The Mac 1 was a full custom that John offered years ago. All of the production folders are “Mac 2”. You’ll also never see a Mac 2 with the smaller spacing for the lock bar cut out, with screws going into the backspacer from the lock side. Only gen 2 Mac 2s have those screws. I’m also interested to see what the weight relief pockets look like on the clone. As before John did them in house, they were circular, then triangular once he started doing scales in house.
Yeah I meant to say Mac 2 gen 1. Mine is a gen 2 and I believe the clone is meant to be of a gen 2. I do show the pockets of the clone in this video and talked about them briefly around 13:00.
May wanna check the lockface on the zaan before bashing it for not having a steel insert... Steel inserts can also be a used as a cheap/poor replacement for good geometry. Id take proper lock face geometry with no insert every time. The balls are what matter in bearings. You can make pretty bearings with g25 ceramic balls or ugly ones with g3. Which would you choose? Great example of why spending big money on CNC knives is stupid.
Never bashed the zaan. Just mentioned seeing an insert would be nice on the real Mac since it's clearly wearing prematurely already. Proper geometry doesn't change the fact that titanium is softer than stainless.
The Mac 1 was a full custom that John offered years ago. All of the production folders are “Mac 2”.
You’ll also never see a Mac 2 with the smaller spacing for the lock bar cut out, with screws going into the backspacer from the lock side. Only gen 2 Mac 2s have those screws.
I’m also interested to see what the weight relief pockets look like on the clone. As before John did them in house, they were circular, then triangular once he started doing scales in house.
Yeah I meant to say Mac 2 gen 1. Mine is a gen 2 and I believe the clone is meant to be of a gen 2.
I do show the pockets of the clone in this video and talked about them briefly around 13:00.
May wanna check the lockface on the zaan before bashing it for not having a steel insert...
Steel inserts can also be a used as a cheap/poor replacement for good geometry. Id take proper lock face geometry with no insert every time.
The balls are what matter in bearings. You can make pretty bearings with g25 ceramic balls or ugly ones with g3. Which would you choose?
Great example of why spending big money on CNC knives is stupid.
Never bashed the zaan. Just mentioned seeing an insert would be nice on the real Mac since it's clearly wearing prematurely already. Proper geometry doesn't change the fact that titanium is softer than stainless.
Look! A guy who hasn't started saving for his retirement yet!!!