Thank you I will give shorter bits a try if I still have the drifting issue, as its looking like me being lazy and using that laser. What's MSC Direct...

Thank you for explaining that. The reason I brought up the laser pointer is I l thought that dot was aligned with the point of the bit. the press I le...

I did some forging today, so I did some testing between heats of my drill press with some mild steel scrap (which I always keep in a separate bin from...

Thanks. The bit size is 5/16ths. For now, I think I will keep using my method to make the lines just because I find it's currently what works for me f...

Here is a foolish question from a proud fool: this is a center punch, right? I use it for marking things like how much material to use to make the han...

Om i felt i should chime in here because I find using too much pressure can stall/stop the belt on a Lower end/budget/cheap o grinder like my Palmagre...

i will have to look into another style of heads for my Dremel. they make some polishing heads for them that i have used in the past, i will have to se...

Yes hamon are adictive. also best way to bring it out is a hand polis ending tip to tang, with no residual scratches in the tang. i will dip my blade ...

thanks.

Thank you. I am not sure how it might affect the structure but I was having a very hard time breaking it so I likely really stressed the grain structu...

A large crockpot is a great way to heat oil safely.