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Author: | Punisher [ Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:00 am ] |
Post subject: | Making a Gerber clone |
I wanted a Gerber knife, but I don't have any money. What I do have are a particular set of skills, which I have acquired over a long career. Unfortunately the skills department is completely lacking in knife making. I'm hoping that this project will change that. Although I've never made a knife before I use the same tools almost daily. I searched for a 3d printable model and found 2. On GrabCAD there is a model of a Gerber mk2. Unfortunately when imported it into Fusion 360 the scale is completely off. https://grabcad.com/library/mark-ii-combat-knife-1 |
Author: | Punisher [ Mon Nov 21, 2022 1:58 am ] | ||
Post subject: | Re: Making a Gerber clone | ||
Then a few days ago I found that someone had modeled the knife correctly. It was only uploaded as a .stl, but I was able to convert it to a solid model in Fusion 360. At least good enough to make the internal changes that I needed. I added a cut-out for the tang of the file then combined the parts and split it for printing in halves. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5449762 After printing and trying it on the blade it's starting to feel like a decent knife. The printable knife already had grooves for pins to align the parts. I'm going to use some steel rod to strengthen grip.
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Author: | Punisher [ Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:01 am ] | |||
Post subject: | Re: Making a Gerber clone | |||
Military Carry Knives has a lot of information on the Gerber Mark II. They show in detail all of the different models. They even show the many clones. https://militarycarryknives.com/MKKNIVES/MkKnives.htm There are some pictures of the blade in its blank form. The tang looks very similar to the tang of a file. After seeing that I knew that starting with a file was the right choice.
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Author: | Punisher [ Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:16 am ] |
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I uploaded the modified grip on thingiverse. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5645090 |
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