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Very cool-I'd say a 1/2 a thousandth is pretty darned good :). Might need to look around for one of those magnetic chucks. Guessing you're still taking really small "bites"? Any nervousness about the blades being thrown off the chuck without the pin setup? Jeremy

This class sounds so cool.... Lots of good ideas already mentioned. With only an hour, it seems much more of an overview type of situation for you. It's almost like telling a great maker they only have an hour to go over everything on a high end folder. For you, it's like asking that and please...

I have a mill on order and am looking forward to giving this a try. I was looking at grinding wheels, but haven't decided which to get Exitium-curious to hear how that wheel does. Jeremy

Loving following along... Thanks so much for putting it together, John. Looking forward to seeing you in April. Jeremy

Well....I guess I'll throw a monkey wrench in things... I bought mine for $6 at the thrift store. Yup-some old toaster oven for $6 has done my last 10 blades now. I take that back-11. But that other one went horribly awry. I decided to give this a try after getting temp swings I wasn't happy...

Glad you got to have such skilled eyes look at the knife. I had a bird and trout 15N20 blade a little earlier this year cause me all kinds of frustration. It looked great, but upon testing, the edge wouldn't hold for any time at all.... It was the first knife I heat treated in my new salt pot...

^^^ Looking forward to exactly how Mr. Cashen explains this. It should provide confirmation for me on how I'm thinking about some things. Not too long ago, he helped with a different thread and I "think" I have at least one or two more ducks in a row because of it. I was confusing/interchanging...

Thanks, Matthew-I really appreciate it. Jeremy

Thanks, guys. Jeremy

Thanks for the comments, I appreciate it. Jeremy

A while back I had some struggles with a bird and trout knife I'd made-wouldn't hold it's edge. Finally got the kinks worked out and made some more of them along with some hunters. There were some more bumps along the road, but ended up with 5 finished ones. The bird and trouts started out as...

This is one of the more helpful threads I've read in a while. My ghetto setup may need some upgrading after reading this. Currently, it's saltwater, q-tips, and my plug in battery charger.... Shocking, but I don't get the most consistent etching with this... :rolleyes: Jeremy

Timy- Got an email from a fella that's done this on his own grinder with some advice. I may well pull the metal gutter up over the drive wheel for the little splatter. Also, he said the drip system likely could end up with the water just riding on the belt and not actually getting it wet. I may...

Thanks for the heads up, Laurence. I have a piece of that high temp glass on my steel platen, hopefully that helps. But I'll keep an eye on the belts as I go and keep checking the equipment, just in case. Jeremy

Timy- I don't have a clue how to get a video of this on here-never done anything but pics online... But the process so far is turn on the grinder and plug in the pump. Then I open the needle valve to the right amount of water dripping out of the holes I drilled in the drip tube (which isn't...

I think it's finished...mostly. I did some testing and checking and it appears like things will work. I know I'll be fine tuning as things go along, but it seems that it at least works relatively well at the moment. I got some Lexan from the big box store, cut it to size, then used my heat gun...

Thanks for the info. You, sir have a good eye :). Jeremy

Here's to hoping it all goes well :). Jeremy

I got inspired by some recent wet grinding threads and decided to give it a go. I must say, I'm really looking forward to less dust in my small work area. After doing some research, I decided to go with a pump rather than gravity feed. I picked up a Ryobi wet saw pump at the big box home store...

I really like this knife. I don't suppose you'd be willing to share how you made that nice grind on the top of the blade? I've wanted to do something similar, but couldn't figure out a good way to make it look nice like you have there. For some reason, just going at it with a file doesn't seem...