Recent content by James Keenan

Brass tubing and polymer clay, the clay is assembled in segments and is about 1.5" in diameter to start with, from there it is rolled and reduced to 1/4" cane, then pressed into the tubes and baked into a hard plastic. She makes everything from this stuff so when I suggested custom pins she was...

Thanks, the pins are homemade, my wife made them.

Here is the newest one #4, for the little misses

Are you near Kennett Square??

Chesapeake city Md

I annealed the entire rasp, cut it out and ground it then re heat treated it , I think its W1 because it would not harden in oil, quenched it in water and it hardened right up. This one was an OLD "superior brand" rasp, the Bellota rasps I have behaved like 1095 and would harden in oil.

Don't know what inspired this one but here it is. Carved it from a massive 3/8" thick farriers rasp. Hope you like it>>>>>>>>>>>JK

I do have more wood, Its a beam about 3'X10"X3' long. Had to remove all the cut nails. Where can you get wood like that stabilized?

This is my second knife ever, not really sure what kind of knife it is so I'm calling it "the Whatchamacallit" The oak is over 200 years old and came from a historic farm house located on the brandywine battlefield during the revolutionary war, a carpenter buddy of mine was on a historic...

Just got into the knife making thing, this one is built from .250 1075 steel and Carlo walnut, I know It's not spectacular like some of the work I see posted on this forum but that leaves me no where to go but up. :)

Amen, get the biggest one you can afford, you will quickly outgrow a mini mill, plus with the larger mill you can use full size tooling (vices, rotary tables, etc)

Well here it is, my Grinder in a box "in a box" dust evacuation set up, I, welded it up from 18 gauge steel and box tube, the cage fan really pulls some air, it seems to work great! All that fine dust is ejected before settling on my machine equipment.

Eric, thanks for the kind words, here is a better picture of it with the wheels on. The funnel is removable for easy cleanout.

lore, it started off life like this air tank, I welded up the funnel from 1/8" plate

Eric, Maybe I took Laurence's comments the wrong way , thanks for pointing that out, for me this grinder is a work in progress and I am committed to making this mega grinder endeavor work out, I appreciate all the knowledge from you experienced knife makers. That being said maybe I am also a"...