To use:Clamp the liner pattern onto a piece of Ti or stainless, trace the outline onto the liner … I’d encourage you to. Liner Lock. The hard part of designing a liner lock is where to place the stop pin, detent ball, lock face and pivot where it all works.
Remove the template and finish drilling and reaming each hole to size. To get the holes lined up accurately and have a repeatable pattern with proven geometry for the pivot/stop pin/lock face.The lock bar cut out can be done with a rotary tool (like a Dremel) using the template as a guide for the cut off wheel.
Plans - Liner Lock Knife Design1 by Daniel Vandergon 13 pages.
Ontario RAT-1. AUS-8 stainless blade with dual thumb studs. There are many different methods that can be used to design a folding knife, some complicated, some simple, and they all work fine. Watch the 18 minute documentary I made, or the 4 minute short video of the summary!Reply 3 years agoHi there, i cant find out whats wronf. For the 3/16” pivot hole, make your mark through the template with a 3/16”, then finish the hole with a #13 drill and ream to 3/16”.
This cut is to make the lock flexible and work back and forth inside the blade notch to lock the blade in place and to help to keep the blade shut when it is supposed to be shut. Yes, you can.
This is a very common mistake in the knife community, calling liner lock knives: Walker Linerlocks. With the short part of the lock cut, we can now cut the length of the frame to finish up the locking bar. Keep your eyes open for additional styles down the road… Post your questions in this thread on Knifedogs.com http://knifedogs.com/showthread.php?42208-Making-a-Liner-Lock-Tutorial-using-drill-template-patterns (Knifedogs.com is free but you must register to post or see pictures)Use these as a pattern and drill guide to make a folder. If you have never made a liner lock folder, this is for you.
On these pages you will learn a simple method for designing a liner lock folding knife. Determine the width of the spring.
I have been looking around the internet for a decent template for a folding knife but can't seem to find anything suitable at all. This mechanism’s characteristic component is a side spring bar located on the same side as sharp edge of the blade, “lining” the inside of the handle. We’ve done the geometry already. The hard part of designing a liner lock is where to place the stop pin, detent ball, lock face and pivot where it all works.
The knife is called Skinlock because it's made out of a 3mm titanium slab with a laminated layer of Flax-Fibre on top of it.
This template system has all of that done already for you with the pre-located holes and profile. I would suggest using layout fluid to help show the marks. Made in the USAKnife Design #1 by Dan Vandergon"Little Finger"Exceptionally detailed plans. (I tend to enlarge the hole with a #48 drill which is still plenty for a 2-56 screw in Titanium, I just get tired of breaking taps.) But after laying the template for the modern enthusiast knife – titanium frame lock, ball bearing flipper, trendy designers, sub-$200 price tag – Kizer seems to be fading into the background somewhat, getting drowned out in the bustling genre that it more or less established. Which would be a shame, because Kizer has a lot to offer. Let's Design a Liner Lock Folding Knife!
You will probably go through 3 to 5 of the cut off wheels but it just doesn’t take that long to do. The lock bar cut and fitted. Huh!?
This gives the skin effect. This gives the skin effect. This template system has all of that done already for you with the pre-located holes and profile.Our first in a series, these pattern templates are made from hardened 440c. It was invented in the early 80s by knife-maker Michael Walker and was quickly adopted by a number of mainstream knife makers.
For example, in the intro section the popular old pre-1950s Camillus liner lock knife was fully described, but then called the hip, new (1980) "Walker Linerlock!" You just want to leave a small starting mark to help locate your drill bit.