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Very cool.

Nice forge. How did the heat treating turn out?

Art thank you for the pictures. Thanks for the idea Frank. I'm going to try to make this fixture this afternoon. It looks like it would work better than the Rube Goldberg set up I cobbled together. Thanks guys.

Wow Art that looks good. I may have to make a fixture like Franks. Right now I'm using 1" angle iron clamped to my tool rest. The results are better than free hand but not as good as they should be. Do you have pics of your version of Franks grinding fixture? I still can't get my head...

This is where I got the idea.http://backyardmetalcasting.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4373"]http://http://backyardmetalcasting.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4373

Ahh. I should have been more clear it's electric.

So I have this old stove on my back porch. I saw on a forum about metal casting that someone built a small furnace with salvaged heating coils from a kitchen stove. This got me thinking about if I can make a heattreating furnace or a tempering furnace for 10xx types of steel. Could I use this...

Looks good. Maybe you could put locating pins or a "shelf" in the knife clamp for the spine to rest on. It would save time then you switch sides. I'm using a piece of 1" angle iron clamped to my tool rest as a guide. Yours is more sophisticated.

My name is Jake Steiger. This is one of the best knife sites I've found. I just started doing stock removal blades a few months ago. After lots of filing I modified my Craftsman 2X42 in to a 2X48 with decent results. Any how I just wanted to say hello.