paintspill
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the heat is on in the shop and just waiting for the monsters to go to bed, then i'm hoping to head out into the shop and try something new. wish me luck.
hoping to try something new tonight
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ianjwebster
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Good luck!!!! 
Bob Wemm
Member
Hope it works.
Bob.
Bob.
edicehouse
Member
The only thing that could make it better if i was a "Hey watch this"
paintspill
Member
ok. made it out, the shop was nice and toasty and dry, this is once again an idea thats been bouncing around in this head of mine. must be a lot of room up there. so here it is. really really needed some de-stress time tonight.
this started as your standard xacto knife. the plan was to drill straight through the blank and add the end cap, unfortunately i only got the knife half way through and the glue set up on me, so i mounted it and parted off the waste part and segmented another piece, the ebony end cap was on purpose, that part turned out great, the front portion is cocobolo. the secret to this if anyone decides to try it is to leave a good portion of the metal out to mount in the lathe chuck.
it was fun, and i feel so much better now.
this started as your standard xacto knife. the plan was to drill straight through the blank and add the end cap, unfortunately i only got the knife half way through and the glue set up on me, so i mounted it and parted off the waste part and segmented another piece, the ebony end cap was on purpose, that part turned out great, the front portion is cocobolo. the secret to this if anyone decides to try it is to leave a good portion of the metal out to mount in the lathe chuck.
it was fun, and i feel so much better now.
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Bob Wemm
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Now that is a cool idea.
Congratulations.
Bob.
Congratulations.
Bob.
Charlie_W
Member
Sharpening your skills eh?
Looks great!
Looks great!
alamocdc
Member
Cool! Looks like it worked!
paintspill
Member
was also a good opportunity to practice my closed end turning, i think i may do more of these,
Donovan
Member
Polish the aluminium and re-cut the knurling and you will have a real cool knife
Wood Butcher
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Well, that's certainly on the cutting edge.
WB
WB
paintspill
Member
i realize that there are parts of this that could be prettier but this was designed to be for shop use and love the results, i may buy some new knives providing i can still get the metal ones and make some more,
thewishman
Member
That is one nice knife! Congrats on making it work.
scotian12
Member
Hi Marc...I realise this is for shop use. Can you do one for office use that has a cap so it can be carried around? great looking knife with the cocobolo and end cap. Darrell
paintspill
Member
who knows darrell. guess anythings possible