Comment on I Designed a 3D Printable Balisong Knife

rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• thehatfox@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe it’s a feature, it doubles as an improvised shuriken thrower.

  The design is an interesting idea, but having suffered a few crappy box cutters I wouldn’t trust a blade with a friction fit.

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  • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Maybe it’s a feature, it doubles as an improvised shuriken thrower.

    It could only possibly be better if it had tits and were on fire.

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• dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Two pins go through the notches in it. It’s not going anywhere.

  That green one is my initial prototype and I’ve been pretty much continuously fidgeting with it at my desk since I printed it maybe two weeks ago. I have flipped it open and shut probably a couple of thousand times by now – no exaggeration – and the blade hasn’t budged.

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  • rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is there like a lip or ridge on the top too that prevents the blade from flying backwards while flipping?

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It rides in a track that encloses the top and bottom edges by a couple of mm.

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      The rear has an end stop, also. It can’t fly in any direction, and the only way it’s going any time soon is out the front if you press down the flexture that has the locking pins on it.

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• 100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  From what it looks like you can slide it in and lock it with these two pins on top. Not sure how safe that is but considering we’re talking about a makeshift balisong, safety can’t be your main concern

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