M13 Machete Build (Real-Steel)

[Gobofrag]

Building a Real-steel M13 Machete with molded grip. Will update tomorrow with pics and such. This is my first build for 405th so bear with me.

Gobofrag

 

[Gobofrag]

So I've started building two M13 Machete's. These will be real-steel but not usable quality. Purely decorative. I imagine if your life depended on it you could use them in a pinch but I wouldn't bet my life on them. One or two zombie kills at the most...lol

I had them cut by a friend of mine using a Plasma Router. Excellent lines and almost no deburring required. Thanks to Juliet76 for his blueprint. I took his print and lined it up in AI. Out came these...

Going to start molding the handles tomorrow. Will update then.

Gobofrag

 

[Jester1014]

These look so familiar... Where are they from?

Love your sig, Carlin rock the socks.

 

[XEcUtiONeR]

Very very nice machete's Gobo. Will you be making rubber molded grips?

- X.

 

[Gobofrag]

You probably saw it here...

Then again...maybe not...lol

Gobofrag

 

[Jester1014]

AHA! I figured it was those. sweet man. you thought of putting these into full-tang?(combat ready)

 

[Gobofrag]

I'll be sculpting the handle from scratch using AD clay. Making a silicone mold of the clay and then molding the handles using resin or some other material. I've read of people using tool handle dip for their grips but that sounds ghetto. Any suggestions? I don't do projects half-a** so take that into consideration. No electrical tape or anything like that.

Gobofrag

 

[Gobofrag]

I think I'll be offering two versions. Sharpened for home deco and unsharpened for conventions. I'll still be at least beveling the unsharpened but have a rounded edge.

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[xlasernoobsx]

Those are looking pretty B.A.

 

[brogeta]

aww dude this is soo freaking cool I WANT! lol

 

[SpartanRogue1]

epic... theres not much anything else you can say.

 

[Gobofrag]

Update time...

The AD clay I was going to use shrunk down about 20% upon drying...way too much. I decided to just use some scrap foam from my Mass Effect 2 armor build and carved the handles out of it. I used a dremel with a drum sander attachment to round and shape the handles. Those two halves were put into a frame and I'm now waiting for the silicon bead to dry. I'll pour and de-mold tomorrow.

One side done, one unsanded...

Tool used...

My real machete along side...

Ready too mold...

Stay tuned.

Gobofrag

 

[Zombhs]

Damn that's nice. But what really caught my attention was Mass Effect 2 Armor build. You wouldn't happen to have some pics would you?

 

[Gobofrag]

Sorry, no pics of the ME2 build. I started it and realized how much cash I was going to have to pump into it. I've postponed that build till I can afford it. David Carpenter or EvilFX did a build that I freakin love. Check his DA gallery to get your fix.
http://bioweapons.wordpress.com/

If that link don't work, just google him.

Gobofrag

 

[Chambs007]

That is one seriously epic knife set!

 

[Gobofrag]

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. I'm on day 3 of waiting for my mold backing to dry. Been looking into a product called Aves Epoxy Clay. Anybody ever used it? It sounds like what I need for any project I might ever do. So if you have used it, lemme know what you thought of it...

Gobofrag

 

[Tactonyx]

I tried making the Machete once. Didn't use Juliets blueprints though. My evil minion who runs the edged weapons department here cut out the metal with a plasma torch, but he rushed it, so it warped really bad. Looks fantastic thus far. How are you going to go about making the holes in the grip?

 

[Gobofrag]

I planned on drilling them out careful like and then remold em prior to assembly. What did you use to drill your dowel rods on your barrel?

 

[Swift]

Wow man, that looks awesome :O I saw a machete at the Army Surplus store yesterday... I wantd it so bad xD

 

[Tactonyx]

I planned on drilling them out careful like and then remold em prior to assembly. What did you use to drill your dowel rods on your barrel?

On my DMR? Initially I used a dremel, but found it difficult to get a consistant hole becuase it was so light, so I switched over to a cordless screwdriver and the holes came out perfectly.