Liner Lock Finally

Disassembling the knife.

Kill burrs.

Here are most of the parts laid out.

I measure the thickness of the spine and work from there. It's .135"
blade thickness + (2) washer thickness = spine thickness
Since they're from the same barstock, I'll need to take material off the blade.
Finished blade thickness should be .105"

Both washers together are .030.

Finished blade thickness should be .105", taking just .030" material off the blade. This is where the guys with a surface grinder have an advantage. Take measurements all along the blade to make sure you are keeping an even takedown. I took this blade down to .115, the remaining .010 taken off after HT. Reason for leaving a little is to remove any "kinks" made during HT.

I made this little jig out of .050" Ti, 3 holes in it, eached tapped for 0-80, 1-72, 1nd 2-56. Here I have screwed in one of the pivot pins. They are too long and hit each other inside the pin, so I need to knock some off. This will hold it for me. It's also handy later in the process

Grinding it close on the Bader... and bump on the disc sander.

Install pivot pin and the screw you just ground. Use both washers and blade for this assembly

Notice pivot pin length now.

Grind pivot pin close on the bader, then...

finish flush on the disc sander, pressing in at pivot.

Disassembling the knife.

Laying out grind plunge and thumbob location. Trace front of bolster.

Layout in open position.