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    Prayer request for my wife

    Lord we Lift up our sister before you so she may received Your healing as promised in your word we know this will be so as it is in Your Word we also lift up all those treating her and ask that You grant then steady hands and knowledge so they may do their best for Your servant we ask all this...
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    opinions on new to me, belt, 3M 577F

    Thanks mate , these are 3M ceramic, and sorry we dont get a lot of stuff here you do , and so have never heard of VSM , but will look them up cheers
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    opinions on new to me, belt, 3M 577F

    guess the shop dont sell these , never mind , cheers
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    Looking for good supply/supplier of Australian Red Malee burl.

    I'm a Aussie , i live on the edge of the outback , so get most of my burls myself , or have the local Koori folks spot em for me and i look after em .. but for stuff i cant get as it aint local or real special i have a couple contacts but the best bloke here is Turning Timbers on Aussie...
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    What size belt sander is recommended for sanding handles for knife blanks?

    i have a 1 x30 just for handle work , its does the pins even nickel steel ones fine , a good range of belts inc scotchbrite clones and i even have a 1 inch leather belt for honing pocket folders to use with it , they are a handy little machine and it allows me to get inside my ring...
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    Heat Treating 440c Stainless Steel

    mate , i have a rep of a do it yourself guy , cept one exception , 440C , i send mine to a specialist vacuum heat treat place , serious , you cant get near what a $150,000 vacuum heater treat place can do , botch 440 at home and you have a shiny butter knife ( as thats all its good for ) if...
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    Dealing with a dealer or something along those lines

    i had some clown by my knives and then pass em off as his own work , look if you make good stuff , its a matter of time before folks will buy , not every maker makes for every person , find your market ( that can take time ) but once there , rock on , wishing you the best of luck in...
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    Grinding jig Tutorial

    Ak Wildman, excellent setup , Thanks a heap for that
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    I'm going to hang a target on my shop wall!

    had the EPA raid me , take my working kit 800 miles away all the time threatening me with huge fines and penalties to test it all and realise a webber puts out more CO2 .. all be cause some greeny types have moved into the small country town i live in who hate veterans and guns and knives...
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    opinions on new to me, belt, 3M 577F

    this may be old news to many here but being in the outback i rarely get to trade shows or get to play with new items from company rep's i've been working with some CPM 154 CM steel and its knocked the daylights outta my regular belts so called the 3M rep to ask what they have to deal with...
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    Spacer material

    coloured plastic plates ? GENIUS!!! , i got everything from gold and silver to flouro pink and black , CHEERS!!!
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    what do you use to finish hardwoods ?

    well been playing with the suggestions the howards stuff arrived just in time to go on a blade i made to demo no power tool use hand tools only .. blade could have benefitted from some more time spent on it to take out marks and such but as it was pretty hard steel and its not a...
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    Spacer material

    I've used it a few times , but it took a while to get right , finish the tang ( filework etc ) over cut veneer ( 1/16 ' or so sorry used to using MM so 0.5 mm for me) drill with timber drill ( small spike in centre with a high edge that cuts the outter edge before the rest ) for both...
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    $1000 budget grinder for part timer

    i just got a bubble jig this week , amazing gadget huh ! i love it .. a gent i sent one of my big pig stickers with burl handle to in the US sent me one back , i have a slight tremor in my right arm and hand unless i put pressure on it so these hollow grind attachments remove the issue...
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    $1000 budget grinder for part timer

    Sir , can this take a hollow grind attachment like what is sold for the Burr king at Jantz? link below http://www.knifemaking.com/product-p/gh150.htm or any other HG attachment ( but i know this one and like it but open to new idea's , reality is most things a new to me , i've home...
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    Scandi Grind Question

    well scandi grinds for my money aint my favourite but do suit numerous purposes , i did one yesterday partially as a vege knife for a gent to cut pumpkin and other tough skinned vegetables and partially cause a another gent in the deep outback asked me to show him how to make a blade...
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    what do you use to finish hardwoods ?

    Scott , Thank you a heap for all the info , i have some of the howards stuff on the way , but as for the penrite stuff , despite what it say on the web site , we dont get it here , see copy of email they sent me as a follow up ( i use Penrite in all my bikes and have a account with them i...
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    Some of my work...

    very nice !!!
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    what do you use to finish hardwoods ?

    mind if i ask what CA is ??
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    What kind of craftsman are we?

    excellent post..
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