Low rider for OD1

STR said:
I just got Fred's OD 1 in the mail and know the following.
Also, the frame is hardened steel and I'm not really hip about threading it, or I should say, trying to thread it when this thick because its a recipe for messing up a good folder when a tap breaks off in the hole.

STR
Click to expand...

I agree - odds of two successes in a row are slim to none :)

What about my suggestion of making it wider and putting holes in the clip to access the mounting screws?
 
I'll have to let you know. I'm still looking at it. Got some others here that have my attention at the moment though.

Thanks
STR
 
Ok guys.

Not sure what I'd want to continue with these if they become common place for a bit but I warn ya it will probably be in the higher priced clips I do like $40 which are what I've moved the ones from Spyderco Millie and Para Millie up to and Kershaw for the clips that are the bigger foot print type requiring bigger mount plates and wider clips and more waste of titanium to make. Its a lot more work with threading the clip and having to match it up to the underside after taking the folder apart which adds to it also but there is more to it than that.

Part of the trick was figuring out how to keep the screw holes exactly centered. I had to do this clip twice to get it right. The holes have to be a #48 size for a 2-56 screw and thats the size I have to thread to make the screws catch the clip. So since a 48 can potentially weaken the threads if it nicks the sides of a hole already threaded I didn't want run the drill through from the slab using it to spot my holes in my clip since the threads need to be ok and I was afraid I'd damage them. So I had to use the clip that comes on the knife as my template to spot my holes in my new clip and the clip holes drilled in the original clip are a #44 size which is a bigger hole and just big enough to allow the threaded ones I need in my new clip to be off when I drill them with a #48 drill bit. Hope that makes sense because what happens is one side binds a bit if I can't center the holes exact because my smaller drill bit went off center or didn't start out that way when I made the hole.

I figured it out though and second try was spot on. Then if I have to recess the screw heads on the inside it would be more work on top of this and in hardened steel to boot and although I didn't do that here because the blade is fine closing and opening without needing to, if it were one of those blades slightly off center leaning toward the lock side instead of dead center when closed as this one is, well it would rub the heads of the screws each time you closed it. For this one what I did here will work and since I didn't recess the holes the knife is not modified at all. It just has a different clip mounted to it using factory holes.

This is a nice little knife. I assume its the 14C27 blade steel and note it has a Hinderer type lock stabalizer built into the design for the lock. I've managed here to get a clip on it and it works fine but is screwed in from the underside of the lock slab side. The knife comes apart easy and the design is ingenious really. I would have swore it was assisted opening and was shocked to discover its not! I do like the folder. 3.2 ounces and just over 7" long open with a 3" blade and 4.125" closed length make it a perfect EDC carry size in my opinion. I may have to wait and see if they come out with any of these with a better blade steel later and hop on one. I'd like to see this one with a ZDP189 or SG2 blade steel.

STR
 
Steve,
You are a magician :thumbup:
He says, well just let me think about this a bit, and the next thing you have come up with a perfect way around the problem, fabricated a clip and mounted it.

Thank you so much. Send me a note with how much to transfer to your Paypal account.
 
Steve,
Do you want to do more of these or is it too much of a pita? Let us know along with the cost.
Thanks
Coop
 
Well I'll do them I guess. If you guys want them contact me. We'll work something out. I think they'll hold up fine although this is the first time I've done one this way.

I'd like to hear some feedback from Fred once he gets it in hand and has a chance to carry and use it I guess. It just left a few minutes before this post in the mail truck.

So lets let him do that and we'll see where we are but I figure I'll do them for the same price as some other of the harder to do clips for Kershaw and others. $40 shipped.

STR
 
Knife arrived in today's mail and the clip location, size and tension are perfect. Also a neat job in filing the screws flush with the clip so they won't drag on your pocket. As you pointed out, the blade must be centered for this approach to work. A folded piece of paper will just slide between the blade and screwheads in my knife. If not centered, you would have to recess the screws and also (perhaps) file down the screw heads a little.

I will carry this in my right pocket, against the seam, for the next month and report back.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top