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http://s1147.photobucket.com/albums/...nife%20Handle/
Heres the Photobucket link. Sorry for the crappy pics, hte lighting on my leather bench isn't great so it doesn't do the knives justice |
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and yes its 2 complete knives and a blade I'm working on
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#33
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MAN MADE BURL!!!!! Man that stuff looks great!
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#34
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I think its pretty cool, its not all that hard to do, you just gotta do it fast because everytime I've done it the weathers been different so work times ranged from 8 minutes to 25. (North Texas weather gotta love it)
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I use a polyester resin for vacuum bag moulds and its got over an hour work time and its a really nice amber color.
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#36
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Whats the price? A quart of Bondos $17.96. (Found a better supply, but I had to buy an 8 gallon flat at $90+ whatever increase)
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#37
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I use the short strand fiberglass bondo with the liquid hardener, NOT the cream junk.
One real easy simple tip I can tell is use zip lock bags! once you slap all that glue on the material put it in the bag and just fold the top over, do not seal it. Then clamp it and your gold. Many of the video's I have seen they use to little pressure. I have never had air bubbles at all. This is with the cream hardener junk. And this is redone with the good stuff. Note there is a top and a bottom to fabric, here I wanted to show both sides. As for respirators goes home depot,lowes, etc. has them, I get the P100 filters as it does fumes, lead, asbestos, mold, etc.. Since fiberglass is mechanical any of them should work but if your dealing with chemicals well that's a whole new ball game. I just go with the P100 filters (listed as mold on the package) I use it for every step in the process and during cleanup afterwards. Be sure to do extra cleaning when dealing with this stuff as any problems you will likely run into is stuff you don't clean up. When it comes to respirators think OCD, rather be safe than sorry. My dad had COPD and it killed him, he was 60. As for the 8 gallon, get the volume size that would be used QUIICKLY, I have had this stuff harden fairly fast, in the can unused. __________________ Gold is for the mistress - silver for the maid Copper for the craftsman cunning in his trade. "Good!" said the Baron, sitting in his hall But steel - cold steel is master of them all. Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) |
#38
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You actually use filler to make your micarta? Seems odd lol
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#39
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I haven't used the cream hardener just the hardener in the blasted little tube. And what do you mean by filler?
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#40
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The creme stuff seems to make it lumpy and it shows up as those brown gobs. I have no idea what they were saying about filler, It is just denim, glue, denim, glue, denim glue, ..... denim, glue.
__________________ Gold is for the mistress - silver for the maid Copper for the craftsman cunning in his trade. "Good!" said the Baron, sitting in his hall But steel - cold steel is master of them all. Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) |
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"I use the short strand fiberglass bondo with the liquid hardener, NOT the cream junk."
That's what I was talking about. Short strand fiberglass bondo is a body filler not a resin. |
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I have also use various other products as well. For example loctite E-120HP There is a very diverse range of adhesives __________________ Gold is for the mistress - silver for the maid Copper for the craftsman cunning in his trade. "Good!" said the Baron, sitting in his hall But steel - cold steel is master of them all. Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) |
#43
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Lol I'm confused now because a couple posts ago you said you used the short strand bondo
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#44
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super glue
I read somewhere or saw on utube about superglue to seal the fabric strands. After fine sanding and with gloves on pour thin superglue (quickly) onto micarta let dry and sand again at a high grit. Be careful, the stuff heats up.http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/im...lies/flame.gif
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#45
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My latest denim micarta twist handle, i finally got around to taking some pics with an actual camera. I use bondo fiberglass resin, its a lot cheaper than some of the other alternatives out there. The only problems i have had with it revolve around hardening too fast on a hot day.
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