scribing jigg

Here’s my new jigg to scribe the 2 parallel lines on the edge of the blade . It’s simply made of 5 pieces : a piece of wood , a brass cilinder with inner thread and matching bolt , 1 hardened point , 2 drill bits . By loosening the bolt you can adjust the height of the scribed line on the steel . By turning the blade on the table you can scribe a second parellel line max 0.5 mm close to the first .

   

How did I make it ?

Simply drill a 10 mm dia hole in the wood to chamber the brass cilinder and drill a 3.2mm dia hole in the cilinder to catch that hardened point . By adjusting the bolt at the opposite site of the cilinder you can fix or loosen the scribing point from the wooden edge and move all parts to the desired position .

What do you need ? 

• Of course a hardened point , mine came from a scribing pen . I pulled it out with a wrench and the scribing pen fixed in a vise .
• A piece of wood or steel as base with a flat surface .
• Drill bits about 10mm & 3.2mm
• 1 bolt of same thread as the threated cilinder ( here M10)
• 1 threated cilinder (here also M10)
• Your drillpress of course !

What could also be modified ?

I will also add a steel washer between the wood and scribing point to avoid deformation of the wood while tightening the bolt . Also a screw for fine adjustment should be welcome . However this jigg is a test and in the future I will improve it.

my logo

Last week I designed my definitive logo based on my initials . It gives me the possibilities to etch it at different sizes without loosing the look . I am also assembling all equipment to make my electro etching unit so I couldn’t wait any longer . The smallest could appear on the top of my pocket clipits and the inside of the handles . The bigger size will be used for the blade and in the futur also for commercial purpose , e.g. on top of a knifebox , on a shirt.

stowaway neck knife

My first fixed blades ! It’s not my intention to start with another kind of knives but… I couldn’t resist to make a few small neck knives.They come with a carbonfiber patterned kydex combined with grey and orange G10.This blades from ats34 hardened to 59HRC will be flatground.