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Just in case ya'll have not seen this video on Japanese sword making it's well worth watching

Folks, there are pros 'n cons to getting old... I don't mean just "older", but OLD!! I'm almost 77 these days and while I do fully enjoy my retirement, there are couple things that come up to bite me more often than ever before. Like walking into a room, then can't remember why I'm in the room...

Hello ya'll. I've been wanting a way to help prevent burning a blade while grinding - and with thin kitchen knives it sure is easy to get a dark brown - or heaven forbid a blue tint while grinding. I dip in water each pass when grinding HT'd SS like AEB-L, etc. I wondered about a water cooled...

OK, on USAKnifemaker I see they have "302 Stainless Steel Shim for Damascus" with no info on what it's used for. Is this for layering Damascus much like using a layer of nickle between layers of carbon steel to see a nice bright line in the final billet? Just what is it used for? Inquiring...

Well, based on a suggestion from reading a recent dust collection thread I decided to change my setup around some. I moved it from center of room where the only dust collection was below the platen to the wall. There I took somebody's suggestion about adding a collection point behind the drive...

Well Chris did it again - cost me money. After reading his thread on the Ortur Laser Master 3 and how well it engraved metal I ordered one also. Got it yesterday and must say I'm well pleased with how well it works. Here's on example how well it engraves 64 Rc 26C3 metal: I'm still learning...

Hello ya'll. I wound up with a spare brand new HR-150A Rockwell Tester and would love to sell it. Shipping is darn expensive, quotes I've had for 250 lb package were well over $300. If somebody is close enough to pickup here, I'd sell it for $1,000 - a good bit less than I paid for it. Just...

Have ya'll seen these type hose clamp tool? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XWLDZC4/ I had never heard or seen that type of tool before. Here they are in action: That guy makes it look really easy to clamp a hose. It's not that hard, but does take a couple times to practice. I made one...

Yep, I now have a power hammer..... well, it's a little 3D printed power hammer. I call it "Little Yellar" since I used yellow filament for printing. All credit goes to Joonas Träskelin for the files. Files are located at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5776659 My hammer is just a simple...

This is a 17 minute video of a Japanese knife factory tour that seems worth watching. I'd LOVE to see what price those knives sell for here in USA.

I wonder if I'm the only person around that can walk thru shop, stop, look around at all the tools sitting there, then feel a nice soft feeling of contentment just looking at the tools in the shop? I grew up on a farm where we used old tractors and worked to keep them running. Seems like the...

Here's a punch set a buddy gave me over the weekend. An Osborne K156 Punch set. It's missing the 1/4" punch and was missing the self centering punch holder. Yesterday I made the one shown - it's spring loaded so works just like the original does. I sorta impressed myself :)

I don't know anything about this VFD. RedBeard on YT just purchased one for a disk grinder. It's the standard NEMA 1 housing like all the other cheap Chinese VFDs. BUT - for $115.37 shipped (+ taxes) it's by far the least expensive option around for a 110 vac input VFD that I've seen. This...

I've always been impressed with the copper line in the blade. I did this one with a .070" of 26C3 core, a .030" layer of copper on each side, with a 3/16" of 1075 on each side. After forging and shaping I got this skinner. It's still a bit rough in the ricasso area. It seems the tong hole is...

Here's the link for $212 shipped for a 10 liter dewar. I paid $300 for my 10 liter dewar of same name a yr agol https://www.ebay.com/itm/110963759699

I'll share my experience with the Chinese ShoePatcher sewing machine. First allow me to say for sure I don't think it is anywhere near as good as a Cobra 4 or Cowboy sewing machine, but at cost of $125 compared to $2500 to $3000 I can piddle some. For the professional where time is money and...

Hello ya'll, I got one of those cheap manual Chinese walking foot sewing machines. I'm pretty impressed with how well it works. A big question I have is what size thread to use? I've been using a fairly large waxed thread and artificial sinew for hand sewing. I expect the wax on the thread would...

Hello Ya'll. This short video shows a powerfeed I built for the Grizzly G0619 milling machine. It uses an Arduino microcontroller as brains to drive the LCD and a NEAM 24 Stepper motor. It runs from zero to 160 RPM with a feedrate of 0.5 IPM to 16.0 IPM. I noted the IPS text on the display...

Does anybody have a way to contact those folks other than email? On Oct 13th I placed an order for $150 of sanding belts, got an acknowledgement same day. Since then I've not heard a thing. I sent a follow up email Oct 22nd with no response. Under contact info there is only a mailing address...

Hello all, there are lots of folks here who have much experience with forging presses and several who are building presses. I see that Coal Iron has bronze wear plates on all their presses where there are sliding parts. Most of the home-built presses I've read about seem to use steel on steel...