Case Soddie and F&F

[glennbad]

Just finished these up recently. Here's a before and after...

[Mumbleypeg]

Nice work!

Ken

[montemojo]

Glenn, great job. The differnce in look is outstanding. Very appealing

Monte

[Colonel26]

Looks great Glenn.

[#goldpan]

They look great Glenn! What did you use to cut the pockets for the bird's eye rivet?

[glennbad]

They look great Glenn! What did you use to cut the pockets for the bird's eye rivet?

Just standard drills. I stepped them up slowly. As you may have found out, they can tear up the hole really easy.

[TripleF]

Great craftsmanship Glenn

[313 Mike]

Very nice Glenn, as always. Are those both micarta? The top one canvas, and the bottom one burlap?

[glennbad]

Very nice Glenn, as always. Are those both micarta? The top one canvas, and the bottom one burlap?

Yes, good call! That was my first try with the burlap. I wasn't sure how it was going to finish out, but it was decent to work with.

[jmh58]

WOW!! Very NICE there Glenn.. John

[danno50]

those look great, Glen! I prefer the canvas micarta myself. Any chance for a pictorial tutorial on the birdseye rivets?
Dan

[glennbad]

those look great, Glen! I prefer the canvas micarta myself. Any chance for a pictorial tutorial on the birdseye rivets?
Dan

I don't have anything prepared for that, and to be honest, my prep for those is still a work in progress, LOL. I do use standard drills right now, and step them up little by little.

[#goldpan]

They look great Glenn! What did you use to cut the pockets for the bird's eye rivet?

Just standard drills. I stepped them up slowly. As you may have found out, they can tear up the hole really easy.

Yep I found that out. I was making my steps too big. When I changed tactics things got a lot better! I also had issues with the washer not seating right in the hole. Worked it all out though! Thanks Glen, I should have asked you about this first. Would have been less stressfull

[orvet]

I agree, the micarta looks nice on a sod buster.

I did a sod buster a while back and didn't posted in the forum.
I didn't use a birds eye rivet, I just used a cutlers rivet and inlet enough room for the head of the rivet to set down in the handle.
I had to modify the rivet shank and cut off the female end a little bit so it was the right length, but it went together with no problem.
Am I missing something?

[bestgear]

Nice work Glenn!

[glennbad]

I agree, the micarta looks nice on a sod buster.

I did a sod buster a while back and didn't posted in the forum.
I didn't use a birds eye rivet, I just used a cutlers rivet and inlet enough room for the head of the rivet to set down in the handle.
I had to modify the rivet shank and cut off the female end a little bit so it was the right length, but it went together with no problem.
Am I missing something?

He's referring to drilling out the spot for the rivet/birdseye head. Maybe we're making it more difficult, but it's easy to get blowout when drilling those holes.

[glennbad]

Oh yeah, thanks everyone!

[deltaboy]

Very nice.