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There are area few blocks included...they are in my third picture above. I was trying to determine when or If they could be 'used up'.

Hey Guys, I know there are some very knowledgeable people on here where Rockwell Testers are concerned and I have a few questions. I picked up this Wilson Testor, 4JR for a really good deal. I know I don't need it right now, but for what it was, I just couldn't pass it up. So here are...

Hey Guys, Last week my Evenheat KF 22.5 was delivered. I'm pretty excited for it but I'm trying to figure out where I need to store it. I'm sure everyone can understand that floor space is a premium and I do not have enough bench space to just leave it out (not to mention its deeper than most of...

8 hours to St Pete?? Where in the world are you coming from? I once had to drive from Pensacola to Ft Myers and that was only 10 hours! Congrats on the surface grinder..they have gotten really hard to find on Craigslist for a good deal. I got lucky that Josh sent me mine (in a round about way).

Watch Craigslist in your area for good old American iron. Those which are better built are machinist vises which have the screw hidden under the dynamic jaw slide. Good names to watch for are Wilton, columbia, (charles) Parker, rock island, record (English so more rare here), Reed, Prentiss, and...

And we are all done. I've been using it quite a lot since I finished it and its become quite invaluable to me. Didn't realize just how much I'd use it until I made it. Front view of my very boring front door! when I took this I hadn't quite fitted the door to the rest of the cabinet, which...

Here we go again, closing in on the end. Not quite sure if anyone really cares or thinks this is even valuable! This is a picture of the interior corner. As you can see everything fits up nice and tight together, which helps retain the heat and keep airflow going where I want it...which...

So...continuation....here we go! As I mentioned, this isn't just for wood drying. It also is for helping to keep drying items clean from dust or contamination as well as helping to facilitate the drying. So a hole in the base and top for airflow isn't quite going to cut it. In order to direct...

I thought this might be useful to folks on here since knife makers often send wood off to be stabilized, but it has to be dry first and who wants to wait YEARS for that? I created this with 2 purposes. First is to help dry wood faster, obviously. Second is as a 'parts' dryer since I often...

I have been fortunate this last year and have been able to attain some vital machinery to help begin my path down this (hopefully) life long journey of making custom knives. For 2014 I will be working towards..... straightening and re-organizing my workspace so I have a permanent and SAFE...

Well, here it is, all the rust gone, primed up and painted to match my other shop tools! There are a few smudges in various spots (that I later cleaned off) from excess paste wax which I applied to prevent rust on the bare metal surfaces of the work rest and the disc...

Well, I hope no one cares that I didn't take photos of the pieces all cleaned up and ready for paint. I think with how simple this tool is, everyone can guess what they looked like. Primer dries really quickly in 90+ degree heat so that didn't take any time either. What was cool, is that I had...

I realize when we (the knife making/collecting community) think of a disc grinder, we mostly think of a direct drive disk system with the disc directly on the motor. Heck, I picked up an inexpensive motor with the plan to purchase a disc from USAknifemaker in the future! I had assumed I'd get...

Huh, ok. So it will change most likely. Question is, what would be better to start with? Something small or something larger? I really have no idea at this point. Anyone else with thoughts or suggestions?

I will take 746. Thanks Fred!

I finished the actual construction of my No Weld Grinder a few months ago (link to the WIP is http://knifedogs.com/showthread.php?29564-No-Weld-Grinder-WIP ). Since then I've been doing lots of different projects on things I felt I needed to get in order before I could start to make knives. Even...

Josh is being very generous in his use of 'maker' in regards to me, but I am in Winter Park as well. I'd call myself more of a 'Tool Aficionado' then a maker, since I've only forged a few blanks so far and have not completed a knife! My problem is I had quite a few projects before starting this...

I definitely agree with Mark here. Evaporust is extremely safe and doesn't have an odor (not much of one at least). I keep a container of it to throw things in randomly when I see rust appear. I've cleaned old school metal shears that were rusted shut just by dropping them in the container for...

This is the paper whose author is pretty much THE authority on anvil repair. Lots of people have used it and their anvils have held up wonderfully. Lots of people have read it and tried to substitute this for that, etc and their results have varied between wonderful and outright failure...

That is just awesome. My uncle does a lot of flint lock repair work and has to forge replacement pieces a lot of the time. I'm sure he will be awed to see this also!