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    Peters heat treatment

    I use and am quite happy with Peters heat treat. CW
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    contact wheel questions.

    I can tell you from personal experience that both are great to a experienced knifemaker. Personally I would probably prefer Poly if it were just me in the knifeshop. But recently a 5" poly wheel I found had really grooved up corners and sides of the poly. I found a in-experienced friend had...
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    Bread knife from bandsaw blade.

    Man that looks nice. I like how you left the bandsaw teeth. Lets people know what it was in its former life. Plus you could use it to cut something harder that you did not want to use your scallops on. CW
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    OK Dogs, get over there and vote!

    Just went and done just that. CW
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    Going Full Time...

    Holy Crap, Cant believe you finally went and did it. Super congrats and I cant wait to catch up with you again at Blade this year. CW
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    Cool find , but need a little help

    I just checked out the links Josh linked. It appears all the diagrams show the AC power going to the Red master on/off switch. And the motor wires (Blue and brown I am guessing) go to the Fwd/Rev switch. Goodluck CW
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    Digital Height Gauge

    Wait and get the carbide edge one, Buy once. I use mine to scribe all kinds of stuff. I just scribed the bottom of a kydex holster yesterday that needed 3/4 cut off of it for a shorter barreled gun. I mostly use it to scribe two lines on the edge before grinding though. The reason I say get the...
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    Making some ofset hammers

    They look nice I have always wanted to try one of those style hammers. CW
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    Satin and Matte finishes by Blasting and Tumbling

    I usually used Half glass beads and half aluminum oxide as my favorite go to Bead blast formula. I forget right now the grit size but can get back to you. CW
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    Im the new dude

    You should pick it up pretty easily I have a feeling. WHere you out of in NC? CW
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    Been busy building tools

    Excellent job on the forges and the tools. CW
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    Garden hoe head

    Nice job on the hoe looks very well done. But you cant talk about your home brew powerhammer and then not show pics. Thats just mean. CW
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    Hello everyone from NC

    Welcome, your not far. I am in Fayetteville, NC. Chris w.
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    Blueing / dark metal ?

    Sounds like steel that was highly polished then hot blued. Chris W.
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    Snakeskin in plastic - any guesses?

    Looks kind of like spalted wood that was stabilized and died black. CW
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    Grinder In a Box Questions

    I had a local shop quote me and they wanted $300 for cutting it, You know who got my money. Jamie(: CW
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    Titanium heat coloring

    Heat anodizing follows the same chart as the electrolysis of anodizing. SO just google Anodizing titanium chart. ANd the first or lowest voltage is the first one you will get with heat anodizing light bronze then bronze, followed by purple then blue etc etc. CW
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    Yep I have guys over every First Sat of the month. Send me your email and I will send you an...

    Yep I have guys over every First Sat of the month. Send me your email and I will send you an invite. Not doing it July 7th though as will be at beach. But in Aug we are back on. CW
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    Congratulations, Steve Randall, J.S.

    His knives look great at Blade, Congrats Steve. CW
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    Shop Tip of the Day - Add yours here

    WHen drilling holes in kydex sheaths to keep from getting dirt/swarf/or grease on my kydex I cover the drill press table with a piece of kydex that is clamped as below. Probably not necessary for black kydex but I usually use grey kydex as I got a large amount of it from work. CW
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