Is it necessary to polish the Kibler lock plate before finishing? The Woodsrunner lock plate looks pretty smooth out of the box. Thx..,
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Kibler lock plate
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They definitely have tool marks from the cnc machining.
They need to be smoothed out before finish.
They need to be smoothed out before finish.
I dunno, is something rubbing against it? Use your own judgment.
I polished a little on the outside, in front of the pan, where the feather spring rubbed and will eventually do the whole face, but the innards on mine were fine as shipped.
I polished a little on the outside, in front of the pan, where the feather spring rubbed and will eventually do the whole face, but the innards on mine were fine as shipped.
Phil Coffins
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For function no polishing is needed, for appearance I did stone the out side.
AA0149F3-4E50-45BB-8CAC-B4D4D9909E96 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr
AA0149F3-4E50-45BB-8CAC-B4D4D9909E96 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr
That's nice .... what did you use to get the patina?
That's not "patina". I agree, it IS nice. It's also a major operation to do correctly.
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I completely polish the exterior of the lock before applying a finish. But that’s what I prefer to do, it’s not necessary.
OK, it doesn't look to me like real color case hardening*. What is it then? It looks really pretty cool.
*If it was faux color case hardening, it would come right off. Been there done that.
It looks like real case hardening to me, screws heat blued except for the clamp screw which was likely just tossed in with the other parts to anneal at 375⁰F or so.
I think I probably used more bone in my pack and dumped it faster, it came out with a lot more blues and purples. Color casing is witchcraft until you do it like ten thousand times and experiment with every kind of steel and iron in existence.
I think I probably used more bone in my pack and dumped it faster, it came out with a lot more blues and purples. Color casing is witchcraft until you do it like ten thousand times and experiment with every kind of steel and iron in existence.
Phil Coffins
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It’s real bone and wood charcoal color case hardening, I adjusted the process to get that look. It has a skin that is as hard as my head! Sometimes a part needs different colors and that is what more people are accustomed to.
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Just finished 2 of those locks one with polish and one without. Polished lock was much better looking so I took the other off and polished it. Much more satisfied with the results. It isn't necessary lock functions fine it just looks better. IMO
Ditto from me.
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