Joshua States
Joshua States
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Joined: Nov 22, 2010
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Basic Shop Equipment

Fire extinguishers. I have 3 in my shop. Files. Lots of them in a wide variety of shapes cuts and sizes. Vices. A Post vice and several bench vic...

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My Latest Sword Project- Recreating The Sword Of Elector Christian I Of Saxony

Truly an exquisite piece Kevin, especially the basket and pommel. Could you maybe expand a little on how that basket was constructed?

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Working Outside The Box

That's a fantastic piece of work Gary. You are certainly turning them out lately, and in good form. I really like what you are doing with the tile mos...

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Spacer Length

I do not have any rule of thumb for this, although I seem to gravitate toward making the spacer the same width as the ricasso. Because I always work f...

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Hidden Tang Guard Fit Up

[quote name='Barry Kennedy' date='30 March 2018 - 03:00 AM' timestamp='1522404057' post='22350'] Any tips on fitting a double guard that is pointed ...

7 years ago
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What Did You Do In Your Shop Today?

Fair enough. Looks very serviceable and quite attractive to boot! I'm sure you will enjoy that building even more knowing that you built it yourse...

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What Did You Do In Your Shop Today?

James, please forgive me the following comment (I am a building code official in my day job) I take it there are no building codes or permit require...

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File Work

One more tip about file work, if I may. I made myself a file working jig/holder tool. Dwayne Dushane shows something like this one in his video on f...

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Hidden Tang Guard Fit Up

If you are grinding the handle with guard/spacer on the belt, make sure you have the platen in place for most of the shaping. Do not use the slack bel...

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Hidden Tang Guard Fit Up

JJ, lots of questions there so I will try and answer them one by one starting with the first and the last ones together. Most of these are going to sh...

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* Editing Photos For The Internet *

Resizing and editing photos just became easy and free:br /> Enter the site by clicking the two chevrons at the bottom of the page. Choose the Edit...

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What Did You Do In Your Shop Today?

I like that round roof. Got any photos of the roof framing?

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Hidden Tang Guard Fit Up

[quote name='JJ Simon' date='19 March 2018 - 06:19 PM' timestamp='1521508753' post='22273'] My biggest trouble. The biggest sticking point for me ...

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Handle Material

[quote name='Dean pavia' date='22 March 2018 - 08:16 AM' timestamp='1521731779' post='22294'] Karl, would you be so kind to share where you get your...

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What Did You Do In Your Shop Today?

Wow, what a view James! The pavers look great from Arizona! I have been considering putting pavers in my next shop. My knees hate walking ...

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