What tools do you use to transform your mule??

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Candyman
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What tools do you use to transform your mule??

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What tools do you use to transform your mule into your own unique knife?

This weekend I used…
Sharpie marker
Clamps
Mosaic pins
Ironwood blanks
Band saw
Drill press
Slow cure epoxy
Belt grinder
Hand sand paper
Axe wax

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Mainly just a Dremel, drill with flap wheel sanding attachments and a disk sander.

Clamps and the rest of the stuff hand tools like files and saws.

Have just bought a metal saw that will do 90o like a band saw. Hopefully a belt sander in the not too distant future.

Must say I have been buying a fair bit of materials like scales in several timber’s - G10 and resin, G10 liners, mosaic pins, brass and copper pins and lanyard tubing to build up a selection of goods to use as I see fit for each handle.

Enjoying the journey I must say.


2 great items

The Dremel is my go too for more and probably my most used tool for grinding/sanding scales to shape and cutting pins

A knife vice was a recent purchase that has helped with ease of sanding immensely
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standy99 wrote:
Fri Aug 06, 2021 6:54 am
Mainly just a Dremel, drill with flap wheel sanding attachments and a disk sander.

Clamps and the rest of the stuff hand tools like files and saws.

Have just bought a metal saw that will do 90o like a band saw. Hopefully a belt sander in the not too distant future.

Must say I have been buying a fair bit of materials like scales in several timber’s - G10 and resin, G10 liners, mosaic pins, brass and copper pins and lanyard tubing to build up a selection of goods to use as I see fit for each handle.

Enjoying the journey I must say.


2 great items

The Dremel is my go too for more and probably my most used tool for grinding/sanding scales to shape and cutting pins

A knife vice was a recent purchase that has helped with ease of sanding immensely
We're like 2 peas in a pod. Not sure what I would do without my Dremel tools! I have one just to use with the flexible shaft/pencil-grinder and one set in a router fixture. The little sanding barrels I buy in bags of 100 or so.
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legOFwhat? wrote:
Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:23 am

We're like 2 peas in a pod. Not sure what I would do without my Dremel tools! I have one just to use with the flexible shaft/pencil-grinder and one set in a router fixture. The little sanding barrels I buy in bags of 100 or so.
Yep a Dremel and a set of clamps and I would be set.

If I had a dollar for everything I have used the Dremel for in the last 20 years I would be rich. Have so many attachments from 20 years also.
Find the new cutting disks with the attachment a lot better than the old screw held ones.

Flex shaft I haven’t tried but will be looking now :winking-tongue
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I'm working mostly with a bench vice, clamps and a knife. I have a Dremel that helps a lot too. The rest is epoxy, pins and hand sanding.
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Router table (Porter Cable)
Belt grinder (Coote)
Benchtop mill (SX-3)
Foredom flex shaft
Hapstone R2
Media tumbler
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Oh, not much, just hit the high spots on the edge. :winking-tongue

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standy99 wrote:Yep a Dremel and a set of clamps and I would be set.

If I had a dollar for everything I have used the Dremel for in the last 20 years I would be rich. Have so many attachments from 20 years also.
Find the new cutting disks with the attachment a lot better than the old screw held ones.

Flex shaft I haven’t tried but will be looking now :winking-tongue
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I keep mine hung up with a bungee cord, it make for easy access.
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Bench is quite messy since I actually got to spend some time making handles this weekend! :cheap-sunglasses
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