Excellente'! This assembly is one of the things I'm looking forward to over the holidays. The box has been taunting me from the workbench for a couple weeks, now!
I have the biggin version. It will be gifted to my daughter on her wedding day. It is truly a beautiful work of art. Also it cuts like a hot damn. Olfa blades are 👌🏽
Bought three of em, assembled one for myself, the other two as Christmas gifts for my dad and my buddy. As a proud owner of the 25mm version already I am a huge fan of this size. If you ever find yourself in the teeny tiny 9mm blade industry I will definitely be there to subsidize it for ya.
My 18mm blade would slide out the back without having to press the retention pin button on the rear basel platten. I flexed the retention lever in just a little, fiddled with the screws (not too tight) and walah! Works great. It locks back in safely now. Love it! I realized it was an (old) 18mm xacto blade and not Olfa--I'll rectify that. I got 25mm new olfas, will now get the 18mm to make everything as smooth as possible. THANK YOU! In the box was a Retina blaster 9000 I didn't order, so if someone says they're missing it, lol.
Just assembled mine today! Even my dad was impressed with the design. Still need to do some more finishing work but that can wait. The Olfa blades are quite nice, would love to see a Torx kit for the 18mm knife but I understand that might be a bit of a tall order. Merry Christmas and thank you AvE.
I’m so glad TH-cam showed me this vid in my feed! Long time subscriber, but I’ll be honest it’s been a while since I last watched your channel. Good to see you AvE!
Put mine together without the vijeo! Ashamed to admit my wife has been using it for Christmas package opening far more than I have used it for anything. Fortunately I got the real man's 25mm for myself in the shop.
AvE, after your kind correspondence, i assembled the gift box this morning, just prior to seeing that there is a video. Lol. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
As a 10 year sheet metal programmer/operator/individual everyone bothers with questions, I could knock that out in a couple hours, start to finish. Programming a laser, punch press, or waterjet is a hundred times easier than programing a lathe or mill and a million times easier than a robot welder. I know, I can do all of those.
Yup, almost finishing my apprentiship and I'm sitting here thinking this would be no big deal for even me to knock out in a few hours, 1 type of countersunk hole, One threaded hole. The only slight issue I might foresee is the one thin plate, the slim protusion would probably warp a bit if laser cut but even that could be alleviated by putting the tack out at that ends tip. There's barely any chances to mess up, I think it's more an issue of finding a company that's small enough to not have high overheads but still big enough to have anything more precise than a plasma table. Like we do batch runs like this all the time where I work, but 99% of them are from established customers that aren't going away anytime soon.
@akselbering291 last place I worked for did everything from 1 to 10's of thousands, contractor running 3 lasers and 6 brakes, plus welding and some machining. If you order your path correctly, you can mitigate that warping. Bounce back and forth, takes more time, but warps less than if you burn one end to the other, gives it a little time to cool down. Also depends what assist gas you have, Non ferrous materials SHOULD run with nitrogen, which would also help keep the temp down and mitigate warpage.
I received my pre order and had a lot of fun putting it together and cleaning it up allllll nice.. on company time of course;) although I did receive my copper insert gift and it was for the one inch version… ima thinking this was a aggressive sales tactic to get me to want to order the other size hahaha 👍
I'm a boiler tech up in the mountains of NorCal. This is what i bought myself for christmas, if i can mangage to not lose it it'll be a family heirloom 😂🤟
Mine is still in the box, along with the og version and the upgrady coppery bits! Working two full times on the weekly days, and helping the parental units on the ends days leaves little time for debauchery.
I had gifted one of your 25mm units to a friend and college of over 25 years. We both recently showed up on a job site 2100 miles away (2200 for Him) several months after the said gifting. He proudly displayed gifted 25mm unit that was assembled incorrectly. Now this gentleman is an Ex US Nuclear Navy, so not your run of the Mill DA. I confiscated his non-functional unit and told him I would reassemble it and return it when completed. Damn good thing Sir "AvE" that you included a couple of spare screws and a blade retention pin...which is likely at the bottom of his Ammo Can Tool box. Now awaiting VFR weather to fly 1:30 (each way...weather dependent) to return His gifted precision made 25mm utility knife. I will be requiring Him to dump the contents of his Ammo Can tool box to recover MY spare retention pin.
I bought the 25mm first, the 3/4 for a friend which should be here in the mail in a day or 2- loved the big 25mm so much I plan to buy the smaller one for myself as well. Lol
I got the 18mm. The blade retention button is a nice decoration, blade slides in and out without pressing the button. If I put the knife in my pocket the slide button gets knocked off. Tried loosening it, tightening it - nada. Put a plastic plug in the slide button hole to keep in from falling out for now. I will upgrade to a rubber grommet later. I am using new OLFA blade.
Got my sets the other day. Put my 18mm together last night. Is it perfect? Heck NO!! Is it together and working? Yes!! Do I like it? Absolutely!! Sure I could spend a little more time and clean it up more better. But where's the fun in that? Actually, I will probably do that someday and definitely take some better time with the 25mm one. Until then, i've got almost a full set. I 3D printed the 25mm one also. Thanks AvE!! Great product!
Had issues with my retention plunger not stopping the blade. was too wide. Can use the play in the top and bottom rail "spacer" to adjust the fit. can do this by loosening all the screws on one side and use gravity to bias the rail to the inside or outside. For me i had to bias both rails to the inside/center. I was using olfa blades. Works great otherwise. Broke in faster than the 25mm veraion for me
Made mine and upgraded the big one to copper a few days ago. Great knives but there’s maybe an issue with the flap of metal that acts as a spring on the blade retention button where it doesn’t go all the way back in once a new blade is installed. Was fine on the first few blades on the big un but now not so much.. But love the knives and thanks for all your content. I started watching all the way back when you did your boltr of the dewalt grinder and enjoyed all your videos since..
When perturbed, the angry dog barks And electricals tend to shoot sparks But myself--an old fool With my hand on this tool Elicits "nice cutting" remarks
Anyone know what size screws the 25mm takes? I'm guessing these are the same, but at least half of mine have fallen out and I need to order some......and probably use some LocTite this time around!
Bosch just came out with a new shop knife. My dad was a carpet installer as well...his razor knives were made so that lint and debris hardly ever clogged them up. Thats not a good design.
Wow! Ave almost managed to keep the assembly process in frame.
Made sure all the critical instructions happened just off screen. Bought a made in Japan Olfa, works great. So cheap!
@@Alchemetica I was going to comment that the cinematography of this episode was better than usual.
I love mine, proud to have it. Merry Christmas Ave and family. God bless.
Excellente'! This assembly is one of the things I'm looking forward to over the holidays. The box has been taunting me from the workbench for a couple weeks, now!
Got mine last week, was fun to prep and build. Knife looks sick!
I have the biggin version. It will be gifted to my daughter on her wedding day. It is truly a beautiful work of art. Also it cuts like a hot damn. Olfa blades are 👌🏽
Laser cutters and water jet cutters have brought the small batch manufacturing to a whole new level.
Bought three of em, assembled one for myself, the other two as Christmas gifts for my dad and my buddy. As a proud owner of the 25mm version already I am a huge fan of this size. If you ever find yourself in the teeny tiny 9mm blade industry I will definitely be there to subsidize it for ya.
Do we get a Christmas story this year?
My 18mm blade would slide out the back without having to press the retention pin button on the rear basel platten. I flexed the retention lever in just a little, fiddled with the screws (not too tight) and walah! Works great. It locks back in safely now. Love it! I realized it was an (old) 18mm xacto blade and not Olfa--I'll rectify that. I got 25mm new olfas, will now get the 18mm to make everything as smooth as possible. THANK YOU! In the box was a Retina blaster 9000 I didn't order, so if someone says they're missing it, lol.
Thinking I gotta do the same my pin almost prevents the blade from ejecting the button but not quite
Happy Easter AvE
Got my 19mm. Thank you!
Starting to wear in nicely.
arrived in OZ on my birthday!
So thank you and best to You, Baby doll and the kids
Just assembled mine today! Even my dad was impressed with the design. Still need to do some more finishing work but that can wait. The Olfa blades are quite nice, would love to see a Torx kit for the 18mm knife but I understand that might be a bit of a tall order.
Merry Christmas and thank you AvE.
You’re a sick man. It’s a beauty, apprentices would never be able to change out the blade let alone assemble proper. Merry Christmas guy
Fingers are looking a mite clean for a working man. Gonna get one of these regardless.
I’ve had mine for a couple weeks! Thankfully I already built a 25mm so I was able to fake it til I made it
I’m so glad TH-cam showed me this vid in my feed! Long time subscriber, but I’ll be honest it’s been a while since I last watched your channel. Good to see you AvE!
Put mine together without the vijeo!
Ashamed to admit my wife has been using it for Christmas package opening far more than I have used it for anything.
Fortunately I got the real man's 25mm for myself in the shop.
AvE, after your kind correspondence, i assembled the gift box this morning, just prior to seeing that there is a video. Lol.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
I got mine in the mail a couple of days ago. Cleaned er up a bit and put it together today. Nice!
As a 10 year sheet metal programmer/operator/individual everyone bothers with questions, I could knock that out in a couple hours, start to finish. Programming a laser, punch press, or waterjet is a hundred times easier than programing a lathe or mill and a million times easier than a robot welder. I know, I can do all of those.
Yup, almost finishing my apprentiship and I'm sitting here thinking this would be no big deal for even me to knock out in a few hours, 1 type of countersunk hole, One threaded hole.
The only slight issue I might foresee is the one thin plate, the slim protusion would probably warp a bit if laser cut but even that could be alleviated by putting the tack out at that ends tip.
There's barely any chances to mess up, I think it's more an issue of finding a company that's small enough to not have high overheads but still big enough to have anything more precise than a plasma table.
Like we do batch runs like this all the time where I work, but 99% of them are from established customers that aren't going away anytime soon.
@akselbering291 last place I worked for did everything from 1 to 10's of thousands, contractor running 3 lasers and 6 brakes, plus welding and some machining. If you order your path correctly, you can mitigate that warping. Bounce back and forth, takes more time, but warps less than if you burn one end to the other, gives it a little time to cool down. Also depends what assist gas you have, Non ferrous materials SHOULD run with nitrogen, which would also help keep the temp down and mitigate warpage.
Merry Christmas, thanks for the content.
I received my pre order and had a lot of fun putting it together and cleaning it up allllll nice.. on company time of course;) although I did receive my copper insert gift and it was for the one inch version… ima thinking this was a aggressive sales tactic to get me to want to order the other size hahaha 👍
There are two kinds of people. There are right-handed people and there are ambidextrous people.
Merry Christmas, AvE.
I'm a boiler tech up in the mountains of NorCal. This is what i bought myself for christmas, if i can mangage to not lose it it'll be a family heirloom 😂🤟
Mine is still in the box, along with the og version and the upgrady coppery bits! Working two full times on the weekly days, and helping the parental units on the ends days leaves little time for debauchery.
I had gifted one of your 25mm units to a friend and college of over 25 years. We both recently showed up on a job site 2100 miles away (2200 for Him) several months after the said gifting. He proudly displayed gifted 25mm unit that was assembled incorrectly. Now this gentleman is an Ex US Nuclear Navy, so not your run of the Mill DA. I confiscated his non-functional unit and told him I would reassemble it and return it when completed. Damn good thing Sir "AvE" that you included a couple of spare screws and a blade retention pin...which is likely at the bottom of his Ammo Can Tool box. Now awaiting VFR weather to fly 1:30 (each way...weather dependent) to return His gifted precision made 25mm utility knife. I will be requiring Him to dump the contents of his Ammo Can tool box to recover MY spare retention pin.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
When can we get the belt/pant clip mod?? Sincerely all tradies
I bought the 25mm first, the 3/4 for a friend which should be here in the mail in a day or 2- loved the big 25mm so much I plan to buy the smaller one for myself as well. Lol
I got the 18mm. The blade retention button is a nice decoration, blade slides in and out without pressing the button. If I put the knife in my pocket the slide button gets knocked off. Tried loosening it, tightening it - nada. Put a plastic plug in the slide button hole to keep in from falling out for now. I will upgrade to a rubber grommet later. I am using new OLFA blade.
These would look great in brass!
You are a very interesting person. I m always learning.
Got my sets the other day. Put my 18mm together last night. Is it perfect? Heck NO!! Is it together and working? Yes!! Do I like it? Absolutely!!
Sure I could spend a little more time and clean it up more better. But where's the fun in that? Actually, I will probably do that someday and definitely take some better time with the 25mm one. Until then, i've got almost a full set. I 3D printed the 25mm one also.
Thanks AvE!! Great product!
cobbled mine together, the flame coloring really added some zest to mine
For gods sake deburr where the detent slides up and down the knife prior to assembly. My thumb pad was nearly cut stem to stern.
Got mine, love it! My dingus is a lil leaning to the left. Must be used to it cuz it didn’t stop me from usin it. gotta use what god gave ya. 😉
Had issues with my retention plunger not stopping the blade. was too wide. Can use the play in the top and bottom rail "spacer" to adjust the fit.
can do this by loosening all the screws on one side and use gravity to bias the rail to the inside or outside. For me i had to bias both rails to the inside/center. I was using olfa blades.
Works great otherwise. Broke in faster than the 25mm veraion for me
Merry Christmas Uncle B
That's a nice wooden tray. Is that your tray? Did you paint those pretty flowers?😁
It was a steve1989 reference
These knives are amazing. 💚
Made mine and upgraded the big one to copper a few days ago. Great knives but there’s maybe an issue with the flap of metal that acts as a spring on the blade retention button where it doesn’t go all the way back in once a new blade is installed. Was fine on the first few blades on the big un but now not so much..
But love the knives and thanks for all your content. I started watching all the way back when you did your boltr of the dewalt grinder and enjoyed all your videos since..
Watching while half cut on black eye Friday after the pub Looks good.
I love mine. But mine has slight defect. The skinny “shim” with the cutout, blade guide I guess is bent up towards the blade like it has morning wood!
I’m back .nice assembly video
The Best!
Merry Christmas!
My guy.... The Steve "nice" is O so nice. Lol..
I love my knife! Thanks pardner!
Dose the 3d print need any screws
I still haven't got mine, I ordered it the day of your video I think, did our wonderful postal workers on strike bung this all up?
Just ordered mine
Definitely wouldn't be upset if I lost one😢😢😢
Edges nice and ergonomically sharpened for maximum blisters.
Can you use the knife to open the box because I don't have one of those mini chainsaw thingies.
When perturbed, the angry dog barks
And electricals tend to shoot sparks
But myself--an old fool
With my hand on this tool
Elicits "nice cutting" remarks
got mine !!! in a bag
Interesting that the vidgeo shows you using left hand threaded screws .
👍 for MREsteve nice
"Nothings tighter than stripped" I agree 🤣🤣
Nice Blade holder:)
Thanks you Mr Ave, very cool
the order says 18mm + 25mm copper kit. Does it come with the copper kit for the 18mm knife also?
Nope
Anyone know what size screws the 25mm takes? I'm guessing these are the same, but at least half of mine have fallen out and I need to order some......and probably use some LocTite this time around!
I believe the correct term is Kentucky loctite .
I love my knife. Thanks for making them. But I used a Fiskars blade in mine.
" Lets get this out on a tray... nice" Steve1989MRE reference, nice.
Upwards with the thickness. Downwards with the sickness.
"tryina' reenact the joy of christmas morning, sniffin' glue" oh the good ole days...
Merry Christmas.........ay!
This your only channel AvE?
Christmas came early when I got Uncle Bumbleforks package in the mail. Enjoying putting the lil bastard to work.
Evening from the Hallowed isle 👍🇮🇲👌😜
Becoming a regular Joesf Pursa!
My parcel arrived the day after I flew away.😢 But that's alright, it can be a new years present. Thanks ave
What...no EDC clip? Perhaps one can be had with the 3D printer under my Christmas tree🤔
Let's get this out on a tray. NICE!!❤
wait, what? mine's not perfect?! I beg to differ! I like the curvy twisted effect from overheated metal .. lines up with my cross eye perfectly.
I can confirm that the dog brand from China sold at the local home despot measure 11/16ths American instead of the required 45/64ths
Nice knife
The charred patient is looking nervous there waiting to be operated on while the surgeon builds his knife... :P
Nice 👍
I'll have to buy one and do a BOLTR video on it. "What moron assembled this fine tool so poorly?" Oh wait, that was me. 😁
Bosch just came out with a new shop knife. My dad was a carpet installer as well...his razor knives were made so that lint and debris hardly ever clogged them up. Thats not a good design.
you could lighten that up with a couple zip ties instead of those screws.
wut? not robertson screws? 🇨🇦 🤔
dang it, sold out....I must've had it in a vise
The way you show this unreal and I should not be trusted with a knife but damn it I will have one
Shoulda got that bacon flavored with 2 extinguisher juices out onto a tray. It was just about as sketchy as some 85-year-old ration Steve would eat.
"Nice". Says Steve.
Nice camera job. 😂
I do not need this, but I want it.
Awesome
Dont like it too much to snag catch on. it looks super cool and light.
A knife for a Christmas gift ? I thought you used a chain-saw to open Christmas gifts.
Remember to share your scars, fellas!
My brain won’t accept that the screws aren’t torx.
👍👊👍
I'm All IN PARTNER🤔😉😎👍💯
Comment. Legend
Tray bahn.
I bought fou and was TRIGGERED. I can't show pictures here becauase one kit still has nipples.