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!

You don't need or want a large long forge for forging the blade, it helps for heat treating. If I didn't have salts or a large kiln/oven, I would buil...

Thanks for the clarification. I figured this was a time that is was better to ask. MP