Removing handles..

Or do u mean get your 5/16 hole for the shoulder of the bolt and then grind them down off the handle until they fit flush? Then put new slots?

That sounds like it should work right? Then you would not have to even worry about removing the chamferring for a flush fit.

I think you have a good idea.
 
giant1 said:
I'm not doubting your ability, but that just sounds a little dangerous to me
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I'm not saying that anyone else should do it like me, but I have done (30) or so knives and it hasn't been a problem. You can protect the blade and clamp it in a vise, then use a hand drill or clamp it in a small vise and do it on a drill press. I guess you could even use a Dremel tool and cut them out. The hollow rivets drill out pretty easily, so, however you want to do it, it not hard to do.

As far as fastening the handle back on, hollow rivets or threaded sleeves in the center with screws on each side are the easiest. The smooth bolts are next, but much more difficult (well I should say much more time consuming and special drills and counter bores are needed to get a nice fit) than the first two. The most difficult is the slotted bolts because they are like the smooth bolts, but you have to make sure you don't grind off the slot.

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You could do some measuring and figure out how deep to make the 5/16. Then drill that. Screw them down. If you need to remove metal from the shoulder you can mark the area where the shoulder meets flush with the chamfering with a pencil. Then grind it a hair past that mark, cut new slots and install.

Is this what you are thinking?
 
yea, something like that. i know knifekits.com sells the drill bit for the step bit for a few bucks, and it should be pretty easy, as long as you take your time.....?
 
Randucci, That was exactly what i was thinking about!!! that is real amazing work. it looks like it took a while.
 
Awesome link Randucci, and some mighty fine work replacing those handle slabs. :thumbup: :thumbup:
 
randucci said:
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As far as fastening the handle back on, ..... threaded sleeves in the center with screws on each side are the easiest.
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This is what I have been thinking about and considering. I haven't found the right size sleeves and screws. But, I figure I could find something that should work if I do some serious digging around.

I am curious if using threaded sleeves with screws what the best way to keep them attached would be. I am sure that epoxy would hold everything together VERY well. But, then there would be no removing them either - which might be fine.

I don't think thread-lock would really hold sufficiently (????)...... But, maybe good enough (????) if wanting to have the ability to remove them later.




randucci said:
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The smooth bolts are next, but much more difficult (well I should say much more time consuming and special drills and counter bores are needed to get a nice fit) than the first two. The most difficult is the slotted bolts because they are like the smooth bolts, but you have to make sure you don't grind off the slot.
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randucci said:
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Take a look at this thread I did a few years ago (I hope all the pictures are still there, I can't see them at work), it shows using the slotted bolts and how I had to re-cut them on my milling machine. I did make new micarta handles though, I didn't re-use the old ones.


http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=593583&highlight=cobalt


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AWESOME work. But, even though you clearly have WAY more shop quality "Machinist" grade tools that I have, it still looked like a TON of work and a PITA. - Especially "LINED-UP Slotted bolts" :eek: :eek:
That level of time consumptions, work, specialty tools, etc. is what I DO NOT want to deal with..... But, I still wish I had some of those machinist tools for fun. ;)

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