Some people should not take apart knives

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richw

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and I am definitely one of them.

I bought a bm585 with the assist spring removed. Yesterday I tried to take it apart and put the spring in. About the best thing I did is that I didn't lose any of the parts...I think...

So uhm yeah.

Rich
 
I always hate when I get something apart that I think this will be easy as cake then figure out oh poop I don't know how to put it back together. My roommate laughs at me all the time over this. My next favorite is when I lose a little part. :D
 
Yeah i hate when i screw something apart and some vital spring flies across the room, lands in a corner with not much in it, and somehow still is impossible to find.
 
Word to the wise: NEVER take apart a Buck Rush/Impulse! They use a tiny coil spring either side of the blade that is an absolute bear to get back in properly. I tried it once and it took me an hour to get it back together--and I've gutted countless knives by this point! :eek::D
 
Not a knife but I took apart a pistol for cleaning once and when I removed the grips a spring went flying and everything on the inside feel apart. I spent about 20min to find the spring and another 1.5 hours to find a schematic on line. All in all it took about 3 hours to get that thing cleaned.

Have you tried looking online for a diagram or something?
 
A great tip I got from somebody on a switchblade forum AFTER I spent an hour crawling around looking for a tiny button spring: Take apart a knife with small parts inside a large bag (like a ziplock freezer bag). If (or actually WHEN) a small part flies off, the bag will stop it from flying across the room.

Putting it back together is a different problem altogether, LOL. It usually gets easier with practice, but sometimes I wish I had an extra hand to hold parts in place while I try to get it all back in place.
 
Hardest knife I've taken down and re-assembled was a Spyderco Delica... Once you get used to the ease of a Sebenza, EVERYTHING seems difficult though... liner locks are usually a piece of cake though... I would not recommend taking apart a Spyderco UKPK either... that spring is under a LOT of tension!
 
The spring and the locking bar is hard to put back in place, if the endura is any indication. I had a sweaty half hour trying to put my endura together.
 
generally framelocks and liner locks are the easiest to clean...thats why im a big fan of them:D
 
Flashpoint said:
Not a knife but I took apart a pistol for cleaning once and when I removed the grips a spring went flying and everything on the inside feel apart. I spent about 20min to find the spring and another 1.5 hours to find a schematic on line. All in all it took about 3 hours to get that thing cleaned.

Have you tried looking online for a diagram or something?
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I did try some googling. I was hoping to find someone with a demo of a spring assisted axis lock removal and re-insertion on YouTube, but had no luck.

I was very good about not losing parts.
 
dinozzo said:
generally framelocks and liner locks are the easiest to clean...thats why im a big fan of them:D
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i agree, that is one reason i like my sebenza, it takes a few minutes to take down, clean, and reassemble :thumbup:
 
Thomas W said:
Most people should not take apart knives...
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I got a pretty good deal on a trade for a Mcusta Tactical. I think because they took it apart and when they put it back together it wouldn't lock up without popping it open real hard. I fixed it though. :D

I am planning on taking apart my Rogue, cleaning, oiling it, and scotchbritting the blade. Any pointers? I've heard they a bit of a booger to take apart.
 
singularity35 said:
The spring and the locking bar is hard to put back in place, if the endura is any indication. I had a sweaty half hour trying to put my endura together.
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I swapped the scales on my endura with another and the tutorial below really helped me out. Took me about 10 minutes, but would've taken me hours if I didn't have this tutorial. The order at which the pieces are put back together in this tutorial makes it really simple. In order to see all the pics (not just the general ones) you have to sign up for the site, but you can just use bogus info. By now you probably know how to do it well, but maybe this will give you some additional info, different process, etc.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-take-apart-clean-and-reassemble-a-Spyderco/




As for the axis lock, below is a good step by step on assembly but with the spring assist I'm not sure if it will be a big help... who knows. Maybe if you can get the regular axis back together you can figure out how to integrate the spring assist in it.

http://benchmadeforum.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/638106573/m/6021017246
 
I had an auto shop teacher in high school who had a large clear lucite box made, out of 1/4" material. One end was large enough to get his hands & the hands of maybe another helper in there, but it was enclosed on three sides & the top. He had rubber-magnet material on the bottom, so parts would stay where he put them.

He'd take carburetors and other 'parts-intensive' components apart in it, and it kept springs & other 'self-propelled' things inside the box. It saved a LOT of hassle, trying to find some tiny piece in a big shop.

I copied the idea later, but in a cheaper way. I've built some of my son's birthday & Christmas presents inside a large cardboard carton that I kept folded up under our bed for just such an occasion, so I don't lose something. A mag-lite with the top removed lights up the inside perfectly. (YOU try telling a kid he can't ride his new scooter on Christmas because daddy lost a nut for the rear wheel. :grumpy: It wasn't 'merry' at all.)

thx - cpr
 
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