Recent content by Boston_Strong

I didn't even know table saws had guards. Mine doesn't. Ignorance is bliss I guess, till I lose a hand Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Lol, well yes I do wear a respirator, thanks for asking john Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hey guys, i recently started working with 5160, after only working with 10 series steels previously, and I have a couple questions... First off, am I crazy or does 5160 have a very distinct (borderline gross) smell when you grind it? Secondly, since I started grinding 5160 , the sparks have...

Thanks man, that is helpful... I've got a question for you since you seem pretty knowledgeable about this stuff. Is mesquite a wood that can be left unstabilized? I know that stabilized is optimal but I am not set up for stabilizing yet, and don't have the money or time to send it to a place...

Lol I hear ya man. Thanks for the input Sent from my LG-K330 using Tapatalk

Sweet thanks man. And ill tell you what... You should get an award for the fastest reply ever Sent from my LG-K330 using Tapatalk

Hey guys, so I have decided that in my endeavor to become one of the greatest knife makers ever, I should probably utilize every learning tool at my disposal, and that includes YouTube. Im really more of a learn by doing kind of guy rather than learn by watching but I figured I would give it a...

I have to ask... is there anything, even one single thing that you don't kick butt at Ed? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I don't know for sure, but I would say that from may thru July the humidity hovers around zero, probably goes negative at times if that's possible. Then it jumps up to rainforest humidity levels from august thru September. I never thought about maybe needing to add humidity, maybe storing the...

Thanks man. You're definitely right about the humidity here. We hit 100 for the first time a few days ago, and it has been drier than heck Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

So I live in Tucson Az and I am surrounded by mesquite and ironwood trees. Ever since I got bit by the knifemaking bug last year, I have been processing tons of mesquite and ironwood (some long dead, some still green). I read about storing wood in bins of sawdust to dry, so that's what I've...

And you are right in doing so [emoji108] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

...uh oh. I guess it's probably a bad sign that after just one year of knife making, I am so in love that I now sign my name 'Knife Maker.' No, seriously Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I just spent an entire day correcting mistakes. I spent nearly 10 hrs at the grinder carefully reprofiling 6 blades that were screwed up one way or another during heat treat. 4 severe warps, 1 minor warp and 1 broken tip and surface cracks on all but 2 of the blades. Man, post HT reprofiling...

I have read countless times on forums, in books, and I've been told by several people that the buffer is the most dangerous tool in any shop. Well today I found it out for myself. I was buffing scale off a freshly quenched blade blank (just a flat piece of steel, not even beveled yet, much less...