Part 3 How I make a slip joint pocket knife

[@gordonhamby9802]

Thanks for sharing. What size is your end mill for milling the liners

[@johnbarnwell400]

@@gordonhamby9802 I am using a 7/16 diameter end mill on this particular knife

[@johnbarnwell400]

@@gordonhamby9802 also .. the liners are 3.5 inches long and the blade length from end of tang to tip of blade is 3 inches … with this size knife i usually use 7/16 diameter end mill

[@gordonhamby9802]

@johnbarnwell400 thanks for the info, I'm just getting started in the slip joint making. Made one now working on 3. I don't have a milling machine, gonna try with a drill press 🤔

[@johnbarnwell400]

@@gordonhamby9802 before I started milling the liners I use to make a 3/16 inch diameter pivot busing with a 3/32 hole in it for the pins .. I made the bushing out of phosphorus bronze , however , you can buy these bushings … you just need to drill a 3/16 hole in the knife tang and sand the bushings down to 1 thousandths wider than the tang of the blade … this was a challenge to do , however it works very well . You might get away with using your drill press to mill thin areas of brass liners possibly… however .. I will warn you ,, I ruined the spindle in my drill press trying to mill with it and had to replace the spindle … a drill press will not handle a lot of lateral force . Just be careful and don’t ruin your spindle .

[@johnbarnwell400]

@@gordonhamby9802also .. I will try to make a video soon about how to make a bushing if u don’t have a mill to mill out the liners 👍🏼