Temple of Doom Indiana Jones Machete

[Egon]

Ahh Hell!!!
Add me to the list please.

added!

I should have updated photos soon. The new files are at the laser cutters, got my new sander up and running with some very high grits belts. I will be grinding these down to have a bevel, but still be blunt.

Thanks for pushing this to the next level guys!

 

[Psab keel]

Thanks for doing this run!

 

[Ron]

"Hang on lady. We going for a ride."

 

[Egon]

New batch of raw cuts came in for the new design. Going to get some decent metal polish for the blade, but I was able to get a new sander so I can taper the grips down from the pommel to the guard.

 

[Psab keel]

These look amazing! If they look this good now I can only imagine the final product.

 

[Egon]

All right, got a few hours over the past several days to work up the second prototype! Still a bit to do shape wise, but it tapers from a bit over an inch to a bit over .5 inches. The blade is a touch longer on this one as well, so it is just about 31 inches long.

Cutting the aluminum this thick definitely increases the tolerances a bit. So there is a lot of clean up.

 

[Jamesfett]

That is glorious. Amazing upgrade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Egon]

Okay, so some good news, and bad news.

I think, unfortunately, I won't be able to reliably add the groove into the aluminum. As they aren't forged or hammered, the aluminum, while a high quality alloy, is still soft compared to steel. I broke two blades getting the groove in, by either going through the aluminum, or because removing the material creates too much stress at the guard, causing it to bend.

However, I can still add the edge, and highly polish the blade. The screen used blade looks very shiny. This was a quick pass with an old polishing wheel, so I think with a new one, they'll get very reflective.

 

[Psab keel]

The lack of groove doesn't bother me at all. At least you tried it. Those look incredible!

 

[Egon]

Polishing up blades. This is with 1000 wet sanded. I'm gonna step up to 2, and 3000 wet sanded and polish up with some Flitz to hopefully get a higher shine.

 

[Egon]

Hey all,

I have to move unexpectedly. BUT! The good thing is, the temp shop area I am in will allow me to sand/grind outside. So I can really dig into these in the coming weeks.

The metal parts are all assembled, I just need to cut and install the grips to start sanding/grinding/polishing everything down.

 

[Psab keel]

I just got my machete today. Absolutely superb prop. Thank you again Adam for doing this!

 

[Egon]

I just got my machete today. Absolutely superb prop. Thank you again Adam for doing this!

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Glad you like it man! Enjoy the fortune and glory, kid!

 

[AaronHorrocks]

Oooh, I needed one of those several years ago!

 

[ProHaunter]

Any available? Definitely would like to pick one of these up!

 

[whoever]

Won't know if I'm down for one for another week or two, but following along

 

[darthwhitey]

This is fantastic!

 

[sandbags]

I’d be down for one if there is another run.

 

[Egon]

Hey all!

I'd love to do more of these. Only had two folks commit to the first run, which ended up being a blessing in disguise.

My life kinda got upended unexpectedly. So my tools are all over the place; some in storage, some accessible, some missing. Hah.

I'll definitely update the thread if I have the opportunity to make more!

 

[vincbud]

Nice work! Put me on the next list! Thanks, Mike