Nicholas Killmeier
Journeyman Bladesmith (5yr)
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Joined: May 28, 2016
Last seen: Nov 11, 2023
Topics: 62 / Replies: 115
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Z Axis Table? Can You Help Me Find One?

To follow up, I found a few. They call them laboratory lift tables. I could mount that onto a x/y table. Unfortunately the good ones are pretty expens...

8 years ago
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Two Edcs Out The Door Today. First Time Stabilizing My Own Scales

[quote name='Ronald Cranker' date='16 August 2016 - 09:15 PM' timestamp='1471400122' post='18037'] Thank you Nicholas I'm definitely gonna have to g...

8 years ago
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Two Edcs Out The Door Today. First Time Stabilizing My Own Scales

Thank you No it's surprisingly easy. Put it in a jar, put it in a vacuum for 8 hours, let it soak 8 hours, and put it in a cheap toaster oven at 200...

8 years ago
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Found A Surface Grinder For A Steal. How Much Do You Use Yours?

The magnetic table on it is shot. But I don't think it's be too hard to fix with a few neodymium magnets. Does anyone know if a single phase 220v...

8 years ago
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Found A Surface Grinder For A Steal. How Much Do You Use Yours?

So as things were coming to a close, I realized that the motor on the back of the machine is 480, though he told me it was 220. I only have single pha...

8 years ago
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Pre-Hardening Scratch Size/orientation

I've been experimenting with this a lot the last couple months trying to figure out what works best for me. I finish as much as I'm comfortable before...

8 years ago
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Found A Surface Grinder For A Steal. How Much Do You Use Yours?

I made arrangements today. It should be here next week. How do you parallel your ricassos on it with all the tapers in a forged blade? Are you s...

8 years ago
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Found A Surface Grinder For A Steal. How Much Do You Use Yours?

It plains the surface quite a bit slower than I imagined. My use case right now would be to surface mill hot rolled steel before stock removal. I have...

8 years ago
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Found A Surface Grinder For A Steal. How Much Do You Use Yours?

Sweet. Thanks guys. It's $400. It's huge. It runs like butter. For knifemaking, would a mini-mill do everything this can do?

8 years ago
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Admiral Steel 1095 - Is It Annealed?

Bummer. I didn't want to badmouth a supplier or anything, I just wanted to know if it was a known issue. Now I have about 20 knives worth of stock tha...

8 years ago
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