Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police
my bad. I did not account for extreme heat.
Looks awesome though!
Looks awesome though!
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police
Oh definitely not blaming you, it seemed like a smart idea in the beginning. I honestly didn't know Vaseline had such a low melting point, I expected it to behave more like axle grease.
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
Most importantly, I approve of the shirt you're wearing
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
Saw them just before Covid, really good live show.
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
Nice mod. You've created the Police XT!*
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
That's a pretty good looking mod. I'd have probably left the "guard" up by the pivot myself, but the smoothing out of the finger grooves/bumps looks excellent.
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
That looks really good! Sucks about the Vaseline but glad it wasn’t too bad. Thank you for posting so many pics of the process too. Not that I am going to attempt or anything. Just cool to see some of what went into your project. From thought process with a sharpie to a finished product.
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Man I had no idea it would melt like that. I mean grinding does get pretty hot. Especially if you have ever accidentally grabbed some freshly cut metal, but dang. I going to keep my vasoline to what it was intended for from now on. Wiping down tool steels.
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
It looks beautiful, but slippery. I wonder how it would work to texture the handle for better grip. Even a series of shallow kerfs in the edge bevel (done with cutoff wheel on Dremel) would improve grip without too much impairment of sliding in/out of pocket.
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
Looks like it left the factory that way. Great job!
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
Excellent job and thank you for the walkthrough. I know it is a pain to document your procedure while working on a mod, but it helps seeing the step by step process. Really impressed with how well the bevels ended up.
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
Nice work!
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
Wow, very nicely done sir. Looks great
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
Yes indeed good work. The new handle profile calls to mind the lines of the Lum folders.
Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
Looks Good. Didn't you do something similar to your Rock Lobster in the past?
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Yeah sort of, the beveling was similar at least.
Last page of this thread shows the work.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=59920
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
I think it looks great! Even more streamlined.
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
Thanks for sharing this. Please keep it up!
I thought it was probably just me noticing that "kink". Man, I know the feeling, "99.5% is not good enough"!
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Re: Talk me into/out of modding my Police (too late it's a done deal)
Looks great , really like the change of the lines of handle . Thank you for sharing your hard work very impressive effort . Dan
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