Recent content by amsdadtodd

George, thanks for the welcome, looking forward to learning all the nuances. One I learned this week is to not skip the step of putting on a face mask while sanding these exotic hardwoods! Bloodwood does a number on ones sinuses! Tom, I also grew up in MA, in Walpole and I still work in Canton...

Thank you Bruce! I was actually just looking through the wip page and saw your name several times! I'm sure I'll be asking a lot of questions, I tend to ask more of them after I make my mistakes though....

Thank you Laurence, I was actually just reading through one of the forging forums, on my way through looking for more info. Appreciate the pointers. I would certainly like to find a hammer-in near me, been keeping my eyes open but my corner of the country doesn't seem to be as active as other...

Hi All, I'm Todd, and I'm new to the hobby. I started a few months ago by taking some cheap Chinese kitchen knives I had and the handles fell off. I figured it was a low risk way into the hobby since I was starting with trash, I would either create trash, or rescue trash back to utility. So...