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| Author: | rlabbe [ Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:06 am ] |
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I have some violin knives with no handles. Just a rectangular length of steel with a sharpened end - with no holes drilled in the shank to pin the shank to the handle. How would you attach a handle to this? I'm thinking just cut a suitable piece of wood in half, carve out a recess to accept the shank, and epoxy everything together. Is that the way to go, or am I missing some better way to do this? |
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| Author: | Monty Cadenhead [ Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:45 am ] |
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I think the blade needs to be removable for sharpening. This month's "Shopnotes" magazine: http://www.shopnotes.com/main/sn83-toc.html has an article that might help. Monty |
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| Author: | Don A [ Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:09 pm ] |
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I'd recommend getting a subscription to "Shopnotes". They seem to always have plans for something I need. You should really check out the article that Monty mentioned. It may be a bit more complicated than you want to tackle for this kind of knife but the design is very nice. Drop me a PM if you don't have access to the article. |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:58 pm ] |
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The idea I found most interesting is the use of set screws, instead of glue, to anchor the blade in the handle. It's then removable. |
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