[TheForge] More on knife gluing

[dan tull]

Steve,
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Bloom" <smith at blacksmithing.org>
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Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] More on knife gluing


> At 03:49 PM 8/23/2010, you wrote:
>>  The pieces are slowly coming together, though- my goal is to make a 
>> certain
>>kind of knife using only glue, without visible rivets-
>
> Blind pins - drill holes in tang, fit a side - mark the holes. Glue
> other side in place.  Drill rivet size holes in the wood - DO NOT go
> all the way thru. Make short pins, pointy on both ends, short enough
> so that ~ 40% of the length extends above the tang when you shove
> them in the holes. Drill the other side on the marks - just that 40%
> or so. You may need to use a slightly larger bit that the pins (say
> 0.125 pins, then a #30 bit). A touch deeper than needed is better
> than too short. Smear glue over the side and pins and press into
> place.  As an example of what it looks like see:
> <http://www.ironflower.com/blades/images/J006.jpg>http://www.ironflower.com/blades/images/J006.jpg
>
>
> Steve
>
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