Problem with Techno's frame lock
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Minibear453
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bayvillageidiot
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I have experienced this myself on some knives. What I found is that either the lockface area is dirty causing the lock to slip, there might not be enough tension on the lock spring, or one has to give the lock a few hard flicks in order to cause it to reset. Note, these problems are secondary and not caused by the angle of the lock face. I, personally call this a plateau of the lock, because I experienced once you get the lock to wear that 0.001 extra the problem goes away. It is however not something one would want in this lock design as a constant no matter where the lock is located.kiwispyder wrote:Mine does the same, I live with it for now but may buy another one later and give this one to a friend.
I did give mine a light sand on the 2 lock faces (vertically) with some fine sand paper and it helped a bit but still moves.
I can't disengage mine with my hands though.
Here's a video of mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOKM4_yrEjE
Hopefully I can get hold of some makers and get their opinions.
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Well, I got hold of a maker and he says that it seems the lock face is just past the adequate lock angle.
"Also, I think carbidizing the lock could also lead to this, the grippy nature of titanium actually helps stop this, two hard faces will want to slide past each other and probably too polished. But I think the angle was the problem here"
Therefore, the best recommendation would be.......to send it in for inspection. Everything else is just speculation.
"Also, I think carbidizing the lock could also lead to this, the grippy nature of titanium actually helps stop this, two hard faces will want to slide past each other and probably too polished. But I think the angle was the problem here"
Therefore, the best recommendation would be.......to send it in for inspection. Everything else is just speculation.
"If you wish to live and thrive, let the spider run alive"
"the perfect knife is the one in your hand, you should just learn how to use it."
If you don't have anything good to say, then don't say anything at all
My Youtube knife use videos and more: http://www.youtube.com/user/mwvanwyk/videos
Knife makers directory: http://www.knifemakersdirectory.com/
"the perfect knife is the one in your hand, you should just learn how to use it."
If you don't have anything good to say, then don't say anything at all
My Youtube knife use videos and more: http://www.youtube.com/user/mwvanwyk/videos
Knife makers directory: http://www.knifemakersdirectory.com/