I have had horrible experiences with Irwin taps. I did a class a few years ago making forges the school supplied irwin taps.. we had four they all bro...

building up slow and not pushing through.. I blew out my elbow years ago , pushing through an order of tent stakes of all things.. spent a lot of year...

most knives I ship in a zipper sleave , I cork the tip , and wrap the case in bubble wrap and back fill the box with hard foam (insulation) . I mostly...

It depends.. with modern grinders and abrasives hardened steel works almost as easily as annealed so for things like chef knives I forge really close ...

that is drastically over heated the melted scale on the handle indicates is was well over 22/2300 degf. 5160 isn't particularly sensitive to overheati...

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, ...

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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

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...

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...