Travis I have had the wood for about six months or so and have gotten ironwood from them before but used it for fix blades and have never had this problem. The slip joint I finished this weekend was dead flush with the 416 stainless bolsters that I soldered on and they have shrunk quite a bit...
I have made two slip joints with ironwood from arizona ironwood and both pieces have shrunk down a little past the bolsters. I worked them slow and tried my best to not get the bolsters to hot, and they were both smooth with the bolsters and on the second one I even let it sit over night before...
You commented on a post of mine about an etcher. I have the ground from the transformer and hooked up a ground on the side like the plans showed. Are you saying take all of the grounds loose. I put a meter on it and I get 24 volts ac but when I switch to dc the meter read -24 volts so I swamp...
I did it just like he said on his tutorial. I wired the on off on switch wrong then when I figured it out I wired it up right. when I checked it with a voltage meter ac was 24 volts but the dc read negative 24 volts so I swap the leads on the meter and it read 24 volts. I tried it and it etched...
I just built an etcher from chris crawfords website and tried it out today but it doesn't remove metal and doesn't mark very good. It is filling my stencil up with a black residue. Should I try a different etching solution or could it be something else? Any help will be much appreciated.
Just finished this last week HHH Feather Damascus, Desert Ironwood, 410 stainless liners, 416 pins and bolsters. Bolsters soldered on and pivot bushing.
First try at a damascus blade. Feather pattern from HHH, Desert Irowood handles, 416 soldered bolsters, 410 .040 thick liners and blade has bushing in pivot. A few mistakes but overall pretty good.
Price is $225.00 Includes shipping. PM me for payment details
Blade Material - .093 HHH Feather Damascus
Handle Material - Desert Ironwood
.040 Stainless Steel Liners
Bolsters are 416 Stainless Steel and Soldered
416 Stainless Steel Pins
Handle length is 4"
Blade Length is 3 1/8"...