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I actually prefer to use the dial indicator with the mag base. It lets me adjust the positions once the spring tension has been adjusted after heat treatment when the knife is all together. This is what I do... Alistair

That one turned out very nicely

Another little peanut. This one took a while to finish off but was well worth the wait. ATS-34 Blade and Spring 410 Stainless pins, bolsters, endcaps and milled relief liners Half Stop Sambar Stag handle scales Thanks for looking, Alistair Phillips

This was my favourite from this year

Cheers guys. I am working on a batch of 4 more at the moment. Got to get them done for the Canberra Micro Show on the 9th. Hopefully I'll get them all done. Alistair

Finished pics are up here http://knifedogs.com/showthread.php?27081-Elmax-Linerlocks

Finished these ones up just in time for the show. Both are Elmax blades with a stone wash finish and titanium liners. The first one has Black G10 scales and the other a stone wash titanium bolsters and carbon fibre scales. Spyderco Round Hole is licenced by Spyderco Closed length: 105mm OAL...

Ok finished them both off :D I am really happy with how these 2 came out. The Elmax works really nicely. Grinding after HT was fine with it. I reckon this pattern would look alright as a frame lock too. I run the marker around the pivot to see how much I need to remove from it. and...

Been a long day but I am on the final stretch with these 2. Pretty much all that needs doing is putting the detent in, bending the locks and adjusting the length of the pivots. Hopefully I'll get it all done in time to watch Casey Stoner race at Phillip Island for the last time. Did all the...

Yeah Bruce I can't believe I waited this long to get the oven. Next purchase will be a surface grinder once I know what I am looking for in one. Ok since the HT was done the blades have been tempered twice. I have then counterbored the pivot holes. Then I started on the cutouts for accessing...

Did the heat treat tonight. The oven worked a treat and plate quenched between some 25mm Aluminium Plates I got. I did a quick hardness test with my RC files and it is somewhere between 60 and 65 :D Tempering in the oven atm aiming for 60RC in the end.

Did a bit last night. Countersunk the holes, prepared things for HT. Of course to do that I had to unpack my new HT oven :D I did a run in at temperature last night so I'll be HT the blades tonight.

Another afternoon in the shed meant more progress. I laid out the lock and fitted the blade and the stop pin together. Made the spacer and basically got all the blades ready for heat treat. Just realised though I should probably countersink the edges of the...

Got the afternoon in the shed so worked on these 2 again. Started fitting up the handle scales and bolsters first. I super glue the scales on once the bolsters are in place so I can match drill the holes for them and then tap the liners once that is done. I also use a 2nd pin (as...

Picked up the flu or something so was off to bed early last night. Dosed myself up with drugs and got some done tonight. Finished up all the drilling operations on the liners then marked out and cut out the handle and bolster materials. I am thinking of doing something fancy with the black g10...

That one turned out fantastically. Well done someone is going to be a very happy owner of that one.

Did a touch more tonight after hitting the gym. Just profiled the liners and drilled as many holes as I could in the lock side liner. My drill bit for the pivot is dull and I don't have a clue about sharpening them so I'll have to pick up another 1 or 2 tomorrow. Just over 1/2 hours work...

Quite a while ago BossDog gave out some Elmax with the hope that people would test it out and post the results. I have finally gotten around to doing something with mine (sorry it took so long). I am doing 2 liner locks with it. These will be the first liner lock I have made using my own design...

The only real worry I have heard about was on knives especially flippers the stop pin was taking a beating and deforming the hole in the g10 and eventually the lock would no longer engage since the stop had been moved further back. I have never experienced this myself I am just repeating what I...

Going to subscribe to this thread for sure.