What's going on in your shop?

I've been working/studying wood dyeing and stabilizing. I've learned it's a quite a craft.
so anyway this is some spalted black line maple burl. The different colors are each hand applied to the areas inside the black lines using dyed Cactus Juice.
 

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Here are the finished gifts, jut need to put an edge on them.

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Here is the finished retro replacement of a knife my buddies dad had stolen in may this year when his house was broken into.
Was given the colors of the spacers, the handle material, rough dimensions, and guard shape to try to replicate it and make it look like a 19 yo made it so there was resemblance to the original.
It is hard to leave flaws now and say a knife is finished.

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This was also the same man who gave me permission to use his shop and tools to build my little 4x4 from the ground up with only asking I replace the consumables, grease,cleaners,shop towels,hand soap.
I truly hope the sentiment is felt when it's opened Christmas day.
 
Slipjoint. 8670 steel and spring, copper and red g10 liner, marbled carbon fiber scales. 6.5 inches overall.

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My christmas present from my grandfather, if I understood right is my great great grampas forge blower. Needs a lil tlc but still works noisily, which is leading me to believe its dry indside, no oil to speak of.

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So if any of the wise sages of forging have any advice on how to rehandle the crank it would be appreciated. There is only half the old oak handle remaining.
 
That's pretty cool Walt, especially with the family connection. I'm jealous! My great grandpa was farm/home blacksmith and my uncle has some of his tools. I remind him every chance I can that I'd like to have some of them someday. Fingers crossed.
 
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That's pretty cool Walt, especially with the family connection. I'm jealous! My great grandpa was farm/home blacksmith and my uncle has some of his tools. I remind him every chance I can that I'd like to have some of them someday. Fingers crossed.
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Thanks Tony, Im gonna try to build a brake drum forge after i get this cleaned up and fixed so it holds oil. If I remember right there was a restoration thread on here.
From what I have found in 15min of research its a Tiger forge blower.
My grandfather is sending things us grandkids will use so they don't end up rotting away on the ranch.
I want to get the old feller up here after I get things set up and going and have him show me a few things.
One of his classes in high school was how to forge and forge weld things.
 
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Grinder complete

Did some upgrades (Im calling it done)
1. 2HP
2. FM50 202c, in case I want to go 3HP later.
3. Remote switch FWD,Rev,Speed.
The tool box idea I liked, saw someone post with it on here, Thanks
Im building a table (mobile) so I can also grind outside. I made a 25ft heavy cord to reach.

One thing I will do, I know you see it. The VFD box needs ventilation.




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I was asked in another thread for some shop pics so here it is. I'm going to do some work to it this spring summer insulation heat source probably throw up a couple walls to separate clean and dirty operations.


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Working on a couple of drop point skinners. 1075 with hamon, one with buckeye burl, one with amboyna burl. I can't wait to see how these turn out. Like a 6 year old on Christmas morning!
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Thanks Smallshop! I think Ace hardware is going to dedicate a small corner for Ty's sandpaper! Seriously, I don't think a knife maker has ever heard the words you over hand sanded that knife. It looks horrible stop doing that.
 
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in the midst of packing it all up........:sad: relocating and last move...........man 'o' man accumulated a lot of stuff over the past 16 years....
not all bad though once the grunt work is over a nice new shop is underway and will be built with all the comforts of my personal spin on an ideal knife shop.....
feel free to add your take on ideal"ness" ...........now back to packing :sad:
 
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in the midst of packing it all up........:sad: relocating and last move...........man 'o' man accumulated a lot of stuff over the past 16 years....
not all bad though once the grunt work is over a nice new shop is underway and will be built with all the comforts of my personal spin on an ideal knife shop.....
feel free to add your take on ideal"ness" ...........now back to packing :sad:
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I had 8 yrs worth before we moved. Feel the pain. Keep us posted on the shop
 
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