I am project greedy. Every day I come up with yet another project I want to make. At least one. Then someone like Christopher Schwarz gives you blueprints for a nifty striking knife.
Way too many projects.
Bob
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I am project greedy. Every day I come up with yet another project I want to make. At least one. Then someone like Christopher Schwarz gives you blueprints for a nifty striking knife. Way too many projects. Bob Lately a good friend of mine has been tutoring me on top end steel. My blacksmithing experience is mostly limited to mystery metal, OFS and O1. He has widened my eyes to the amazing world of technologically advanced steels. There are stainless steels out there, that hold fine edges with a tenacity that is [...] February 11th, 2009 | Category: Chemistry, Hand Tools, Metalworking, Tool Making, Tools | One comment
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, (Part 4.5,) Part 5 I broke a Japanese saw handle a while back, and I have been needing to remake it. The old handle cracked out. The saw itself is not so bad, but the handle was a lemon. No problem here I like to [...] All you need is a drill with a range of bits, a pencil, some sand paper, two small blocks of wood, some epoxy, and an inexpensive round diamond file. A vise will make it safer to do, and a saw, knife or chisel might make your work easier. A bit of masking tape [...] January 6th, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Metalworking, Tool Making, Tools, Tutorials, Woodworking | 3 comments
Not yet perfected, but it is showing good potential as a prototype. The wood clamp slides along the two bars. The held blade slides across the grinder. The angle and position can be adjusted. After using it a bit, it needs to be easier to adjust and micro adjustment to slowly [...] January 2nd, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Metalworking, Power Tools, Tool Making, Tools | Leave a comment
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