I have used that mill on virtually every knife I've made since '99 or 2000. I'd be lost without it. [quote name='justin carnecchia' date='04...

The basic forging area:

These are shortly after I moved to Minnesota and the whole shop was not complete. But one thing I did was place high shelves on the walls. Stout she...

I'll post up a few pictures of some things going on in my shop. I put my forges - 3 - on wheels so I can roll them out of the way: ...

Didja ever stop and consider how you can only access your work benches from one side? If I had the space and extra footage, I'd have a work bench ru...

I just have a minute here so toss in some ideas. Seems like this topic could almost be broken down into several month's topics. Tongs alone could ...

My thoughts are that the oven needs to equalize at any target temp for more than 10 minutes. When I'm working with a cold oven and I'm going to temp...

I literally found most of that pipe sticking out of the ground. It is pretty irrelevant what sizes you use as long as one fits in the other. Couple ...

It takes my Even Heat 1 full hour to cool off from 1500 to 400 with the door partially open. Then I close the door and wait for it to "find" itself ...

After finally reading the instructions on Tung oil, that's what I now use on most woods.

Just make a little scratch on the french curve itself and place it in the same location on the opposite side. [quote name='Jeremy Lindley' date='...

Yes. [quote name='Rob Watson' date='03 March 2014 - 02:02 PM' timestamp='1393876938' post='10038'] awesome Karl - thank you very much ! ap...

Nice, Steve. I could see that taking some "acquaintance" time, but quite beneficial in the long run. I'm getting a new grinder with an articulating ...

Here is a little visual assistance on my process. The ground blade: I have used a French curve to determine where I want my false edge...