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Installing spacers between bolsters and scales
I have some black paper material and a sheet of titanium that I?d like to cut up and use as spacers between some stainless steel bolsters and stabilized wooden scales on a full tang knife. I?d like to alternate between 5 paper layers and 4 titanium layers. Is there a proper way or process when it comes to stacking, gluing and fitting these to the knife?
Jim |
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Prepare all the surfaces well for the glue and use a really good epoxy. Some of the hard core guys will put little pins through all the liner material and anchor them in the bolsters and scale material just to be on the safe side. This can be a headache, of course, but then so is having those little pieces fall out some time later. I'm lazy so if I want to have a fancy spacer like that I build a stick tang or stub tang instead.
BTW, there isn't much you can do to get epoxy to really hold on titanium so you might give serious consideration to the pin idea if you go ahead with the spacers..... |
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Oh boy. Wish I would have know titanium was hard to glue before I went and bought a piece. Thanks for the info, Ray. Guess that just teaches me once again, do my research before going out and spending money.
Jim |
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As far as spacers go, titanium doesn't look like much unless you anodize it anyway, hard to tell it isn't steel. Save it for your next stick tang knife and the glue won't be an issue. Or, use it on this knife but at least drill a little hole in it to give the glue a better hold. If you use something like AcraGlas you'd probably be OK that way ...
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Thanks Ray! I think I'll save the titanium for something down the road. Appreciate your words fo wisdom!
Jim |
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