How to make bow drill divot in Canvas Micarta?

SocalSurvivalistX · Feb 4, 2011

Anyone?
I've got an ontario rat 3 and a tops tom brown tracker and I'd like to put bow drill holes in both of them.

I was thinking maybe some kind of drill or dremmel?

Any suggestions?

StagLefty · Feb 4, 2011

Countersink drill bit without the pilot bit ?

Dizwolf · Feb 4, 2011

half inch drill bit.

GhostRing · Feb 4, 2011

this ok to do with linen?

UDT-SEAL · Feb 4, 2011

go slow

Grunt167 · Feb 4, 2011

Slow and easy with the scale secured on a drill press... I'd practice on a similarly sized piece of wood and mark the bit using some masking tape with the depth you want.

JV3 · Feb 4, 2011

GhostRing said:
this ok to do with linen?

yup, micarta is pretty tough stuff. here's a sticky on the maintenance forum discussing toughness of various materials: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=199171

p.s. your avatar sticks out in my head for some reason. the same ghostring from arfcom?

GhostRing · Feb 4, 2011

yup.

hammerface · Feb 5, 2011

Wrap the knife so as to not damage it and CLAMP it down! You don't want that thing letting loose and whipping around on you! Good luck and be safe. I may have to try this but then I'll have to learn how to make a bow drill

And how to use one...

Gevonovich · Feb 5, 2011

Grunt167 said:
Slow and easy with the scale secured on a drill press... I'd practice on a similarly sized piece of wood and mark the bit using some masking tape with the depth you want.

Like Grunt said....take the scales off

Probably a good idea to provide a backing to the scale...to reinforce the scale( as the tang normally does) and help with stability in the drill press vise

Grunt167 · Feb 5, 2011

Gevonovich said:
Like Grunt said....take the scales off Probably a good idea to provide a backing to the scale...to reinforce the scale( as the tang normally does) and help with stability in the drill press vise

I agree, maybe a hunk of wood but I'd be careful of marking the bit so that you don't drill through the scale... I think you'd want the wooden drill to ride in the scale and not wear on the tang where you could get rusting started... The depth is critical... I wonder if anyone who has a ESEE-5 could mike the depth and let us know? This is something I'd like to do to my ESEE-6...

USMCSergeant · Feb 5, 2011

Or you can carry a shot glass with you when you're out in the woods like me