Magnetic Pocket Knife

by Ryan Hebron in Workshop > Knives

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Magnetic Pocket Knife

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Time and again I see people do awesome things with knives ,making ,throwing, them and adding keys to them, but I have never seen someone put a magnet in a Swiss army knife. hope you like it and I thank you for any comments you make.

Bill of Materials

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First off gather your tools and materials the list isn't too long

-Swiss Army Pocket Knife(a knife like the one in the picture will do)

-Magnets(Neodymium is best I got mine out of a hard drive)

-Hot glue gun(self explanatory)

-Dremel(any carving tool will do but a Dremel works faster)

-screw driver or butter knife(something to pry with)

Break the Knife

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The first step towards making you knife stick to a refrigerator is to remove the front or back of the knife. to do this take a flat blade screwdriver or butter knife, slide it under the cover and twist. The cover should come off easily enough.

Mark the Cover

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I noticed when I was uploading the image that the marks I made weren't very noticeable so i used pixlr to make it clearer.

this step is pretty self explanitory mark where the magnets are going and get ready to carve it out

Carve It Out

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for this I used my Dremel. I first used a carving bit but later decided to use a sanding bit this step does take a little trial and error. all you have to do is carve down a little than check if the magnets are flush with the base

Time to Glue

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I personally like to use hot glue but some may decide to use liquid nails or gorilla glue, first i tried to put hot glue on the cover than put the cover on the knife but i got screwed up and i had to remove a lot of hot glue. in the end i placed the magnets on the knife first than the cover to check that the two were flush,after that i placed glue in between and squished them together till the glue cooled

All Done!!

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at this point i went to the refrigerator and stuck my freshly modded Pocket knife to the door.as always if you have any questions, remarks, or criticisms please comment or PM me.