Last seen: May 3, 2022
You have to ask yourself when you think such a deal will come along again. You will find many uses for this tool.
Ed I run my surface grinder and my 2x72 grinder with the same VFD. I went the cheap and easy way. I simply put a female outlet in my vfd panel ...
Excellent Point Brion!!! The blade is probably more important than the saw. I like the variable pitch blades and usually use 10/14 pitch...
Ed I just have a cheap 4x6 vertical / horizontal band saw. it is a cheap import that I bought in 1991. I use it to cut anything metal and use i...
Gary I am familiar with the light areas about the welds that you describe. While I cannot say what is the cause of this, I will tell you that I ...
The fact is that there are really not that many Mastersmiths around and if you truly want to get your knives in front of them for an honest critique, ...
I made my first Damascus knives by hand. The things I remember most was the huge pile of scale around the anvil because of all the heats it took. If...
For wider ferrules, do as Karl said and use a surface plate. Use a height gage to scribe a line around the handle that is parallel to the end. you c...
For some reason I cannot see the picture, but one thing that I have found when I have pinned something and the pins showed is that the materials were ...
Hi Justin A couple pieces of advise that I can offer you is to not limit yourself to just a Mastersmith. There are plenty of Journeymen and Appr...
Jesse If you wanted to make up billets ahead of time without doing the initial forge weld, I would suggest storing them in a bucket of kerosene. ...
Tucker This is the clay that Gary referred to: clay from Dick Blick art supply I have also used Play-Doh as well with good success. The cl...
Evan, I use a blower set up as well. My pressure is typically under 5 psi, but you will have to see what works best with your setup. My se...
Cool Bowie. Clever name
I use a piece of heavy steel that is ground to the curve of the S that I want. I clamp my guard between this "jig" and another piece of steel tightly...