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02-19-15, 04:25 PM | #1 |
Navy Seal
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The DIY thread
Didn't know where to post this so I just started the ''Subsim mini instructables'' thread. Where we trade project ideas, project help and show off the finished product.
So I got this as a gift a few years ago and I finally decided to rebuild the handle. Me and Oberon decided that it's most probably a Yugoslav M1924 bayonet. Not confirmed though. My father (since a have an un-natural fear of rotary saws) cut these pieces of walnut wood for me. I chose walnut because it was lying around the garage and it was dark in color. The trick is to cut a milimeter larger than it would be and just sand away until it fits. I also had a small step to consider here. And soon you have a nice raw fit. I used two small screws to tighten it to the metal one half at a time and just used a wood rasp to slowly shape it following the metal contour and a feel for how my hand would grab it. And I got this. This picture show them just held together with my hand, screws taken out. I glued them together with a poliester fibreglass putty I ''acquired'' from my previous workplace. Lovely stuff, holds together better than any glue, does not run and does not crack. Riveting would make me screw it up badly, so I cheated with glue I wont polish or lacquer it so it looks worn but I am tempted to put 4 small screws where the rivets would have been |
02-19-15, 04:44 PM | #2 |
Chief of the Boat
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That's a pretty good restoration Anze
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02-19-15, 04:49 PM | #3 |
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Looks good so far.
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02-19-15, 04:58 PM | #4 |
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If the glue is going to do the job of fastening the grips to the tang. I assume then the bayonet is just for show and screws are nothing more than eye candy. So instead of screws, you could find rivets which look similar to the original, cut the heads off and glue them on the grip as well.
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02-19-15, 05:10 PM | #5 | |
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I'm regretting not drilling trough the wood and making the two steel pins I used to stabilize the handle when gluing go trough and then hammer them in to a rivet shape. And the glue is one of the most powerful on the planet. I trust it more than a rivet. |
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02-19-15, 05:13 PM | #6 | |
Rear Admiral
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