Recent content by Taz575

This is my main EDC. 1/16" magnacut, around 3" cutting edge, reverse tanto blade shape. Gives a nice tip for fine work, a little belly and is super light (2.2oz) for the knife itself. Super easy to carry and not feel it! If I am going to be doing other tasks, like camping, fishing, hiking...

It's at a welding place. Last time I was there, I had to wait a while, so they didn't charge me for it! When I called, they told me it was going to be like $15 to fill the 18L Dewar and it was $125 to fill when I got there the first time I filled it. I am in CT, so everything is stupidly...

Most are using 10-30L dewars. 10L is cheaper to get and fill if your blades will fit into it height wise, but won't hold long. I have an 18L with a 2" opening (actually slightly under 2" to get a blade in and out) and a 30L with a 2.5" opening. I got both of mine for free at work (University...

Try the oil dash pot (should be 4-5 seconds to fall and sometimes you need to adjust the level near the dial as well so it reads correctly, especially after transporting it!

Ok, so I am running my lasers on a desktop CNC control board. I found out my CNC S value (spindle speed) was 10,000, but my laser S value was only 1,000. Oops!!! My lasers were really at 10% power when set to 100%! And I had my X speed at 500mm/min and y and 400mm/min, so that was it's max...

Picked up a 2W IR laser and started playing with it! It's the Sculpfun IR 2 that was on sale recently and I mounted it to my Anolex CNC machine. I found out that the interval makes a HUGE difference!! The IR beam is .03mm wide, so I set the interval as that and kept getting gold color. I may...

Micarta will patina. The darker color is the outer bark that reacted to light exposure over the years. It's real.

I got some GatorPiss a while back. I was using diluted Ferric Chloride, but wanted to try something different. I usually take my blade up to 800-1500 hand rub before acid etching for damascus. With Gator Piss, I can get visual contrast quickly, but the steel surface is still smooth and shiny...

I leave the mill scale on the blades during the HT and the first tempering cycle (I do a 300-325 snap temper on everything after the quench/cryo). Then I straighten, clean up the blades and do the rockwell testing and re temper as needed, all before grinding bevels. The mill scale ensures that...

Ken, I sent you a PM with the Excel Spreadsheet cut and pasted into the message. I couldn't upload the actual Excel file here. If anyone else wants it, let me know!

$1200 roughly. I have an excel file somewhere, need to find it!

Bark River uses a loctite glue and activator, that may be faster?

Sometimes adding hardener doesn't speed up the cure time, depending on the epoxy. If adding heat, I would not go over 100 degrees. I have had epoxy fail when I got it too warm before. Most epoxies are 150-212 max temperature, so 120 degrees is pretty close to the lower end.

JB Kwik Weld sets up pretty quickly. It's a bit more than 5 minutes, but I usually start shaping the handles around 30 minutes later. It will set up quicker if it's warmer, so I often put the knives in the bathroom with the bathroom heat running to help it harden up faster. Even without the...

Very nice!! Wharton Taylor makes nice stuff!