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    Found a brand new handle material!!!

    I found out that a company in CT, Current Composites, makes phenolic (micarta) and Fr4 (G10, but it is actually an insulating grade), carbon fiber and a brand new product just announced this past Wednesday called AmeraGrip! AmeraGrip is a laminate of FR4 and Nitrile Rubber, so it is similar to...
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    Hand sanding liquid? Windex vs tapping fluid?

    Most of the places I have seen recommend Windex for hand sanding a blade. I used Windex on a HHH Damascus 254mm gyuto I made (Also a S Grind) and it worked pretty well to go up to an 800 grit finish before etching and then 1200 after etching. I made up a sanding block about 3/8" thick and one...
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    Chisel pry knife with metal butt end

    Buddy wants another chisel pry knife, but with a metal butt cap so he can use a hammer on it to push it into crevices and stuff. He is in hvac and uses the knife to chisel and pry away wood. Going to use 8670 for the blade. Do I forge or tig weld pieces of 8670 to the end of the tang like a...
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    245mm custom gyuto in HHH Damascus

    Finished this one up recently and it's looking for a new owner! Started out as a bar of Randy Haas High Carbon Random Damascus. It has an S Grind to the upper portion of the blade and convexing on the lower portion of the blade. Took it to an 800 hand rub before etching and then a 1200 grit...
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    EvenHeat GT 14-6 score!

    Found this on FB Marketplace for $150 today! Evenheat GT 14-6. Going to look into converting it to a digital controller, going to test it tonight with my thermocouple to see how accurate the pyrometer is and how it does!
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    Dremel Mill lives!!

    So I wanted to figure out some way to use my Dremel to cut slots in Micarta and G10 to use as guards on hidden tang knives and also to do the tang slot for kitchen knives on a Wa handle. I found a precision Router base for Dremel tools used in guitar building, but the too many screws kept...
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    6" contact wheel recommendation

    My current 6" contact wheel on my combo platen has a ton of wear, 2 large grooves in the surface and smaller ribbing after a little over a year of hobby use. Most of the use is profiling out and shaping handles with a little contact wheel profiling, but I dont think it should look this bad...
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    Shechita in CPM 20CV

    Got this bad boy almost done! Need to do some clean up on the angle from the handle to the edge, final handle install and sharpen. 17.75" blade from .110" CPM 20CV (Crucible version of M390), high polish satin finish, blade is 2.4" wide. It got pretty flexy as I was grinding it, too since it...
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    3V Heat Treater?

    Anyone out there that can do a 3V heat treat/cryo for me? My normal guy is shut down until Mid January. I had to wait for a customer to send me a knife to duplicate the handle shape and the package got delivered to the wrong house and took over 2 weeks to chase it down. TexasKnife only does...
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    Taz575 Photo Gallery

    Figured I would post some of my stuff here! I started off in the late 90's with a 1x30 and upgraded to a Grizzly 2x72. Stopped around 2003/2004, started up again around 2010 with kits and then started grinding my own blades on a KMG, stopped around 2015. Started back up with kits again in...
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    New kitchen knives!

    Worked on a couple of kitchen knives lately! 8" Nitro V funayuki with a fabric/laminate handle I made. Performs really well in the kitchen with the grind! White #1 San Mai funayuki that I ground out and did a M3 composite bolster and carbon fiber burl handle: Got this one stupidly thin!
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    First Damascus kitchen knife

    First damascus chefs knife I have made. Alabama Damascus Buckshot (Raindrop) pattern, 3/32" stock, 190mm tall gyuto shape. Still gotta put the final edge/point on it, but it cuts pretty well as is so far. Handle is green/white denim bonded with MarineGuard 8000 epoxy resin (used for boat...
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    Alloy Banding??

    Is what I am seeing in the cladding of the steel alloy banding? I've heard about this, but never really saw a pic of it and I am not sure what I am seeing?? It is a Tojiro ITK 240mm Kiritsuke gyuto (white #2 core steel, iron cladding with Kurouchi finish originally) that I completely reground...
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    New way to mount a Portaband and some other stuff!

    I found the Harbor Freight Portaband was on sale for $90, so I grabbed one a couple days ago! I was going to mount it in the vise, but it wasn't too stable. I was interested in making a metal table for it, but have limited work bench space for it. Did some thinking on how to do this cheap...
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    Running down cause of vibration on belt sander

    I am experiencing a weird issue on my new belt sander. I have an Ameribrade Fastback, running it with a motor (1725rpm) in a cross slide vise and step pulley/pillow block/driveshaft arrangement. I have a 1 3/4" pulley on the motor and a 2, 3, 4, 5 step pulley on the drive shaft itself (KMG 14"...
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    2 Damascus kit knives for sale

    Top one is a Jantz pattern 61 3.25" Damascus blade, stabilized Maple Burl handle, black Micarta pins, black kydex sheath. $235 shipped CONUS. Bottom one is a Sport Boot 3.125" Damascus blade from knifekits.com, stabilized maple burl handle, orange g10 pins, red g10 liners, black kydex sheath...
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    52100 HT?

    I found a piece of 4" wide, 2' long 52100 1/8" thick I got from Aldo several years ago. I want to make some kitchen knives and maybe some hunting/utility knives from it. Does anyone on the forum HT 52100 for others? I would probably blank and drill and grind completely after HT to reduce...
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    VFD/Motor Questions

    Ordered up the Ameribrade Fastback, Combo platen and small wheel arm. I am starting to rent a house right around the time when the grinder arrives, so I will have to move my shop over to there. I was looking to use the 1HP motor I have now with step pulleys 1.5" and 5" on the motor, 2, 3,4, 5"...
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    AmeriBrade (Fastback?) vs OBM/Diktator/Kadmarsk 1.5's (Type one or SRG)

    Which is the better setup for a chassis belt sander? I will be running the setup non direct drive for now using pulleys. Yes, I know VS is nicer as is direct drive, but I just didn't use many speeds when I had the VS. I was usually running 10-25% speed around 80% of the time (handle work and...
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    Some kit knives finished up

    I got back into making up knives from premade blanks! I've been using a lot of the Jantz Pattern in D2, S30V and CPM-154 as well as Scandanavian style blanks from Helle, Lauri and Karesuando. I am looking to getting into making my own blades again, but for now, the kits are working. I have...
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