don't discount the help of JS smiths , they have after all passed, and should have a good idea of what is expected. I had Mace look at my knives when ...

millers make things flat and square, surface grinders make things parallel and accurately sized two very different tasks. for this reason they need to...

do a low temp anneal, at a guess you are getting carbides. For best results harden first then soak at 1150-1200 for half hour or so. most of the time ...

yup if it sits on top it is a spacer if it sits inside it is a ferrule MP

to help my students understand what all the science means in a real application, I use a Venn diagram of three interconnecting circles. One represents...

welcome kevin, good to see you on here welcome to the ABS.

I have never been a fan of drawing on the horn, most anvils are to loud and bounce around to much, my 450lb I am using in the video, also has such a w...

[quote name='jo_smith' date='13 May 2016 - 11:27 AM' timestamp='1463160446' post='16987'] I want to post a question and I am guessing this is the ar...

The fire storms are a VSM #xk870x. For me they out last the cubitrons all most 2-1 . I could barely get 2 chefs knives from one 36 cubitron before the...

I was using these for a bit but I got several batches of belts for the 2/72 that would snap a the joint. like Ed I had mixed results with the customer...

Lin where are you buying those wheels? And how fast is the motor? 1750/3500rpm?

that one was a year or two ago, custom order for a wedding. I do a surprising number of swords for weddings. I had a bit extra on the length (bett...

not weird at all lin that is how I do it when I don't want the pattern to change from forging, though most of the time I use my miller to cut the ladd...

Nicely done!