble if you have a oh Sh)t moment & it will fail allowing moisture between the tang & scales…
 
I mill mine that way they are dead flat for a perfect tight joint. But most use a disc sander like mentioned above 😁

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I am not asking for how to keep from getting cracks. I am asking how to best hide the cracks that I will get.
I blew up so many fundamentals just building this thing, I am lucky it resembles a knife.
 
I've had a few bolsters end up with gaps and I've not found any satisfactory way to hide them.
I ended up taking the handle material off and starting over.
 
For a crack against the guard (I think that's what you're showing?) If you can find some thin black paper (tissue paper, packing paper) you can cut or tear some small pieces and slide them into the crack until tight, then put a few drops of CA glue on it to solidify everything. Let it cure for a day and then sand it all off. If you have a fairly close color match it'll be invisible. Torn colored craft paper works too. Although it's probably too thick, the torn ends can be quite thin and useable. If the crack is so wide that you can fit a full thickness piece of craft paper in it, it's probably best to re-fit the handle.

Eric
 
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What I’ve done is add a colored spacer between bolster and handle material. I’ve matched fiber liner materials’ thickness with either my scroll saw blade or hand jig saw. I make the cut then epoxy the colored spacer.IMG_0809.jpeg
 
That might be glue undercutting out, scotch brite belts do that. Fix with superglue and ground micarta.
 
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