Make the Ultimate Mosaic Pin! - Knife Handle Special

[@ozarked2363]

Walt's a professional. I'm a hobbyist. I just load the tube with epoxy with a Q-tip, then coat the rods going inside it with epoxy and cover both ends with painters tape. I do use the little piece of tape around the rods but I place it in the center, not on the ends. It keeps the rods centered inside the tube if they are just a bit undersized.

[@Every1Has1]

On a budget ..Brake bleeding vacuum pumps will work 15- 20 bucks.

[@mikeredrugger]

Can't wait to give this a shot

[@donscottvansandt4139]

Awesome stuff!

[@johnvanderwalker4830]

A break bleeder pump can work too.

[@danwerkman]

I must say...the ball bearings are a novel idea. Always innovative you are.

[@RinaldoFamilyMetalworks]

Was you Kydex vacuum DIY? If so, have you made a video on that? Thank you for the educational information!

[@ryanblystone5153]

Thank you

[@sween187]

If you do use a syringe try using a smaller volume one 1ml or 2ml syringe this way you can get more pressure compared to a 10ml 20ml syringe

[@Dreweldeenknives]

I have a Milwaukee pump battery powered that’s a sweet tool

[@xthemadplumberx7110]

Watching and I see a vacuum pump and I cringed; I’ve been through two stabilizing. My wife said I’m done buying them. I’ve been told that a brake bleeder from Harbor Freight will do the same job; I have yet to try it.

[@larrybud]

You also don't need to just fill the tubes with metal! Small dowel rod of your choice of wood species!

[@ozarked2363]

The first one I did I used an aluminum round tube with a brass square tube inside it. I wanted something else inside the square tube and realized that a round toothpick fit perfectly snug inside it. A little black epoxy around the toothpick filled the corners of the square tube. I used the pins on a camp knife for my SIL with mahogany scales. I also once used a .223 case with the neck and base cut off for a lanyard tube.

[@andrewsteinberg7103]

No way would that work for HVAC in Ac pump downs we use two stage vacuum pumps and they’re like at least 50 pounds in weight

[@billwoehl3051]

You could thin the epoxy with acetone, but, then it would just drain back out of the tube after you took the vacuum away.

[@lunkydog]

Looks like 1/4NPT.

[@amaroussama]

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