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    What’s a good lube for sanding wood??

    Not if you’re just sanding bare wood. Just sand in progressively finer grits until you get to your final grit. For sanding a finish, I use water or the finish you’re using, IOW, wet sanding. Having said that, it is sometimes useful to wet the wood with water and sand off the little fingers...
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    Iron Wood tips please

    im late to the party and have almost no experience making knives. BUT, I've made a lot of cabinets and other furniture finished with Watco. Rub it in with 600 W/D sandpaper and do at least three, maybe as many as five, coats. Babies don't have butts as smooth.
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    OTF Auto Build

    No doubt about her skills on the revolver. When she lacked the tools, she made them. She doesn't hide screw ups but shows how she recovered. I wish she had showed the action of the OTF a bit more thoroughly, though. Looking forward to her next one.
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    OTF Auto Build

    For your viewing pleasure, here is a build video of an OTF Automatic from scratch. The video is by a young woman who calls herself Waffenschmiedin and is an amateur machinist from Colorado. Her previous build was a beautiful 1880 single action revolver, also from scratch. She's really good...
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    MDA Slipjoint WIP

    I saw this on HSM, too. Man, that is one stunning slippie! Great job!! Bruce
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    Tents for Weekend Camping

    something like this:
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