Recent content by D-Yager

I’m a maker myself but am staying with family in Mendocino County, away from my grinders, etc. Looking for someone nearby to grind some pre-cut anodized stainless blanks. Also heat treat for me. This is a simple, smallish pattern, maybe 4” blade. Looking or pricing on lots of 5. Cheers, Yager

All My boy (age 50) came across some poplar logs here in N. Calif and we’ve milled some gorgeous burly slabs. I’m into wood stabilizing using Cactus Juice and love the process and the results. I get stainless knife blanks from the BIG DOG who sponsors this forum, and I make kitchen cutlery using...

Hey ya'll. I’m looking for stainless santoku style blanks. 6” cutting edge, 11” overall, 3/32 steel, full tang, 3 holes in handle. I usually buy these from the BIG DOG but they’re out at the moment. In fact you could use the specs off their inventory item "Chefmaker 6 inch Santoku" blank. I’d...

Couple of more "fun with handle etching" examples. These were done on already completed knives which means it’s kind of a sudden death situation. Like, if something goes wrong, TS. Rip it out and start over. It’s hard to index the pattern front and back. You’d think you could just "endo" the...

Ken, yeah that link to Amazon looks about right. The 40 watt reference is confusing, it’s a 5 watt machine, way too small to etch metal. Logo on blade is electro etched.

So, the laser I’m using is an AtomStack A5, Model L40, 5 watts. This has roughly 18 X 18” work area. Comes unassembled but if you’re a maker this will not be a problem because instructions are in German, French, Mandarin. Oh, yeh, English too. Very easy. With lasers and CNC everything is...

Coming right up, Bruce

Hey Dogs I’ve been working on laser etching wooden handles for kitchen/other knives. I’ve tried a bunch of fancy stuff but this simple pattern is the best so far. Actually the FIRST so far 'cause I’m not sure of the sequence. I see two possible ways of doing this. 1) Mount up everything ahead of...

You can save a pack of money by getting a 2X72 grinder w/o the variable speed motor. A stout 2 HP single speed unit will do the work for years while you look for or build the variable speed.

Sweet! Is the inlay a cross or a sword? Do you make the inlay pieces from scratch?

Apple Wood - nice stuff with interesting "eyes" in some pieces. A neighbor in Mendocino, CA has an orchard and he lets me scrounge his cuttings. I’d guess that there are 100's of apple varieties, but the stuff I get is hard and will polish well. Worst case, it’s great wood for smoking meat...

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Did you sell these? If not I’ll take 10. Big Leaf Maple, right? Please quote shipping to N. Cali, 95460. Cheers, Yager

Did you get your project done? If NOT, why not try wood for the small utensils. I make stuff like this out of super hard woods that will actually cut you. Maybe a 1/8” piece of lignum vitae or ironwood for the blade and pretty scales of figured maple or something. Brass pins. sand it to 220 then...

Hey all. Need some help with a finishing problem on handles. So, I’m making full tang kitchen knives with stabilized wood and 3/16 brass pins, sanded flush. Also using epoxy between blade and back of the scales. When I sand/contour the scales I’ll start with the grinder then move to a flat...