Digs' Giant Bowie Sword - Build Pics (Pic heavy)
Nov 10, 2015 20:55:58 GMT
Post by DigsFossils-n-Knives on Nov 10, 2015 20:55:58 GMT
On a different forum (JerzeeDevil), I entered their yearly contest to build a "Halloween" themed blade. Actually, it's open to any sharp instrument design and it's only slightly suggested to be Halloween themed. But Halloween themed is always my approach, (que in evil laugh -- Buahahahah).
This is the basis of my design.... to build a giant M-er F-er of all bowies
The drawing is transferred to the 0.3" thick S7 steel flat stock and cut out
A fancy spine is carved in
Now on to the fullers. I would greatly appreciate help if anyone has an easier way to make them without expensive milling machines.
I start with a flat surface
I mark-up the fullers
The most nerve racking part is cutting them with an angle grinder. The trick is not to go too deep and to have good control to prevent the disk from skipping across the surface and to stay on the lines
I switch from a thin cutting disk to a thicker grinding disk
I use a dremel to carve the ends of the fullers
Here is the most time consuming part, with small stones and with small pieces of sandpaper I clean up and polish the fuller. This requires more than 20 hours. I would really appreciate a better method.
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This is the basis of my design.... to build a giant M-er F-er of all bowies
The drawing is transferred to the 0.3" thick S7 steel flat stock and cut out
A fancy spine is carved in
Now on to the fullers. I would greatly appreciate help if anyone has an easier way to make them without expensive milling machines.
I start with a flat surface
I mark-up the fullers
The most nerve racking part is cutting them with an angle grinder. The trick is not to go too deep and to have good control to prevent the disk from skipping across the surface and to stay on the lines
I switch from a thin cutting disk to a thicker grinding disk
I use a dremel to carve the ends of the fullers
Here is the most time consuming part, with small stones and with small pieces of sandpaper I clean up and polish the fuller. This requires more than 20 hours. I would really appreciate a better method.
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