Peter McBride |
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Oct 2008 |
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| The block behind the blade is cut from some 6mm steel, and is narrower at the back for easier filing to width at the front. The bevel gauge was still set to a 47.5 deg angle, so I marked and filed the block. I use 5mm steel wire for the 3 rivets, so drilled the holes initially with a 2.5mm drill freehand. | |||
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| With the first hole drilled I push one pin in, then drill the other side, and then the center. Then using a countersink bit I open the holes. I grab each pin in the vice real tight and hammer a mushroom head and insert them from the bottom. | |||
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| Leaving about 6mm proud of the block I cut them to length, then on to the small anvil and they are peened down and filed flat. The front 2 pins are as far forward as I can safely get them, and so I had to re-file the front of the block because it deformed a little. | |||
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| I spent a bit of time getting the front of the throat close to the correct location for a small opening, once I was happy with that I re-shaped the brass above it after I took the picture below. To mark the relief cuts for the brass to peen into, I scribed the thickness of the side plates, and the angle of the cut, then filed them all using the triangular file with the safety edge. The first to be file can be seen bottom right in the picture below right. | |||
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| Next step is the wooden buck...page 7 | |||
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