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Tidying up a homemade skinning knife
@ 02:43 pm (GMT) |
Jeremy TyeHiIn my retirement I'm using my time to access very well kitted wood and metal workshop facilities at a local Menzshed. Ive been making a series of knives and hit a problem as I'm stretching my abilities and need some advice please. Ive shaped a brass guard to fit the carbon steel blade/tang., behind which I'll shape a hardwood handle. The fit is not perfect and need to fill the gap where the brass wraps around the blade with an epoxy filler to match the brass colour as close as possible. Can you use powdered pigment to colourise clear JB Weld? Any advice appreciated. Regards Jeremy |
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@ 06:39 pm (GMT) |
Warrick EdmondsRe: Tidying up a homemade skinning knifeJeremyBy far the best way to fix this issue is to use silver solder. Of course this can only be done prior to fitting the handle. Stand the knife in a vice with blade pointing upwards vertically. Put some small rolls of solder where the gap is and then, using a blow torch heat the area until the solder runs through via capillary action into the gap. Once that's happened and before it cools you can run a scraper of some kind across the solder to clean up any lumps and bumps. Find a YouTube on it, it's a common technique. If you've already fixed the wooden handle then you have to use epoxy. Yes you can dye epoxy without any hardening or setting problems. Do not use water soluable dyes though, they won't mix with the glue. You could go to a paint shop and tell them what it's for or search specialist glue dyes on the net. I use dyes all the time to match the colour of the liner and have no issues. I don't know about JB Weld, is it clear? It'll need to be to accept the dye well. If not, get some clear 24hr Araldite and use that. Not the quick setting variety. Give it two days to harden. If it shrinks you might have to add another layer after the two days. That's not an issue. |
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@ 05:18 pm (GMT) |
Jeremy TyeRe: Tidying up a homemade skinning knifeThanks Warwick, tests with the epoxy/pigment havent been that successful so will solder as you suggested. Today I was lucky enough to get some australisn hardwood offcuts that could end up as the scales on this project. Red Gum, Tallowood and Ironbark is what I've got so far. |
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@ 03:20 pm (GMT) |
Warrick EdmondsRe: Tidying up a homemade skinning knifeIf you get the right pigment it should work well. Try the ones they use for fiberglass epoxy, they're designed to work in glues. But as above, use a clear glue to start with.With the redgum, cut it to size now and let it sit for a while. Redgum moves around a bit so you need to let it settle before putting it on the handle. Ironbark is pretty solid once it's seasoned. I haven't used tallowood so can't say anything about it. cheers W |
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