My KLO project part two w/link to pics

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Glass Smith

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Well this is were its at now
http://img44.photobucket.com/albums/v136/Keener/KLO/P1000630.jpg
The upper is my HI Hanuman lower is my effort.

And were it was last week

http://img44.photobucket.com/albums/v136/Keener/KLO/P1000591.jpg

I got real lucky and the Teacher of my knife making class gave me a few chunks of iron wood to make a handle out of. The wood works real nice with my metal working tools if I keep a vacuum clearing the chips. I did some of the shaping on My Dad's planer and a disk sander I made him for Xmass present some 4 or 5 years ago. It was the first time I have used those two tools of his and it was a joy to work in his shop.
I had his WW2 DOD that had given him to use as a Handle pattern of sorts. ( He just got back form a camping trip were his WW2 got a real work out, one happy Dad told stories of mesquite log splitting)

At home I put the slot in the handle with a 1/4" end mill. The tang is .228" min .235" max thickness so I am thinking of putting .010" brass on each side with the JB weld to fill some of the gap. The same end mill was used to place the holes for the two shear pins ( thinking of adding a 3rd pin in the center of the two in the image) The pins now are just a bundle of tooth picks so I can pick it up and fool with it. The shape is still changing to get "that fit" At home I am using a belt sander ,files (with file card!) and a buffer for the handle work.

This shows that my effort is no match for the mass of the Hanuman
http://img44.photobucket.com/albums/v136/Keener/KLO/P1000634.jpg
I had intended to make it thicker but have not the experience to account for the shrinkage of pattern/forge welding for those that missed the last post the blade was made from cable, bearing, and spring.

The etch is a little uneven as a buffed some of it off , to see if I could. I plan of buffing it off and putting a resist on here the cho should be.
http://img44.photobucket.com/albums/v136/Keener/KLO/P1000635.jpg
http://img44.photobucket.com/albums/v136/Keener/KLO/P1000636.jpg
Thanks for looking

If some one feels this adds to the forum perhaps they could post the picks to the thread as the time on the free serve is limited as well as band width.


Glass Smith
 
Very nice, GS. You have my admiration, making something like that from start to finish. Maybe someday, I'll...

I glued roughly shaped ironwood scales onto a kitchen knife blank last night (the current extent of my knife-making abilities). I discovered that I CANNOT use my not-variable-speed belt sander to shape it. That knowledge cost me 2 smoked belts. I tried filing and whittling, both of which worked, but talk about tedious! A flash of inspiration (actually, I remembered Pendentive mentioning breaking/repairing his) took me to my drill press, whose speed CAN be changed by moving the belts. I took a 1” X 1” cylindrical arbor from my hand grinder, put it in the chuck, set the speed pretty low. It worked. No burn at all.

Looks like you had much better with power tools on the handle.
 
great work!

gotta love ironwood....tough stuff!
 
Thanks Pen , Aardvark

The only burning I got so far was using a nonwoven grinding wheel ("scotch bright" like) to do the spiral groves on the handle.
I am still cleaning that off/out with a chain saw file. :rolleyes: Other wise I Must be lucky as none of the other tools burned the wood.
 
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