want to try a balisong and need a duide or tutorial

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cbr900son

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OK ive been making custom knives for the past year or so and have a decently equipped shop with a drill press 2x72" grinder bandsaws etc and I want to push myself and try a balisong! Only problem is not sure how to make one. Is their a decent guide somewhere that can guide me. :31:
 
It's difficult to find great bali making tutorials out there... and everyone does things slightly different. There used to be a decent tutorial from Terry Guinn on EDCKnives.com. It looks like it has been vanished... at least I couldn't find it anymore. Ruben Calo has a basic bali tutorial on his site. Some guy named Chtorr has a tutorial (written in Czech) HERE. I've made a few balisongs myself (but am by no means and expert)... you can find some simple - if incomplete - WIPs HERE and HERE. I show the use of a small mill (equipped with DROs) for my bali work, which may not be useful to you. I'd be happy to provide you with any info that I can based on my limited experience.
Erin

Edit: I also posted some progress shots of a bali sporadically on pages 6-14 of THIS THREAD.
 
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Erin Burke said:
It's difficult to find great bali making tutorials out there... and everyone does things slightly different. There used to be a decent tutorial from Terry Guinn on EDCKnives.com. It looks like it has been vanished... at least I couldn't find it anymore. Ruben Calo has a basic bali tutorial on his site. Some guy named Chtorr has a tutorial (written in Czech) HERE. I've made a few balisongs myself (but am by no means and expert)... you can find some simple - if incomplete - WIPs HERE and HERE. I show the use of a small mill (equipped with DROs) for my bali work, which may not be useful to you. I'd be happy to provide you with any info that I can based on my limited experience.
Erin

Edit: I also posted some progress shots of a bali sporadically on pages 6-14 of THIS THREAD.
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Thanks! Reading thru them now. I was actually looking to order a small mill this morning and now really wanting to now!
 
There are plenty now of balisong tutorial.

I did myself more or less 4 of them. Terry Guinn did Two, Chtorr did one, Ruben Calo one too.

Terry Guinn
http://www.edcknives.com/GuinnBaliTutorial.php

Et un second de Terry (Inscription USN obligatoire)
http://usualsuspect.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572089

Chtorr
UN nouveau tuto Balisong par un tchèque Chtorr. Sur le forum Tcheque et en tcheque je dirais, les photos sont super clair (maintenant il y a une version traduite en anglais :))
http://smf.pspace.cz/index.php/topic,815.new/boardseen.html#new

Rubben Calo
http://calocustomknives.com/docs/tutorial10.htm

Nivejuncky Inscription sur JD

http://www.jerzeedevil.com/forums/showthread.php?97918-How-I-build-a-balisong&p=1040668#post1040668

Myself
http://dremeltingpotes.free.fr/tutorial/Tutorial English.pdf

Branche entièrement en g10
http://dremeltingpotes.free.fr/pages/tutos/torpenWIP.html

I posted that one in english here
http://knifedogs.com/showthread.php?7554-Small-WIP

Liner titane et micarta : inscription sur JD
http://www.jerzeedevil.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60614

Full Ti handle : Insription sur JD
http://www.jerzeedevil.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79870

Balisong Branches Façon Bambou, construction sandwich, zen pins et roulement

http://dremeltingpotes.free.fr/tutorial/BalisongZenpinsbrancheeinoxtraitebamboo.pdf

I'm lazy, i won't translate in english the post (it's a copy from a post i did on a french forum). For mines how to you will find the english version on the Jerzeedevil build off section and balisong section.
 
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Feel free to ask if you don't find what you need in the how to. I have done more or less 100 balisongs :D
 
Yeah Im working on some designs while I wait for my mill and lathe which should come in this week. The bearing thing looks interesting but probably too complicated for a first try.
 
Well I think Im gonna look around at more balis and figure out what I want to do exactly then wait for my lathe and mill to be delievered. SHould make things alot easier.
 
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