Tip Up Drilling.

SladeGT40

SladeGT40

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Dear STR,
Sorry to hear about your dog. I wish you well. i just ordered a Kershaw 1595ALBLK and i was hoping i would be able to see what it would take to drill it for tip up carry as i noticed there are no holes for it. i'd ask this in the kershaw forums, but im sure they would send me here. there is no rush on this so please take your time with your dog. hopefully this will be an easy question when you return.

thanks,

Matt
 
Hi Matt.

I think typing is safe enough. This is the kind of distraction I need so it gives me something else to dwell on. Thanks for your sympathy.

You have to drill the right size hole. I use a number 48 drill size usually unless its softer materials in which case I use a number 50 sometimes. #50s tend to let you break more threaders in titanium and steel so I often just use the 48.

If the liners are steel (test with a magnet) and they are hardened it will dull the drill and in all likelihood you can't even drill the holes the correct size unless you can find a cobalt drill. Whether you can thread those after drilling is hit or miss. I have on some and on others it was obvious it was going to break taps. I've done it enough to know when I can and when not to push it. You need a 2-56 threader size and the wrench and or tap matic on your drill press to thread holes in titanium or steel, brass and softer you can muster quite easily by hand usually using a drill chuck like on your drill press and just spin it by hand if you don't have the wrench to hold the threader.

Breaking off a tapper in a liner is a bad day usually. It can make a real mess but if you are lucky it breaks leaving enough left out to get a good vice grip on and spin out but if its a nub. Well I'll spare you the details. Lots of explitives if you follow my meaning. ;)

STR
 
thanks for the reply!

since i currently have like zero equipment. would this be something that when i get it, i could send to you? im fairly sure its anodized aluminum handle with steel liners (if there are liners, its a studlock).

hope this helps,

Matt
 
It probably is steel for the liners. I can thread aluminum though so if the overscale is thick enough and aluminum that alone will hold threads quite well and secure the clip.

I do ask all folks to go to my 'Read this to mail me work' thread before mailing anything to me. Read that and print the form from post number two. Answer those things and mail at your convenience. I'll get to it as always, in the order in which I get things.

Thanks my friend.
STR
 
no problem. glad to conform to your wishes. as soon as i get it in and try it out for a bit ill send it in.

thanks,

Matt
 
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