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  1. REK Knives

    Re-thinking dust collection... a 'new' way to do it?

    Thanks for chiming in Bob! As far as matching the air flow I would use the same ID size duct for both sides and only have 1 port open at a time to the blower. The supply side (at the grinder) would be as close as possible to the exhaust duct but even if it's a foot or two away it should work...
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    Re-thinking dust collection... a 'new' way to do it?

    I have never wanted to vent air outside because my shop is heated and cooled... and in order to do that you have to have some way for fresh outside air to come in your shop, which wouldn't be heated or cooled without a heat exchanger (from what I've been told) So I though I was reduced to...
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    I bought a laser engraver/cutter

    Can you imagine if our wives were mods on this forum...lol
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    Grinding Damascus

    I would definitely rough grind those prior to ht
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    Mosaic Damascus in Black & Blue

    Dude that looks amazing!! Great job! I love the pivot collars, nice touch. Those bolster fit ups must have been a pain but they look incredible!
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    Question re: Copper liners on Carbon Fiber.

    Yep as others have said heat is the main thing... I grind under coolant though which helps immensely (you could look into getting a cheap mister from Amazon for that specifically probably). I think it will look good with the cf! Here's one I did with brass
  7. REK Knives

    Epoxy Scales

    Thanks gliden, was this the video?
  8. REK Knives

    Epoxy Scales

    Super cool! Yeah I'm real curious on your set up... From what I've seen you need a vacuum chamber for them to cure in but is that not the case?
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    clamp tool

    Never seen that but that's super cool Ken!! Thanks for sharing!
  10. REK Knives

    Tuxedo Damascus gent's folder

    That twisted steel file work is such a unique touch, beautiful. Great job John!
  11. REK Knives

    What's going on in your shop?

    That looks amazing... Reminds me of baker forger stuff!
  12. REK Knives

    What's going on in your shop?

    Thanks brother, I use my mill all the time to "lathe" down round pieces haha
  13. REK Knives

    What's going on in your shop?

    Give me a call sometime :)
  14. REK Knives

    What's going on in your shop?

    Just finished this video up for my last custom I made, should interest all you folder makers out there anyway haha. It's super condensed but shows a little of all my processes
  15. REK Knives

    Pro tip

    Yeah that would be nice! But I use metric as well as sae taps so I generally just pull up a pdf on my phone lol
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    Pro tip

    It goes super well with my custom organizer I built , the card goes on the wall right next to it!
  17. REK Knives

    Pro tip

    If you don't have one of these you really are missing out... Especially if you ever wanna make folders. I use it all the time!!
  18. REK Knives

    Those Yellow Bellied French Knife Grinders

    Can you imagine the neck pain from doing that all day? No WAY haha
  19. REK Knives

    What's going on in your shop?

    Released a handful of my midtech front flippers the other day!
  20. REK Knives

    First one of 2023, start the year off with something bright

    Nice knife and the photos are impressive! Great job
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