who on this forum makes framelocks?

[Daniel Koster]

Just curious.

 

[Matt Shade]

When I make folders, they're framelocks. But those have gotten to be few and far between. (actually it seems like getting in the shop at all has gotten that way :grumpy: )

 

[Don Robinson]

What are framelocks??? :jerkit:

 

[McAhron]

Me!Only a few

 

[Daniel Koster]

surely you know by now, Don....

(quick trip down Google lane....)

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Don,a frame lock is like a liner lock,but there is no liner and scales,just the metal frame.Look at this picture, http://www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/store_detail.html?s=BM10300P

 

[fitzo]

Here's some more framelock examples, Don......

http://home.earthlink.net/~donwrobinson/id3.html

 

[Don Robinson]

I like the ones that Fitzo posted better than Daniel's.

 

[butcher_block]

well i just about have my first one made its been 2 years in the making and i still dont think its right yet
but the good news soon i will try again, the mill should help big time with that
butch

 

[McAhron]

You know Don some old guy is giving online classes at the other forums

 

[Don Robinson]

You know Don some old guy is giving online classes at the other forums

Really???

What kind of classes does the old guy offer???:jerkit:

Tell me more!!!!

 

[Daniel Koster]

Ok....will somebody enlighten me....










I want to start making a framelock and need some help/guidance....anything would be great.

 

[Don Robinson]

Ok....will somebody enlighten me....










I want to start making a framelock and need some help/guidance....anything would be great.

Hello, Daniel.

Two ways to learn:

1. Click on the "Knifemaker's Supply" link below my name and you'll find a book titled "My Way" that will teach you everything you need to learn.

This book is also available from Texas Knifemakers Supply, Knife and Gun Supply (K&G), from Halpern Titanium, and knifekits.com

2. Go here:

http://www.knifenetwork.com/workshop/index.shtml

Take your pick.

 

[Matt Shade]

Hello, Daniel.

Two ways to learn:

1. Click on the "Knifemaker's Supply" link below my name and you'll find a book titled "My Way" that will teach you everything you need to learn.

This book is also available from Texas Knifemakers Supply, Knife and Gun Supply (K&G), from Halpern Titanium, and knifekits.com

2. Go here:

http://www.knifenetwork.com/workshop/index.shtml

Take your pick.

Or you could try option 3....which is what I did (not highly recommended though :jerkit: )

Buy a book on making lockbacks. Fail 2 or 3 times and get really mad. Swear.
Swear some more. Throw something at your bandsaw(this has become a common step in all of my knifemaking). Then switch to framelocks and the fly by the seat of your pants method

You can read a lot, and study a lot but in the end you just have to start making peices and get a feel for it. I know you do a lot of graphic stuff with computers so you might have a head start laying out folders in a CAD program.It really is neat to shuffle lines around and lay out pivot and stop pin placement, without ever cutting steel.
I just recently started playing with some free CAD software (and I've been swearing a lot because its not nearly as cool as what I got to use at school) and have drawn up a few folders I want to build when I get time. It should be interesting because it will be the first folder I've made that I actually had plans for. All others have been built on the fly.
It really is a step by step process. Kind of like 4 or 5 projects that come together at the end. Make one peice at a time. Make each peice fit what you already have done. Eventually you will have a framelock

 

[McAhron]

Don is offering online classes over at TKN.