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Or similarly: "Yeah, but what's your final price with the friends and family discount? wink wink" Yeah... real original. Never heard that one before. Unless you were directly involved in my birth, or in the birth of somebody who was, you're not getting a family discount, and if you were really...

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not making anything. Every maker makes mistakes. We just call ourselves "knife makers" because it sounds better than "mistake makers". hahah Even the masters make mistakes. Now, hopefully they're happening less often, or they're able to be fixed (or...

You know what grind my gears? When I try to engage my feed lever when my lathe is running too fast.... :D Also, people that say they're interested in a knife you have available, but then take forever to send the payment, with no communication after sending them the payment details. Sorry, are...

Seems pretty straight forward to me: If you can make a knife, you're a knife maker. Whether a knife maker is good, great, or "not quite there just yet" is a whole other matter... :D

Very classy.

I agree with J. I wouldn’t use glue and dust, personally. There’s still plenty of material there to grind the deep spots out. You could likely get away with an x weight 220, then a pass or 2 with your higher grits. If gluing scales together for drilling , I usually make the glued “inside” the...

I just finished an oven build, and I debated this very question for a while myself. I ruled out the paragon style swing forward and down doors, because I didn't want all the door heat right where my hands were going, and it would just throw that much more back at my face as well. I also thought...

A quality waterjet is more accurate than you might think, but any time I've required precision hole placement, I'd just have the waterjet spot them, and then drill and ream to the dimension I needed. For fixture screw holes, you'd probably be ok to run them at .003 to .005 under, then open them...

I see that it's got a squared stem, but does it fit in the pritchel (round) hole?

Those are slick!

I might also add that I've been using 600 grit paper on a disk grinder to reduce finishing time (a la the late Tim Hancock). Plunge lines aren't as straight forward as curling your belt over a flat platen, but it really does wonders to the flats, and quite quickly and evenly at that. Granted...

I'll second the "engineered" belts. Not exactly a typical "600 grit" per say, and I can never remember the number designations and their equivalent grits, but the higher grit engineered belts do seem to last a good while relative to a traditional ceramic, aluminum oxide or zirc belt. I also...

What kind of steel is it, and where’d you get it?

Tony Bose will post one from time to time on his Instagram. There’s also a link to some patterns on his web page, though you have to work out the tang and springs yourself for those.

Do you have a picture of something similar? Is this a tapered ring?

You're looking for welded rings that are 1-1/2" OD x 1-1/4" ID? That means the ring material would only be about 1/8" thick, which would likely make it a little too flimsy for your average "welded ring application". What exactly are you using them for? https://www.mcmaster.com/3769t73 is...

That's very clean and classy. Just the right amount of embellishment as well, IMO. I recently watched Kyle Royer's take down build, and between seeing his and now yours, I think my itch to build one is increasing.

Two kinds of people in this world: Those that admit to hoarding over-used 2x72 belts, and liars. :D I'm the "Let's tear the belt into a strip so I can't use it on the grinder, but I'll roll it up and save it because now I can use it as emory paper on the lathe, or maybe for shining boots or...

The cone is indeed necessary if using gas, but the wire welder I have doesn’t have a gas hookup. It’s flux core only, so the cone doesn’t serve any real purpose.

Yeah, I found that not only could I see better, but it gives better access to tight spots. I like the brass protector idea. Well done!