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  1. 5th September 2010, 07:13 PM #1
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    Does anyone know how to put a crown seal opener, from Carrolls, together. Seems like a square peg to go into a round hole. Thanks, Clarky
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    It pretty much is a square peg in a round hole!

    If you have a drill-press and a good vice, then you can try drilling two holes side by side and cleaning out the timber between them to create the slot.

    Or drilling a hole of the diameter of the widest part of the tang and bedding the whole thing into epoxy.


    (For similar situations with home-made knives I've drilled a slightly oversized hole, heated up the tang and pressed it into the hole so it "burns in" the shoulders. But somehow I don't think this would be the best method in this case. )
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    From what I can see it looks similar to a cheese knife. So turn a handle for the opener and drill a hole in its end 1 size smaller than the width of the tang of the opener; ie if the tang is 1/4" then drill a hole 15/32". Put some epoxy glue into the hole, position the ferrule in place and then tap the opener into the hole.
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    Makes sense, Thanks
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  6. 6th September 2010, 09:33 AM #5
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    A "crown seal opener" ???????????????

    Ahh, a "church key"
    So much timber, so little time.

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