Hi Matt I saw on another forum you were leaning towards a 50 ton press. I'll give some of my thoughts of my build. I used the Batson book and research...

Joshua your spacer package doesn't bother my eye. This has been a good exercise. I find a good portion of my mistakes looking at in progress photos.

You don't like spacer sizing?. Different thickness.

Looking forward to this thanks for taking the time Joshua.

Have you tried partially closing off the front and back with fire bricks? You'll have to experiment and re-tune your burner.

Hi Luka here is a San mai Chef knife I etched after attaching and sanding the handle , I used a small scrap of the handle material to test it's resist...

Joshua those knives came out great, the finishes look really good. I especially like the blade shape of the chopper and the rope file work.

Kevin if you want a very simple centering method you could just use a drill bit just under the size of your stock on a flat surface and mark your stoc...

I do like Josh and usually go 220 sometimes 320. Depending on the handle I'll try to do as much as possible with the platen (belt just over the edge) ...

Beautiful knife Chad. That feather pattern came out great and so did the wire inlay.

Here's what I did last go round two vessels one with a couple inches of tap water for steaming just under a simmer , the second full of distilled wate...

Finished up final touches on this chef knife today,coffee finish and final handle polish I used thuya,bronze african blackwood.Blade measures 8 1/4x1....

[quote name='Joshua States' date='28 April 2020 - 11:05 AM' timestamp='1588097154' post='26526'] Thank Gilbert. I have to try that now. I may call y...

Thank you Joshua. I try to keep things simple, I just welded a plate on one end of a square tube maybe a 2x4x18 inch. I put a few inches of water in t...