What's going on in your shop?
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Bruce McLeish
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Call Gene Kimmi. He's got lots of 'em!Nobody will loan me any elves.
Randy Lucius
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That what I heard.
Daniel Macina
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Good ol handsanding today.
Randy Lucius
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Looking good! I’ve been doing a lot of that the last few days. Turn the radio up and get after it.
Some guys hate it. I don’t mind it so much.
Bruce McLeish
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I (naturally) love to hand sand!Looking good! I’ve been doing a lot of that the last few days. Turn the radio up and get after it.
Randy Lucius
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I wouldn’t go as far as to say I love it. But we all know you have a screw loose Bruce. That’s what we like about you.
Bruce McLeish
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Thankee, thankee, Randy. I am certain that it's more than just one loose screw!I wouldn’t go as far as to say I love it. But we all know you have a screw loose Bruce. That’s what we like about you.
SS369
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Sean Jones
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Very nice!
Daniel Macina
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dang you still have screws!? I’m basically held together with superglue, duck tape, and a good bit of coffee at this point.
Bruce McLeish
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Of course I still have screws. I was created WAY before super glue ,or even hide glue!dang you still have screws!? I’m basically held together with superglue, duck tape, and a good bit of coffee at this point.
Randy Lucius
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Both of your knives are nice! Well done!!
Randy Lucius
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Getting close to having the knives done for the show on Saturday. Got this done today. One more to go.
Randy Lucius
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Well boys, this is the last one for the show. See if I can sell it tomorrow.
Randy Lucius
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Thanks!! I’ll try to post from the show.
Damascus time this week.
These billets have been run once and now are stacked for another squeeze.
I weld the seam all around so I don't have to mess with flux.
A couple of them are kind of explosion low layer pattern.
The bars are squared up on the mill and cut at something close to a 45. I used a TIG to tack them together.
For the Ferry flip billets I MIG welded thin sheet metal jacket on top and bottom and then MIG welded the side seams. Again, no flux.
Here they are run out. The left billet is a straight grain. The right billet is a twist I have low hopes for. I did the first twist on it too cold and I think I ripped the insides a bit. I'll run them out and see what I can save. The two middle ones are the Ferry flip billets.
The left two are the flip billets and the one on the right is the straight grain. The straight grain I put in small W's so I would get a wavy line.
These are ground with a 40 grit belt so the contrast is really low. Once fine sanded and buffed, they should really increase in contrast. This is all 1095 and 15n20
The straight grain doesn't look like much due to the 40 grit finish but I think it should come out nice when polished up.
These billets have been run once and now are stacked for another squeeze.
I weld the seam all around so I don't have to mess with flux.
A couple of them are kind of explosion low layer pattern.
The bars are squared up on the mill and cut at something close to a 45. I used a TIG to tack them together.
For the Ferry flip billets I MIG welded thin sheet metal jacket on top and bottom and then MIG welded the side seams. Again, no flux.
Here they are run out. The left billet is a straight grain. The right billet is a twist I have low hopes for. I did the first twist on it too cold and I think I ripped the insides a bit. I'll run them out and see what I can save. The two middle ones are the Ferry flip billets.
The left two are the flip billets and the one on the right is the straight grain. The straight grain I put in small W's so I would get a wavy line.
These are ground with a 40 grit belt so the contrast is really low. Once fine sanded and buffed, they should really increase in contrast. This is all 1095 and 15n20
The straight grain doesn't look like much due to the 40 grit finish but I think it should come out nice when polished up.
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AkWildman
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Up at work for a few more days and were in a blow,if you have ever worked in prudhoe bay you know what I'm talking about,rebuilt a bunch of valves this morning due to the fact that my scheduled run was canceled, looking forward to going home and getting back to work in the forge, when I left I had just welded up this hawk with a 1084 bit and want th o get it done and i have a small frame handle Bowie to complete. 