I am a certified dummy :(

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Walt Welch:
You Doofus Welshman, you have the washers STILL misaligned!!! Read the instructions. If you wish me to point you too them, I will, but just imagine they are sheep, and you will find them easily!!!
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That was particularly harsh, Doc
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Damn, Walt -

That was harsh! "I was just helping the sheep over the fence."

BTW, Walt - I have that can of WD-40 you asked me to send. Still exploring the use of other chemicals that will render the anodized designs on Chris's knives "invisible."
 
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When something's been carefully put together by a craftsman maybe we should leave it that way.
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Hilton, I have to agree with Walsh. Just one of the things that makes the Seb different from other hi-end semi-customs (or semi-productions which way do you want to look at it?). It is engineered to be easy to take down and put back together. Believe it or not, its one of the engineering features of the knife you are paying $300+ for!

I have taken mine apart, and I have also mis-aligned the washers when I put it back together. That's one reason I learned to hold it together with my fingers first and just test it. I've also learned not to screw down any of the screws too tight prior to working the newly assembled knife. If it isn't right, I just take it apart and start again. I've never gotten it wrong twice in a row...



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How do you misalign the washers?
I've taken my small apart several times, and always put it right back together and go on about my business.

LMAO at some of you.
 
But the blade is perfectly centred! Oh and I don't mind what Walt said, he is a welshman after all and its ok for US to say that
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I was very careful to make sure the washers were not missaligned. I will take Gwaith appart again and read the instructions.

The screws are flush and tight, but only just. I will have another look...

Cheers!

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Wayne.
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Just a thought, is it possible that I have used too much lube and this is making the parts seem 'thicker' and this make the blade tight?

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Wayne.
"To strive to seek to find and not to yield"
Tennyson
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Ahem... I found out what I was doing wrong.

When it came time to put the blade back into the handle, what I did was push the female side of the screw assembly through the handle first and then placed the blade on this. I then fitted the handle over this on the other side and screwed it down. This was causeing the larger washer to come out of alignment with the bearing.

What you need to go is grease the blade hole. Then fit the bearing into this hole. Apply a little grease to both sides, place washers on top. Let the grease hold the washers in place. Make sure the washer is at the same level as the bearing. Apply a little grease to the visable side of the washer as well at this point.

At this point, you fit the blade slowly into the handle. It is important that nothing is where the pivot area is, no screws or the female part. Once the blade is fitted in and the washers have not moved at all. As long as you can see right through the hole and nothing is in the way, squeeze the handles together and see that the washers are still not out of alignment. If it looks ok and there is no visable difference in width on either side of the blade when pressure is applied, place the female into the handle. Look again and test. If all is ok put the screw in and tighten firmly. Once this is done tighten the back stop pin and back pin. The blade is equal on both sides now.

What I mean is if you hold the knife verticaly and look straight at the actual edge side and lock bar, the washers aught to be on either side of the blade an equal distance from blade and Ti handles. Before one side was slightly wider than the other. This also caused the lockbar to go over further. This EXTRA space caused by the bearing sitting on one of the washers rather than sitting IN the washer caused my problem.

I have seen the light, and it is good!

Gawaith is very happy, as am I.

Thanks for making me look again at this. Doing the assembly this way is the ONLY way to do it and keep the washers and bearing in the right place. Hope my dumbness helps someone out.

My Sebi is firm to open, but 100% better, the screws are now firmly tightened
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WOO HOO! Cheers Walt and all.

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Wayne.
"To strive to seek to find and not to yield"
Tennyson
Ranger motto

A few useful details on UK laws and some nice reviews!
http://members.aol.com/knivesuk/
Certified steel snob!
 
Originally posted by Paul Davidson:
Wayne,
Glad to hear Gwaith is feeling better. Also glad you have a good sense o' humor.
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Well I have been the butt of some many jokes in the past you have to get a thick skin! Anyway, Walt and I are fellow Welshmen and as they say about us 'the welsh pray on their knees on a Sunday, and on their friends the rest of the week' Lol!
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Walt and I have an 'understanding', the Welsh can make jokes about sheep and two left wellies, but anyone else will get some lip for that
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. Unless he/she is a friend! Just try cracking a Welsh joke to Walt, light the blue touch paper and retire
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Lol!

Gwaith is 200% better now, I am so chuffed! A little Militech-1 really pays dividends on this knife with Teflon grease!



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Wayne.
"To strive to seek to find and not to yield"
Tennyson
Ranger motto

A few useful details on UK laws and some nice reviews!
http://members.aol.com/knivesuk/
Certified steel snob!
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As they say, you can make anything foolproof, but nothing damn fool proof.

However, if two hard headed stumblefingered Welshmen can successfully reassemble a Seb, then Chris Reeve has come damn close to making something damn fool proof!!

Congratulations, Chris.
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Walt
 
Wise words from the Welshman!
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Cheers Chris and Anne!
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Wayne.
"To strive to seek to find and not to yield"
Tennyson
Ranger motto

A few useful details on UK laws and some nice reviews!
http://members.aol.com/knivesuk/
'in Spyderco I trust'
 
Well guys, I guess whatever floats your boats . . . But if you see the presence of a screw as an invitation to dismantle . . . then I'd hate you to get anywhere near my computer, hi-fi, car, and especially my wheelchair!

Regards, HILTON
 
I took my Sebbie apart for the first time a couple of weeks ago and I had some of the same problems that others have mentioned. When I first put it back together I found that the blade was binding depending on how much or little I tightened the screws. Well I knew this wasn't right so I stripped it down again and carefully put it back together. After I did this I had no problem.

This knife is made to be taken apart and cleaned and serviced. If you find that it doesn't feel right after putting it back together try again....and for goodness sake be careful when tightening those screws!!!!

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"I'm inuspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctious to have caused you such pericumbobulations."--Mr. E Blackadder
 
The sebenza is obviously meant to be user serviceable... To some, a harmonica is easily user servicable. IF you know what your doing, computer components are swapped as easy as legos. Someone spoke of fixing their bike... I say, If yer up to the task, you probably KNOW that their is a POSSIBILITY of failure, even if you are a super guru. $h!t happens, and if your anything like me, and you pay attention to detail you will learn from your mistakes. Hopefully, It won't happen again.

Alas! IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME!

MY clip screw is on lt's last leg...
I wonder if it is made from different steel than the other three? Maybe it is a SLIGHTLY larger size? Either way, I mailed off the $30 for Lenny's set last Friday, and hopefully I'll have the new set in before my family reunion... Otherwise I'm gonna hear... "You STRIPPED a screw on a $300 knife!!?"

From now on I'm gonna be $30 more careful when I decide to go "clipless."

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[This message has been edited by archieblue (edited 06-25-2001).]
 
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