In this part of the tutorial we finish assembling the pieces together.

Part 1 of this tutorial is here

Put the blade and handle together and squeeze that pin in the hole. Glue it! But only glue the top and outside. Don't let the glue seep through into the blade. That would prevent it from rotating.

Remember that bulb template piece we cut off. We are now going to use that.

Place it right over the circular matching part of the handle and mark the two holes where the locking pins will go. Puncture right through the circles in the template.

Important: Make sure when you do this that the saw cleaver handle is either in the closed position or the open position. It shouldn't just be anywhere in its swing.

Now use your tool and your sharpened dowel to puncture those two holes right through the whole assembly.

Test the pins for a good fit. Make any adjustments needed.

Here is the important thing about these holes and these pins. The two holes are lined up for both the closed position and the open position. You take the pins out and rotate the handle to the other position then put the pins back in.

Put a notch all the way around those two pins, near one end. Like you see here in the picture.

Wrap a string around the notches you made and tie it between those two pins like this. In this picture we also painted the pins.

Put a dab of glue on those pins where the string is so it doesn't come apart.

Now the pins are easily inserted and removed by pulling the string.

Let's continue with the tutorial and paint it!

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