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Anyone ever use their belt grinder to sharpen carbide tipped lathe bits? I find myself in this situation, all of a sudden, and my standby blaze orange belts aren't getting it done. Are there any belts that will cut carbide or am I stuck doing this by hand with a diamond bench stone?

I have a request for a "head turning meat cleaver" for a guy to use in a restaurant as he preps food. Since this is a fully health department inspected facility, anything porous is pretty much out as I understand it. Is stabilized wood okay? I assume Micarta is fine and wood, even well sealed...

This is a commissioned blade and the client had to back out for financial reasons by the time I got it finished, so it is offered here. Full tang blade made from CPM154CM, hand ground from barstock by me, professionally heat treated (by our own Gene Martin) with a liquid nitrogen cryo quench...

To make a long story short this has been a nightmare build, and this close to finishing yet another problem crops up. The anvil pin for the strap retainers I got to try is waaaaay too short for a built up sheath. I hate snaps. Thoughts and options!?!?!? I'm not getting anywhere and tired...

This is why I love working with this local wood!

I'm trying ironwood for the first time, departing from my favorite mesquite <sniff sniff> for a while. Ugh. I put on a new 120 grit Norton AO belt and went to town. Seconds later I have smoke! Instant scorching! So I slow down to medium speed on my grinder and start moving fast to keep heat...

O-1 hunter Texas Scandi/Swede (Twede!) in ATS-34 Mesquite and Texas Ebony I love local woods. So do the locals!

Howdy all! I lurk here occasionally but till now Bladeforums is my only posting place on knife type forums. I am a hobby maker, on and off for about 8 years now, but only total less than 50 blades or so. I'm an Electrical Engineering group leader by trade, and EE by education. Feel free to...