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Yep it's only the gators but they work GREAT

That's interesting... I absolutely SOAK my gator trizacts (337 dc) which aren't rated for water and they hold up great - been doing it for years. The normal trizacts (non gator) don't though so maybe that's what you are referring to?

Don't see why it wouldn't work... It's how I grind minus the tilted platen. She's probably tilting it due to height so she can still look down the platen and see what's going on

The seller said they were "display anodized" rather than "full anodized" because they aren't thick enough... Whatever that means. I just ordered some of these, seem much higher quality and I'm getting them in gold and black. These are much thicker too, .8mm. They run about $1 ea though so more...

No, not other than an ambient air dust extractor... No issues with that though

Edges are rough and scratches and dings on many of them. Just ordered some others today though, so we'll see!

Well got the cards in! They are plenty thick at .4mm but I'm disappointed with the quality... The edges are chewed up slightly and the faces of the cards have dings and scratches on them. Still, here's what it looks like:

This set up likely won't... It's barely using any water to create a cold light mist to be sprayed on the blade directly. I use 2 x dual misters that are below my platen wheel (2 inside the belt, 2 outside) and soak the belt completely. It does cut down on dust but doesn't completely eliminate it.

The ones I got were off etsy and are .45mm thick (around .020 ") so we shall see

I just ordered some blank black anodized aluminum business cards... Gonna laser my own authenticity cards - so I don't have to hand write them lol

Quick wip video showing the different aspects of making a reblade (or other folder blade)

Try the TRM neutron, it's a sweet little folder on pb

I wonder if you could do a deep etch then put some sort of black enamel in it, sort of like what people who do hand engraving do?

Yeah I agree with the above... I do my plunges with no radius on my platen edges, makes it crisper imo

I just used my bandsaw... Was a little chippy when I cut and when I milled flat but the final Sanding removed all that. You just have to leave enough extra to sand down haha

Just finished up my first tapered tang!

That looks amazing, still have no clue how you manage that! Reminds me somewhat of JB Blades knives where he carves veins in them! Check out this piece... You can see the carving he does, similar to yours just more involved I suppose. Yours looks killer though on that one you finished recently!

IMG was my favorite before I got a laser

Welcome to the KD forum! Do you make knives too? or use them each day to make delicious meals? :)

Absolutely beautiful John! The theme flows so well together. Can't imagine how many hours you have into this build... That backspacer alone had to take forever! Nice work!