Tools or methods for detent ball track sanding/polishing

uilleann

uilleann

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I just got another knife...... Good action but you can hear the detent ball scraping on the stonewashed blade tang. I have been able to sand/polish that out but its messing and lookes unprofessional when done.

And yes I know... put a few hundred flips on it and it will polish itself.

Anyone have any techniques or special tools for something like this?
 
always clean off with something like acetone, break cleaner, and scrub the detent track and detent area. if this doesnt work then polish. in any case, thats works 90% of the time.

was this a modded knife? where the modder didnt cover up the detent track?
 
While probably not the most professional method, I've gotten Q-tips, cut off the cotton, tightened the hard paper stem in the chuck of my dremel and used that as a "precision polisher". The Q tip stem is rigid enough for you to work with it, but (paper)soft enough so it holds the polishing compound well. If you take your time and go very slowly you can polish just the track pretty well.
 
kniferbro said:
While probably not the most professional method, I've gotten Q-tips, cut off the cotton, tightened the hard paper stem in the chuck of my dremel and used that as a "precision polisher". The Q tip stem is rigid enough for you to work with it, but (paper)soft enough so it holds the polishing compound well. If you take your time and go very slowly you can polish just the track pretty well.
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Maybe not the most professional, but pretty ingenious nonetheless!
 
kniferbro said:
While probably not the most professional method, I've gotten Q-tips, cut off the cotton, tightened the hard paper stem in the chuck of my dremel and used that as a "precision polisher". The Q tip stem is rigid enough for you to work with it, but (paper)soft enough so it holds the polishing compound well. If you take your time and go very slowly you can polish just the track pretty well.
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Brilliant.... I will try this next time, thanks
 
uilleann said:
Brilliant.... I will try this next time, thanks
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I cut the stems down to size so that after tightening them in, I had maybe a 1/4 inch sticking out. They're rigid but not too stiff so I wouldn't have a long piece hanging out the end of the dremel. You can also "whittle" the end you're going to be using to better shape it to the task at hand. Hope it works out for you :thumbsup:
 
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