C Craft
Well-Known Member
I am trying to nail down a guide for the pivot and stop pin on a friction folder. First of all let me say I have made a friction folder before but it had no closed stop pin as when it closed the blade was against the antler.
Have you ever started a blade that you thought you liked the design and then couldn’t bring yourself to finish it? This is that knife for me!
The one in the bottom of this pic. I haven’t been able to finish it because after I got it this far I don’t like the looks of it!
So I have decided that it would look good as a friction folder. But try as I might I can’t seem to get the pivot point Vs the stop pin right! When I get it where it will work as in these pics . The pivot and the stop are too close. I can’t seem to leave enough meat at the pivot once I cut for clearance on the stop pin.
This show the stop pin in the open position using approx. a 1/8” stop pin.
This show the stop pin in the closed position.
The problem is the pivot right now is a paper clip when I enlarge the hole for the pivot pin there is going to be little to no meat left around the pivot pin on the outside of the circle.
I have tried moving the pivot and the stop every where I can think of and nothing seems to work.
Anyone want to share a pattern for the pivot Vs stop pin that can be adapted to any shape of knife?
Or is it possible to have a universal pattern for any shape of knife?
Any advice or help here on figuring out the pivot pin Vs the stop pin, would be greatly appreciated before I pull out all of my hair trying to get (what seems like it should be a relatively easy solution) worked out! So far I am missing something as too how to locate the pivot and stop and leave some meat at the outside (for lack of a better term) of pivot circle.
Have you ever started a blade that you thought you liked the design and then couldn’t bring yourself to finish it? This is that knife for me!
The one in the bottom of this pic. I haven’t been able to finish it because after I got it this far I don’t like the looks of it!
So I have decided that it would look good as a friction folder. But try as I might I can’t seem to get the pivot point Vs the stop pin right! When I get it where it will work as in these pics . The pivot and the stop are too close. I can’t seem to leave enough meat at the pivot once I cut for clearance on the stop pin.
This show the stop pin in the open position using approx. a 1/8” stop pin.
This show the stop pin in the closed position.
The problem is the pivot right now is a paper clip when I enlarge the hole for the pivot pin there is going to be little to no meat left around the pivot pin on the outside of the circle.
I have tried moving the pivot and the stop every where I can think of and nothing seems to work.
Anyone want to share a pattern for the pivot Vs stop pin that can be adapted to any shape of knife?
Or is it possible to have a universal pattern for any shape of knife?
Any advice or help here on figuring out the pivot pin Vs the stop pin, would be greatly appreciated before I pull out all of my hair trying to get (what seems like it should be a relatively easy solution) worked out! So far I am missing something as too how to locate the pivot and stop and leave some meat at the outside (for lack of a better term) of pivot circle.