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Thanks Mike. Do you think it's too much information?

If you ruined the bearings while installing them take small diameter punch and hammer them out from the off side.

Had to go into work today for awhile. This was a good thing, while I was in town I stopped by a pawn shop and bought a $5 1/4" drill. One of these knives is going to have domed pins. I didn't want to drill a bunch of holes in bar stock for different lengthy pins. I pulled the Chuck out of it...

That looks great. Is the handle material curly maple?

I had to work on another project today. So not much of an update. They came out fairly straight with the one on the right having a 2-1/2 thousand warp in it because I ground it a wee bit thin for pre-heat treat. It's not a problem and will grind out pretty easy. I use a marble tile from...

Is it a roll pin? If so take it out and tell me what size it is. I'll send a piece of round stock next week. You'll easily be able to pull it out when you want, and put it back in when you need it.

Thank you for the compliment. The porta band is worth every penny.

Kevin are you asking how to adjust it to say a 45 degree angle? I copied the picture you posted earlier. You might have to take what looks like a set screw out of the bar on the front. Loosen that allen head screw on top and get frisky with it. New parts are such a tight fit at times that...

Thanks for starting this. I'm not really the best person to help with design. I'm a hobbyists that has very few knives under my belt. I make hunting knives, with no other experience in other types of knives.

Ken employee cost is a big part of what I do everyday. Labor cost, consumable cost, maintenance cost, overtime, risk management, insurance both health and workmans comp, p and l statements, long term investments, short term investments, asset cost, the list goes on and on. I run a 20 man shop...

We really need a knife design thread....

And we have heat treat success. I have no idea how accurate these files are. In my testing if the 65rc file scratches but doesn't bite everything went well. I use a piece of aluminum angle for a back gauge on the porta band. I cut all of my scales at 3/8" thick. This Koa block was over an...

Looking good.

Nick Wheelers videos are awesome. They should be labeled $2000 bowie knife build along.

Ken this is obviously a topic that you are very passionate about. I respect you and your opinion. So I'm going to bow out of the conversation. In my defense I too have worked in management for 8 years and not once have we ever calculated someone's pay based off our portion of taxes that need...

Slowly getting around to working on these. Rough ground and thermo-cycling done. I use foil wrap to keep decarb at a minimum. After grinding off what little decarb is on the blade, make sure everything is nice and flat with 220 grit sand paper. After getting everything flat I wash the...

Agreed. It shocked me after not being on the forum for a couple of days. Free health is a hot button item for sure.

Yes I'm sure about the numbers. I Google searched UK tax rates, the numbers are from UK sites. I'm sorry you have to pay that much in social security tax. Especially with a fair chunk of it not going into social security anymore. The fact is only 10% of Americans are self employed, so the...

Some facts based on my income vs. UK income. US federal income tax 22% if you don't have dependants, UK 40% even if you have children. US social security 6.2%, UK 25.8%. State income tax in Montana 6.9, UK has a flat VAT tax of 20% on all goods sold excluding food and goods for children. Health...

Not much of an update. I realized that all the 1/8" holes were drilled with an 1/8" bit. That doesn't go well when you're trying to get everything too fit right after heat treat. I reamed the holes and added some 1/16" pin holes. I think that this ones going to have domed pins. It's going too be...