WIP Massive Titanium Roller Bearing Frame Lock

Make the knife you send me a "review with option to buy" please.
 
Charlie Mike said:
Make the knife you send me a "review with option to buy" please.
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LOL No problem.

Ok so an update! counter bored the bearing pockets today. .065" per side and the HSS bit did quite well. Mocked up the pivot and bearings and this is soooooo smooth. Even cranked down I can move the blade with a sheet of paper. I'll take a few nicer photos when i get off my shift and maybe a video of the bearings working for you guys...

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More pictures and video just showing how capable the micro roller bearing system is in moving a blade that weighs close to 11oz.

[video=youtube;WiOyONGU-yk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiOyONGU-yk[/video]

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That bearing system works great. Can't wait to see it done. Your doing a great job with the vids and pics.
 
Hey William woods! That folder is one mean looking mother. I don't know if your into forging at all but we have a local blacksmith club here in savannah with a few very talented bladesmiths. One of our members is a student at SCAD. Look us up and say hi. Southgablacksmiths.ning.com and we need more progress pics!
 
Alphahunter said:
That bearing system works great. Can't wait to see it done. Your doing a great job with the vids and pics.
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Thanks! I've really been inspired by the makers on this forum who do WIP threads.

reiko1078 said:
Hey William woods! That folder is one mean looking mother. I don't know if your into forging at all but we have a local blacksmith club here in savannah with a few very talented bladesmiths. One of our members is a student at SCAD. Look us up and say hi. Southgablacksmiths.ning.com and we need more progress pics!
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Always good to hear from a fellow Georgian.
 
WilliamWoods said:
More pictures and video just showing how capable the micro roller bearing system is in moving a blade that weighs close to 11oz.

[video=youtube;WiOyONGU-yk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiOyONGU-yk[/video]
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That thing is so massive, it's comical. I got a chuckle out of that. I love it! It's so overkill, which let's face it, makes it awesome. Some days you want to throw practical out the window. That knife is perfect for such days.
 
So after last night I was excited about how well the pockets machined so I used the water jet cutouts as a vice clap for the second blade. It worked fantastically. The bit was sharp and held up fine to the last 2 plunge cuts. So I re zeroed the machined and was walking the bit down a thousandth at a time reeeeeal slow and BOOM! HSS counter bore exploded and left 3 nice gouges in the blade. It cut perfectly last night, curly chips, no over heating, dead center zero and today BOOM. No warning. Luckily I always wear safety glasses and the blade wasnt damaged beyond repair. I had only sunk down .021 and even the gouges can be cleaned up without going out of tolerance.

The bit must have had a micro fracture since there was close to zero pressure on it at the moment of kaboom. I'm gonna call www.usaknifemaker.com in the morning and see if its a bad batch of bits. They have been out of stock for sometime now, maybe this is why. In the meantime, I'm about to order a carbide 11/16" counter bore with .25 pilot from McMasterCarr. They want 75-100 bucks for the bore.:(

Where do you guys get your hard to find tooling?

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Looks like your work piece might have come loose. I like doing a C'Bore with irregular shaped objects like that, on the bed clamped down with pin stops if at all possible.
 
I am seriously interested in this. I hope there will be enough made that I may be able to score one. This WIP is one of the most awesome I have seen.
 
In your question on the counterbore/spot facing tool. The shop I used to work for we worked a lot with cast iron and the spot facing tools are known to break so don't feel bad. Of course the material we worked with is much softer than your blade steel however pressure was a big key on the cutting tool. Have you considered locating the center of the hole with a dial indicator then using a end mill? Since you already have a hole drilled there you wouldn't need a bottom cutting mill just a regular end mill of the needed size would do the job.
 
Read every post so far and would love to be added to the pre-order notification list. Great WIP pics and cannot wait to see the end product! Subscribed!
 
can i be added to the list? i am very interested in getting one of these bad boys if the price is right. do you know when you'll be able to give us a ball park so i can start saving
 
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