Recent content by MTBob

I would guess it's just a casual way of saying it is some kind of stainless, perhaps used as marketing jargon. Any of the many variations of stainless steels will have some percentage of carbon and chrome in it. In general stainless steel will have a chrome content over 12%, or so. The term...

My best advice is to search YT(or just a general internet search) on how to identify steel with a spark test. You'll find plenty of ways to test the steel for composition and hardness. But, unless you submit it for a formal composition analysis, you can only guess. What you bought is called...

You are talented, keep up the good work. Tell us about the steel and handle materials.

A beautiful knife, nice work! And, the best kind of gift you can give someone is something that you personally made for them.

Thanks for posting this build - watching closely.

Welcome, nice knife!

All I can say is RUN! There are so many ways buying that hammer could go wrong. - Virtually no specifications! - The description is garbage - 50 or 60 cycle power? We use 60 cycle, China mostly uses 50 cycle. - Does it have an air compressor too - impossible to tell how it works? - And then...

X2 Thanks for the guidance, I think I'll try that approach.

You may have answered this earlier. Are you using a Rise/Fall indicator aka a Ruple Jig? I've been watching some YT videos of the slip joint process and have purchased some starter books, but I gotta admit I'm really intimidated by the amount of detailed work it takes. I'm certainly impressed...

So that means you heat treated after your final grind, right? Have you found that you get any warping in the blade with that process? Did you Cryo?

I'm late to the party, but thoroughly impressed with your first slip joint. Q: Did you use a surface grinder to get the blade pin joint parallel?

Yes, X2

If I recall, there are companies that specialize in pouring babbit bearings. Do an InterWeb search and see if that might be a solution that's within your budget. Another "possible" option is to reassemble the bearings and line bore the existing babbit so it's oversized. In addition machine...

IMHO, that's not that good. .0005 (half thousand), in an inch, perhaps. Again, depends on your application. I'd need to refer back to some old lathe books but I think striving for tolerances of +/- .0001 (one tenth of a thousandth) in a foot is more common. But... it all depends on the...

Here's a couple close-ups of what these wheels look like. The Red ChiCom wheel shows the cross section segments in the wheel. The material texture is much different than either a standard Scotch Bright pad, or a conditioning belt. I'm curious to see how long these wheels will last. Though they...