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.02 to.03 (.01/.015 per "side"...if holes has sides) is enough to keep your reamer making an aggressive cut. So if you drill too big the cutter won't have enough to "bite" and this will allow any runout in your chuck to affect the reamer thus causing an oversized hole. On the other hand too...

I have never installed a stop pin but I ream holes almost every day.... If it were me I would drill ~.03 smaller than your reamer and ream .0003 to .0005 smaller than your pin for this application . Also stopping your spindle once you get through your material and not having it spin when you...

I figured it would be a simple solution. None of the others had it so I just thought it unusual. Thank you for putting up with and doing away with some of my ignorance. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

I just received an order of handle material from bell forest and a set of scales has wax on it... I have no idea where to go from here and I am beginning to feel foolish for asking since it is probably a non-issue for most folks but I'm not wood worker and the (limited) success I have had with...

Not yet lol I only have 2 finished knives under my belt but it sounds like something I would do.

I'm at work now....so she's on the 2nd draw (one of the perks of my job: free heat treating) I plan on finishing up this weekend ....or sneaking out to the shop tonight when I get home....

The "x" on the scales is a genius idea, I messed up the bookmatch on my last knife and that would have saved it. Also, more on topic...I have a chunk of 2x4 that I wood glue 60 grit sandpaper to and rub my scales on it, simultaneously flattening and texturing them....there is probably a...

Wow...that is impressive. You are a damn fine craftsman sir.

Beautiful. I hope to tackle a kukri one day (metaphorically of course) I'm curious about the details of how you got the design cut out of the blade...I would guess wire edm...

I would guess that your welds got hot with everything else and let go....Maybe weld it a little hotter next time?...better penetration and whatnot. I don't know how big (heavy)the billet is but I would think your buzz box to be sufficient. Disclaimer, I am neither a welder nor a blacksmith...

More specifically, it is air quenched. You still need to draw it, preferably twice.

Thanks, I'll look him up and see if I can pick his brain.

More specifically, tapered fullers.... I saw a knife somewhere the other day with tapered "teardrop" fullers on it and thought to myself "self,we can do that"... so I headed for my calculator and did some trig and geometry to figure out depth/angle ratios and all that stuff that makes you feel...

Beautiful blades sir.

I can imagine, I'm guessing antler is an olfactory delight as well?

Thanks. I look forward to see it. Thanks, I plan to keep at it but my bothersome employment keeps interfering. I look forward to showing them, I need criticism and direction to progress, I'll stagnate and burn out if I don't learn and improve. Thank you...I attribute most of it to dumb luck...

This is number one, made from an old file with buffalo horn scales, I made a plethora of mistakes and learned a lot. Here is number two, I tried to apply what I learned from number one to th his one and it turned out better but I discovered many new learning opportunities (to be applied to...

Hello, my name is Ian. I'm very new to knifemaking (currently working on my 3rd blade).I have lurked a bit on here and found quite a bit of helpful information so I figured I should join so I might be able to find solutions to my specific mistakes/problems and hopefully one day be able to return...