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Hi Guys, I'm a hobby-level knifemaker, and make a reasonable amount of 'industrial' type jewelry as well. My latest thing has been Titanium bangle/braclets, which I make by heating strips of titanium with a MAPP torch, and bending with a mallet. Have been thinking of doing the same...

i'm looking to restock my supply of Gr.5 Ti plate, as well as perhaps try out some Gr.23 (6/4 ELI) Titanium in my jewelry making. Does anyone have any recommendation for a supplier? I used to get stuff from Halpern, and I have sent them off an email, but their website has been 'under...

...made using Chad's Moku-Ti, and some knifemaking tools. This is the latest in the line of 'unusual' rings I make as a hobby. My typical 'standard' design features the claw thingie that fits snugly under the neighbouring finger(middle finger, in this case) and can be rotated out for use. It's...

Hi All, I'm looking to finally get a benchtop drill press to drill my titanium and steel, and was wondering what kind of specs people would recommend, from a Horsepower/wattage point of view, as well as RPMs? There's a 550W industrial model going for a good price nearby me, but the darn...

Hi all, have managed to get a small amount of CPM-S125V from chuck and jess at AKS, but have not managed to find a detailed datasheet on it(crucible site says to contact customer service, but there's no email listed!) Does anyone have the old pdf datasheet from their website? Thanks...

Hi all! My latest project has been some titanium bracelets, which I make by basically heating strips of titanium in segments, and banging it into shape around a section of pipe(I'd like to pretend that there's more finesse involved, but really, there isn't..) I put a surface texture on the...

Ok guys, this is going to be potentially embarassing for me, so be gentle... I've been making knives, rings and other assorted things from stainless steel, titanium, and G10/CF for a while now. My tools consist of a hacksaw, hand files, power drill, dremel, and small benchtop...

Hi everyone! My latest project has been a Titanium bangle/bracelet, which I made from a strip of Textured titanium from USAKMS. Did the bending by heating the Ti on a stove, then eventually with a butane torch. Have been thinking of doing a similar thing with a strip of damascus, and was...

Did some searching, but couldn't find any definitive info on using checkering files on blades, etc. I've gotten a 20LPI and 30 LPI from Otto Frei (jewellery supply) and am going to start adding some jimping to my blades, as well as texture to the pendants/rings that I make. Was wondering...

A bit of an odd question - I'm not actually looking to make a folding knife, but rather modify one that I have at the moment. For those of you who are familiar, it's a Spyderco Paramilitary 2 with a Compression lock. Info on the particular lock can be found...

Yep, it's not a typo. I got some prybars and things from countycomm.com, which they say are made from D-9 tool steel. I can't seem to find anything about this steel easily online, however. Does anyone have any info/datasheets about this steel, in regards to its composition and HT info...

If there was an 'off topic' section, I would've put this in there -perhaps some here can help me out? One extension of making knives for me was starting to make rings. Have recently started using Chad Nichols SS damascus, and it's looking *really* nice on the first few designs I've done...

Sorry in advance if this is in the wrong forum - please feel free mods, to relocate! I've made some rings from Chad Nichols' Cheetah damascus, and they're currently at the local HTer being hardened. In the meantime, I've stumbled on a design modification which I'd like to implement on one...

I was fortunate enough to get a block of .4" Cheetah Stainless from Chad Nichols, and have started to make rings out of it. I've pelted the poor guy with an endless string of emails about the heat treat at etching methods etc. Was wondering if anyone else has any other pearls of wisdom to...

Hi all! Am getting some CF material from Tyson at BlacksiteCF (who has great customer service, btw - I highly recommend). He did suggest that if I wasn't familiar with working CF, I should probably get some advice from more experienced hands, to prevent the material from delaminating, etc...

Hi all! I've been using a standard bench vise with steel jaws for all of my recent work with fixed blades. With steel, surface marking of the workpiece by the vise jaws isn't so much a problem. Will now be starting some projects in Ti and G10, and was wondering what kind of modifications...

Hi all! After some reasonable success with my first 2 blades in S90V, I 'doodled' a bit with some leftover and made some rings(yup, as in jewelery) from S90V as a sort've novelty. Am planning to have these heat treated, etc the same time as the blade. They were done with a hand drill, and...

So I finished my first S90V blade with hand files, and it's now waiting for a sheath and handles. It's a flat saber ground blade, with the grind beginning about 1/3 from the spine. My next project is going to be a FFG blade with hand files, and was wondering if anyone had any tips about...

I'm mulling over carry options for a kydex sheath, now that the actual blade is at the heat treaters until wednesday... I plan on using kydex with rivets, and possibly a couple of chicago screws towards the opening of the sheath to vary the draw tension. Does anyone have suggestions about...

So I'm underway with my first fixed blade attempt using hand tools! Thanks to Tracy and Lora for getting the supplies out to me so quickly. Am planning to flat grind the blade, but am not sure if I should go FFG, or to what amounts to a high Flat Sabre grind. And also not sure if I should...