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Hello ya'll. I'm looking at purchasing an anvil. Both are in the 100 lb range. The left is what's called Italy style, notice how long the rear portion with the holes is? Pretty thin which doesn't seem like that would be good for hammering on. BUT - most of the hammering/forging would take...

A short post here on how I got a mirror finish. I did mirror finished years ago, but quickly fell out of love with a mirror finish when I realized how quickly they got scratches and stuff during use. Plus it was fairly time consuming, sand to 1200 grit at least before starting with a buffer...

There has been a lot of discussion about Grizzly's 2X42 grinder and I almost ordered one. Today I saw this video that got me all excited again, then saw Grizzly has it on sale for $300 with free shipping. I just had to order the darn thing. Good decision? Not at all sure, but we'll see. I...

Has anybody used one of the Vevor grinders? They are sold as 2X82", but easy to cut 3 or 4 inches off the tool bar to make a 2X72 grinder. Here's a 11 minute review that's easy to fast forwrd: Also don't understand why he got the fixed speed grinder instead of paying the extra $74 for the...

Just in case ya'll have not seen this video on Japanese sword making it's well worth watching

Folks, there are pros 'n cons to getting old... I don't mean just "older", but OLD!! I'm almost 77 these days and while I do fully enjoy my retirement, there are couple things that come up to bite me more often than ever before. Like walking into a room, then can't remember why I'm in the room...

Hello ya'll. I've been wanting a way to help prevent burning a blade while grinding - and with thin kitchen knives it sure is easy to get a dark brown - or heaven forbid a blue tint while grinding. I dip in water each pass when grinding HT'd SS like AEB-L, etc. I wondered about a water cooled...

OK, on USAKnifemaker I see they have "302 Stainless Steel Shim for Damascus" with no info on what it's used for. Is this for layering Damascus much like using a layer of nickle between layers of carbon steel to see a nice bright line in the final billet? Just what is it used for? Inquiring...

Well, based on a suggestion from reading a recent dust collection thread I decided to change my setup around some. I moved it from center of room where the only dust collection was below the platen to the wall. There I took somebody's suggestion about adding a collection point behind the drive...

Well Chris did it again - cost me money. After reading his thread on the Ortur Laser Master 3 and how well it engraved metal I ordered one also. Got it yesterday and must say I'm well pleased with how well it works. Here's on example how well it engraves 64 Rc 26C3 metal: I'm still learning...

Hello ya'll. I wound up with a spare brand new HR-150A Rockwell Tester and would love to sell it. Shipping is darn expensive, quotes I've had for 250 lb package were well over $300. If somebody is close enough to pickup here, I'd sell it for $1,000 - a good bit less than I paid for it. Just...

Have ya'll seen these type hose clamp tool? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XWLDZC4/ I had never heard or seen that type of tool before. Here they are in action: That guy makes it look really easy to clamp a hose. It's not that hard, but does take a couple times to practice. I made one...

Yep, I now have a power hammer..... well, it's a little 3D printed power hammer. I call it "Little Yellar" since I used yellow filament for printing. All credit goes to Joonas Träskelin for the files. Files are located at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5776659 My hammer is just a simple...

This is a 17 minute video of a Japanese knife factory tour that seems worth watching. I'd LOVE to see what price those knives sell for here in USA.

I wonder if I'm the only person around that can walk thru shop, stop, look around at all the tools sitting there, then feel a nice soft feeling of contentment just looking at the tools in the shop? I grew up on a farm where we used old tractors and worked to keep them running. Seems like the...

Here's a punch set a buddy gave me over the weekend. An Osborne K156 Punch set. It's missing the 1/4" punch and was missing the self centering punch holder. Yesterday I made the one shown - it's spring loaded so works just like the original does. I sorta impressed myself :)

I don't know anything about this VFD. RedBeard on YT just purchased one for a disk grinder. It's the standard NEMA 1 housing like all the other cheap Chinese VFDs. BUT - for $115.37 shipped (+ taxes) it's by far the least expensive option around for a 110 vac input VFD that I've seen. This...

I've always been impressed with the copper line in the blade. I did this one with a .070" of 26C3 core, a .030" layer of copper on each side, with a 3/16" of 1075 on each side. After forging and shaping I got this skinner. It's still a bit rough in the ricasso area. It seems the tong hole is...

Here's the link for $212 shipped for a 10 liter dewar. I paid $300 for my 10 liter dewar of same name a yr agol https://www.ebay.com/itm/110963759699

I'll share my experience with the Chinese ShoePatcher sewing machine. First allow me to say for sure I don't think it is anywhere near as good as a Cobra 4 or Cowboy sewing machine, but at cost of $125 compared to $2500 to $3000 I can piddle some. For the professional where time is money and...