04-15-2006, 09:18 PM
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#21 | | Senior Member
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| Duck Tape it
When using bolt cutters Ive found it easiest to put a 5" piece of duck tape on the tang....mark where Im gonna cut and cut away...the Duck tape keeps it from playing superman....mark is easy to see...and it fun to watch everybody duck the first time till they realize it aint going nowhere....
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04-15-2006, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Rick Shellhouse When using bolt cutters Ive found it easiest to put a 5" piece of duck tape on the tang....mark where Im gonna cut and cut away...the Duck tape keeps it from playing superman....mark is easy to see...and it fun to watch everybody duck the first time till they realize it aint going nowhere....
Rick Shellhouse | If you cant duc' it...
I just use a hacksaw and get a great arm workout while I'm at it, but mostly becouse I don't have large enough bolt cutters or a dremel (I realy should get one). I use a bench grinder to clean it up.
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04-15-2006, 09:44 PM
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| Industrial strength dental floss....... 
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04-16-2006, 02:20 AM
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| We tend to just put on an old mask when using bolt cutters at my club. | |
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04-16-2006, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by fencerbill This is what we mean by bolt cutters. | Yup, I knew therm 'bolt cutter'. The  smilie was referring to your saying that you only need 4-5 strokes with the saw to get through! 
(Which should imply that I've probably always used bad saw blades as it's usually taken me a lot more than that to get through...)
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04-16-2006, 08:17 AM
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| Your not a true armourer if you don't have a least 2 dremel I got 4 myself rigged for different jobs
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04-16-2006, 10:13 AM
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| I normally just bite off the excess, chew it a bit and then spit nails.
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04-16-2006, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Mergs I normally just bite off the excess, chew it a bit and then spit nails. | Your dentist must LOVE you after you've worked on an FIE blade, then! | |
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04-16-2006, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Purple Fencer Your dentist must LOVE you after you've worked on an FIE blade, then! | Unless he is originally from eastern Europe and has the nice stainless steel teeth they have used.
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04-16-2006, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by fencerbill Unless he is originally from eastern Europe and has the nice stainless steel teeth they have used. | Or "Jaws" from the Bond film "Moonraker"....'cept he's a bit too short... | |
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04-16-2006, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Purple Fencer ....'cept he's a bit too short... | Oh, that hurt! 
Especially coming from someone who's butt is built too close to the ground!
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04-16-2006, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Mergs Oh, that hurt!
Especially coming from someone who's butt is built too close to the ground! | You and I aren't that different in height...admit it, or I might just post that "special" pic of you in front of Jerry, Dan, and Ed after the orals at Armorers College!!! | |
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04-17-2006, 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Purple Fencer ...pic of you in front of Jerry, Dan, and Ed after the orals... | Purple! Well I never... Please mind the forum minors!  
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04-17-2006, 11:45 AM
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| Bolt cutter. Put a towel over the blade when cutting and the tang doesn't fly. Dress the end with a flat file, or bench grinder.
A metric coupling nut (outside hex nut) is another way to "fix" the threads after cutting. Screw the nut on the tang down below where you will cut, make your cut, file off the burrs, then unscrew the coupling nut.
That gets everything working for me.
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04-20-2006, 11:34 AM
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| Cut your tang
I use bolt cutters.
Quick & simple.
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04-20-2006, 03:17 PM
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| Dremel........
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04-20-2006, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by pgepps I cut Tang with Vodka. | Does that make a "Space Screwdriver"???
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04-20-2006, 09:50 PM
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| I use a Dremel. Just remember the safety goggles. The last time a wheel shattered on me with no goggles, a piece wound up embedded in my face, about 1cm from my left eye.
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04-21-2006, 01:38 AM
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| Reciprocating saw. So easy, especially after the dull bolt cutter we keep at the club. | |
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04-21-2006, 03:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Purple Fencer Now I use a dremel, but you have to use the reinforced fibreglass cutting wheels. The emery board ones are FAR too delicate for that kind of work. A fairly clean cut, easy to do, and plenty of entertaining sparks on a non-FIE blade. | I have tried a few times cutting tangs with my dremel, and it always took forever. I had given up, and returned to a hacksaw. After reading PF's post last week, I got one of those reinforced cutting wheels, and it works GREAT.
(And, yes, the sparks are very cool! I actually burned-off a small patch of chest hair! I turned off the lights, briefly, at one point to enjoy the show, and then showed my wife. I am easily amused. I should have been singing "Will it float? Will it float?")
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