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...

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...

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...

Nice looking set! congrats! MP

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...

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...

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 ...

I wrote about this in my Knife Magazine column last June. I don't really have any answer then or now. Is it a forged blade .. probably. is it a we...

That is correct, however back when i was in machine shop school the slang/jargon was 0.003 was three thou and 0.030 would be thirty thou. Oddly ...