Guys,
I have a couple of 110's I'd like to modify...I also have a 560 I'd like to...
Can anyone make any recommendations for tutorials...
Frank -
There've been some excellent threads here in this Forum on modding the 110, but you'll have to Search for them...and that requires a higher level of membership...
I started modding 110's & 112's here about 5+ years ago (IIRC?), and although I have a machine tools background, it was a learning experience...I managed to use my mill and belt sander for knife work, but I also found that a 1-ton Harbor Freight arbor press was pretty much a must...
Catalogs from knife supply houses like Jantz and Texas Knife Supply will give you an idea of what the REAL knife manglers use for tools & supplies...
I like the oddball mods (2-bladed 110's & 112's; 426 blade in a 110 frame; etc), but there are others here who have posted their mostly straightforward mods like scale replacement, blade swapping, filework, etc.
Modding the 560 is a whole lot different than the 110. The SS rivets are recessed, and the "handle" is Titanium, which is not as forgiving to work as brass or aluminum...and it behaves differently...Personally, I don't like it...I've made my own "186" out of Titanium, and I'll never use it again... :grumpy:
The buck 110 & 112 also use hollow rivets installed from the outside-in to hold the scales on. The liners are chamfered on the inner surface for the hollow end, and it is the head which is on the outside. What this means is that it is easier to pop out the three brass rivets and one steel backbone rivet and disassemble the knife than it is to just try to remove the scales without disassembly...that's my own personal opinion...I use that arbor press and a home-made jig to pop out the blade/liner rivets, mill off the steel rivet head and pop that out...In assembly, I use 1/8" brass rod just a bit longer than the knife width for my rivets and crush them in place with the arbor press...I use brass brads from Ace Hardware for my scale rivets...also peened in place...
Maybe DarrylS has the URLs for some of the mods...
There were a lot of manglers who posted here years ago, but they seem to have moved on, and only a few of the newer members have posted "How To" articles...
...Frank...Here's a very few of Trax's projects while still in process. He used titanium on these and didn't exhibit any love whatsoever for working with it all he while he did it...LOL...
