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If it was nearby I would definitely consider it, looks like it would definitely out work our HF bandsaw

Wow, that looks like one heck of a machine, could probably use some de-rusting but I imagine it still runs good

I'm game

Man I need to pick up one of those M3 7000 respirators, the micarta I have been working may have been the cause for my current bought of strep

Here in Mississippi we get snow every 5 years it seams, and never in any quantity significant enough to get a decent coating.

Trying my hand at this in gimp, I must say I rather like paper compared to dealing with computers.

I need to look at getting me some stock for working into hand tools and hardy tools. Anyone know of a an easy forging, simple tempering(like using a forge for heat, wont have a tempering oven for awhile) steels. I need something that could be used on something like an axe or hammer as well, I...

I'll get me some west epoxy once I get past this rig testing stage TEST 3 highly experimental method: pour and press Hopefully you can see in picture number number 3 that I'm actually working in a pool of the epoxy. it seemed to be all well and good as I was going through...

Lucky snag, I'm stuck with a vice on a post in our shop.

I'm busy with classes, and its about a 4 hour drive from here in Jackson(If I remember correctly, it was about the midway point between Jackson and Dallas)

Thank ya kindly, new rig is jerry-rigged for tomorrow, we'll see how my idea works out. Its a 3/2" x 9" channel so It wont be a very big slab, but I'm going to press my layer count as much as possible.

That's intense, how did you set that all up, plywood?

Yea the ziploc was fine after all, it was just a tear in it. I broke the block out clamps, couldn't manage to wait until Tuesday, but I wont work on it until tomorrow. I really need to increase the layer count, this is nowhere near enough to make something workable. I have got to find the...

Ill see if I cant get my dad to help me next time. Couple questions for you also, what all materials have y'all tried, any paper or just fabrics I have a lot of bright origami paper(I'm a master of origami, years of boredom in classes) that could make for interesting scales. I had one thought...

Well lets hope that canvas wont make me itchy because its time for! ROUND 2!!! differences from last time: this time using canvas instead of fiberglass, c-clamps to get everything tight instead of $1 spring clips, baggy to hold the stuff instead of sandwiched in between two plastic strips...

Oh, I'm not the first, plenty of others have made them with great success. For compression I used 2 foot-long sections of hardwood and some spring clamps, which probably was not enough compression, so I'm going to switch to some twist clamps for the next run. T. Hunter

Will do, I'm thinking it'll probably be around the 4th generation before I can get a good hang of it, so there should be a few weeks of updates, this next one I'm going to cure for 3 days so it sets up good. Now THAT would have been helpful 3 hours ago T. Hunter

Started yesterday working out how to make micarta scales, first test I used 15 layers of fiberglass cloth, set for around 24 hours, which gave me this ugly thing the 15 layers was no where near enough to try allot of shaping with, as its only about 1/8th of an inch thick, though I decided...

finished up a quick prototype run earlier today, waiting until the morning to see how it turns out(no cure time listed on the box)

Ill probably need to look into quenchants in the future, but Ill at least try one blade in brine. I will probably get some of the series by walter sorell, I have watched all of his videos on youtube a few times and he does a wonderful job explaining stuff. There's allot of good reasons for not...