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Well, this week is handle prep, and beginning of handle sanding shaping. So here is where I was on Tuesday. These are ready for drilling.
After drilling, you have to prep all the knives for glueup. These steps include: profiling the handle to the blade a bit with the bandsaw, shaping and sanding the front edge of the scales, drilling for corby bolts, making sure the scales are flat and roughing the insides, prepping the tang, and prepping the pins for each knife. The goal here is to have a smooth glueup process, which is a very stressful time for a craftsman, no matter what they make. Regardless, there is a lot of organizing to do. I've been using paper plates for each knife with all the parts on it to organize this, but the shop is quickly covered up in knives on plates, so I've been considering how to get this process really easy, organized and compact. Here is what I came up with.
The trays started as a 1 x 12 plank. They hold the blade, scales, and pins. All are prepped and ready for glue. Having the blades seperated, and protected is a nice thing also. Each tray holds 12 setups.
It went nice and smooth. This is the first 12 knives.
After the clamps were removed, I decided to use the tray again, and this is the knives ready for shaping.
Oh yea. Pic of the kitchen knife to be.
After drilling, you have to prep all the knives for glueup. These steps include: profiling the handle to the blade a bit with the bandsaw, shaping and sanding the front edge of the scales, drilling for corby bolts, making sure the scales are flat and roughing the insides, prepping the tang, and prepping the pins for each knife. The goal here is to have a smooth glueup process, which is a very stressful time for a craftsman, no matter what they make. Regardless, there is a lot of organizing to do. I've been using paper plates for each knife with all the parts on it to organize this, but the shop is quickly covered up in knives on plates, so I've been considering how to get this process really easy, organized and compact. Here is what I came up with.
The trays started as a 1 x 12 plank. They hold the blade, scales, and pins. All are prepped and ready for glue. Having the blades seperated, and protected is a nice thing also. Each tray holds 12 setups.
It went nice and smooth. This is the first 12 knives.
After the clamps were removed, I decided to use the tray again, and this is the knives ready for shaping.
Oh yea. Pic of the kitchen knife to be.
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