John Andrews
Well-Known Member
Yeh? Well, Mr. Rascal, I bet you are on the brink of slowing down.You Ole Injun You!!!! If you get any slower, you'll be going backwards. HEHEHEHEHE!!!!
I have the same problems in my shop. I think (scary) I may clean it tomorrow.huh1:duh:
At least I still have my good looks and mind is still intact.
I haven't gotten any work done yet today, ran to store and also picked up carryout breakfast so wife gets a break.
While (IF) you are cleaning tomorrow, you gonna stop by here and clean my shop, too? It could use a good cleaning. I should just get one of those leaf blowers, crank it up, and leave the shop door open.
A fella that's not a knife maker brought a mess by here for me to fix, already ground (shudder) Diamondwood, a rough blade ground out of a sawblade, and some brass roughed out to a guard. He begged to have the whole mess put together and looking as decent as possible in 4 days.
Well, I got er done, but there was about an 1/8 gap between the handle and guard because he cut the scales too short. I mixed some bronze filings via my carbide rotary file, popped it in the drillpress and made filings. I made a paste with the filings and some AcraGlas gel and filled in the gap. When I got that worked down, it didn't look bad at all. The fella liked it.
The blade was of a first knife some old pal of his started and then died. So, the surviving pal rough finished the blade and was trying to make a knife out of it to present the family of the deceased. He left some of the old fella's scratches and other grind marks on the rough blade for sentimental value. I charged him only a small fraction of what the work was worth, sending him away happy.