Matthew Parkinson
Matthew Parkinson
Journeyman Bladesmith (5yr)
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Joined: Feb 15, 2021
Last seen: Nov 8, 2024
Topics: 47 / Replies: 502
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RE: Forging Bevels

most of my videos are behind the pay wall on Patreon.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDh4aIFID9E these two are older but show my methods pretty well, ...

2 years ago
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RE: Drill bit flexing throwing off the placement of the holes drifting issue

a stiff set up would be a Milling machine, Jig bore or lathe. MP

2 years ago
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RE: Drill bit flexing throwing off the placement of the holes drifting issue

ribbons are fine , as long as they are exiting the hole. from your comment's I think you are misunderstanding the point of center punching. The cen...

2 years ago
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RE: Forging Bevels

one min in and there is miss-information .. not a good start.. clipping the point will not make an appreciable difference in the finished knife.. in ...

2 years ago
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RE: Drill bit flexing throwing off the placement of the holes drifting issue

yes, that is a center punch. not sure what size that is but the speed seems a little slow but pretty close. 3/16- 1500 RPM 1/4-1200rpm. Oil is no...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat loss between kiln and quench

move the tank don't up the temp .. air is a quench medium just very slow. MP

2 years ago
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RE: Drill bit flexing throwing off the placement of the holes drifting issue

1 Are you center punching the hole layout? 2 drilling in a drill press with correct pressure? 3 is the drill sharp and running at correct speed? In...

2 years ago
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RE: Laser Engraving

To mark on steel you need a Fiber laser, not a diode or Co2. The lest expensive fibers I have seen are around $1800-2500 with around 4"-6" cutting ar...

2 years ago
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RE: how do you know you are ready? What can I do?

For me it was and is what the judges will see that I miss. I am sure is is a little bit of imposter syndrome. With my JS set there were things I saw t...

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RE: how do you know you are ready? What can I do?

As far as if you are ready .. Make a test knife and see if you can pass the performance test. Ask your self , do you understand how to pass? what yo...

2 years ago
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RE: Best of 2022?

Nice looking set! congrats! MP

2 years ago
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RE: Heat treat

along with what Kevin said, I have had good experience with bumping the initial temp, up to 1650 the 1075/1080 can over refine in forging resulting i...

2 years ago
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RE: Bevel migrating

A grinder running modern ceramic belts requires pressure to cut, this is regardless of the quality or ability of the machine. If the machine can not t...

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RE: Bevel migrating

I see this all the time in my students work. you are re-setting the bevel to a different angle each pass. To keep the faceting from happening keep ...

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