Recent content by Sampson knifeworks

There will be temperature variations in your furnace, top to bottom, front to back and so on! Comparing thermocouplers would only work if they are side bye side ?? Best place is close to where your knives are at in the furnace. Clint

Yes, this was a foolish mistake that I will not be making again! Now I have the fun task of letting this guy down. Thank you guys for your input and wisdom. Clint

Thank you all for the great advice, I was leaning to them thoughts right from the start and I have the customer stopping bye next week to discuss these issues. The customers friend, a knifemaker that made the steel has since passed away, this piece of steel means a lot to him. I am sure this...

Hello, I am getting ready to heat treat a Damascus bowie that I am doing for a customer, he has supplied me with the piece of Damascus. It looks like a three bar composite and supposedly made from motorcycle chain and what looks like nickel running through it. Well I have the hollow grind...

I think the trick to saving any shop vac from the perils of fine dust is using the filter bags that are designed for drywall dust. I have used them for a few years and they work quite well and hardly have to clean the motor filter. Easier to empty, just pull out the bag and replace instead of...

Yes, rubber wheels get harder with age. Not sure if this happens with urethane wheels or not? I am old school and like my rubber wheels from Bader, they have a steel hub that holds the bearings and are smooth and balanced. I tried to save money once by having my hubs re-tired at a "popular spot"...

Hello, You should get a lot of responses here! I use a twelve inch smooth wheel, 70 durometer for most of my hunters. This allows me to get the grind up higher towards the backbone, less flats to deal with! 8" diameter would work fine for smaller narrow knives. I have various sizes to...

Thank you, I will give it a try! Clint

Been having trouble with warping scales when I use G-10 liners ?? The G-10 is .030 thick glued on flat hand sanded Ironwood, I use g-flex epoxy clamped in vise overnight. This has happened to me more than once and would like to know if others are having this problem? I do not seem to have this...

Yes, I use West systems G/flex epoxy with dye added to fill file work. Both can be found @ USA knife makers supply and various other suppliers including Ebay. Clint

Do a google search for 3/16" pivot barrels and see who has them in stock. If you have some 3/16 inch stainless rod, you could tap a 4-40 hole fairly easy through a short section. I will try and get a pic for you today, blizzard like conditions this morning! Clint

I use 1/8" and 3/16" diameter pivot barrels, usually get them 1/2" long and cut to length. This allows you to use a variety of black oxide screws. Clint

I had bought some from admiral steel about a year ago to give it a try again after having problems years ago too, The newer stuff seemed to be cleaned up again and I was happy with it. That's a bummer Admiral quit selling it ! You might check with Texas Knifemakers supply, I think they used to...

The choices out there for 9" disc sanders are slim and the ones you find are pricey. A variable machine is the Cadillac of course, but there is always alternatives for us poor folks! I built mine with a 1hp 1800 rpm AC motor with a reversing drum switch, a steel 9" disk and some steel to make...

Most of us makers prefer a 9" disc grinder, that way you can use 9"x 11" sanding sheets to make your disc and use spray adhesive to attach. Being able to reverse rotation is a big plus when working on knife flats. I have a shop fox twelve inch that I seldom use and it's a real pain to change...