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If that’s your first I’d say ya did pretty good. Maybe I’m old fashioned, but slip joints are still my favorite. That navy blue and brass is a nice combo. Now I want to try one lol.

Something about that URL just screams “made in Pakistan.”

Maybe I should not run so much water in mine and I would use it more! You make a great point, it probably doesn’t need that much and then it won’t be so messy. Those things are awesome on thin blades

Reminds me of yanagiba

I don’t use mine much, but they are definitely nice to have as an option. That looks like a nice kit. My brother is using something similar. He screwed an upside down paintbrush beneath the belt to sweep the water off and guide it to the bucket. Haven’t tried it yet, but next time I need to wet...

This lathe, a drill press, and a bandsaw are the extent of my “machining tools”. Things like line boring, etc would all have to be hired out. I don’t even know how I would get it to a machine shop lol. I’m not doing anything that would be considered very precise, so I’m hoping to get it close. I...

I thought about adding it but it would be so thin that I don’t think it would work well. I’ve already broken up the old ones beyond any hope of saving now, so I “have to” replace them now lol

Got the spindle out today, after checking the bearings with Plastigage. I don’t know what that spindle weighs, but it’s a lot. I could barely lift it. Now I gotta get to cast in place Babbitt bearings out. They are super bad lol. They are oval by about .032”. Now wonder this thing broke tooling...

Yeah I didn’t think of that! Probably would do the same thing basically. There is a lot of cool ways you can weld and manipulate it, it’s an awesome thing to work with. Fun stuff

Oh man I love some cable! I have to check out that guy and see if he has more lol. 1.5 inch is hard to find. I learned from an older local knife smith, and he taught me to put it on the anvil step, and hammer it “into” the step at an angle, while rotating it counterclockwise. Prep is just...

Howdy! Good to have a machine tool rebuilder on here:)! I just started tearing apart an old Flather lathe. I never knew how much I didn’t know lol.

I checked out his videos and subscribed. I can learn a LOT from that dude! Thanks

Oh, they are poured in place. I just thought they would come out easily. I’m mostly planning to use this for center drilling round bars of bronze, so I can cut them into rings I can then forge into sheath parts. I just need it better than “eyeballing” center best I can on my drill press lol...

I’ll have to see if I can get some Plastigage tomorrow. Definitely would make things easier

Just about eliminated hand sanding? Come on now, where is the fun in that! I might have to get one of those.

Nice work! That grind is not as easy as it looks. Really well done.

That looks very nice! Is that the pine?

This will be interesting to see. I’ve been thinking about trying pine, if I find some with some grain or something. That has a really nice color.

Here is the bearing and top cap. I did try to get the bearing loose with a small hammer and a scrap aluminum chisel. That thing will not budge! I thought it would just pop out, like a crank bearing on an engine, but that suckers pretty tight. I’ll read some internet stuff on it tonight. Might...

Had some time to mess with this today. Cleaned up the shaft, and it looks a lot better than I initially thought. It wasn’t galling I saw, it was just babbit goo. There is one groove in the shaft, very faint, but it is a continuous spiral, which makes me think it wasn’t worn in, but machined on...