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The "purists" on some of the YouTube comments on my video are appalled by my milling. Not precise enough. Not Pretty enough. Not expensive enough mill... They'd really flip out on you using a drill press!! LOL *Note: I'm the first to admit I was learning as I went and didn't know what I was...

True life! On a big machine shop mill this would be a cake walk. The only other milling I had to do was to relive the tooling arm to accept the sliding table. In my case this was necessary to line up the center of my chuck with my wheel.

Yes Sirs, I did surface the chuck. I did it with a 2'' belt tracking back and forth. I plan on getting a 3'' belt soon to touch it up again... just to make sure. I set my magnets fairly deep @ 0.125''. I'm glad to hear my results are in the range! I mainly work on fixed blades so this will...

So far these are my results. I surface ground 3 knives post HT... Granted I was learning the machine here so I ended up taking of more than I should have on them. (especially the top one) To mitigate any warping issues and to see how true my SGA was I took a piece of .25'' plate and surface...

Thank you sirs for the tips! Guess I need to just get better at getting my warps out in tempering before heading to the SGA!

@One Armed Also, what's your standard operating procedure? (belt progression, feed rates, number of passes, etc) Do you ever shim warps?

Hey man, I thought about it, but wanted to keep the build design as simple as possible. Do you mean it's better as far as the results achieved or just easier to use? Just wondering if there is any advantage of having gravity work down on the slide table seating it into the bearings better? I...

Hey man, you are the legend. Thanks for starting that thread! Great design there. I'm extremely happy I came across it! This is way cheaper than buying one off the shelf and it's a fun project to boot! I can't wait to put some hours behind it now.

I figured some of yall here could get something out of this build. This video goes though my "Travis Wuertz SGA Clone" build step by step. There is a parts list included product links in the description of the video. I also have a PDF drawing in there that could help with a build. Thanks to...

Anyone have a recommendation on a checkering file for spine jimping?

I really like the soft, different diameter wheels on your platten.. Will need to do that!

So I finished up this "EDC Seax" this weekend. I really like how it came out. It's sporting a 1084 blade quenched @ 1500 F and tempered for two - two hour rounds @ 410 F. The handle scales are ironwood and they're affixed with stainless steel corby fasteners (and G-Flex epoxy). I also added a...

100% Best Question of the Thread! :p

I get mine from TUS Industries. 36$ for a custom sheet of 5 stencils and it's cheaper to re order. They've been great to work with and their stencils last between 10-20 knives.

Finished up this etching machine build... Here is an artistic picture and the wiring diagram: Edit: If anyone wants to build this thing, I have a full build video @Jkeetonknives on YouTube... It's a tedious build for sure, but works pretty darn good.

I'm making my first 1075 knife this weekend. Coming out pretty decent. I noticed that I had to post-HT grind it a little further down. Seems like there is more de-carb on it than 1084. But it got plenty hard!

Funny you said that. I have another vid coming up on how to turn your 2x72 into a tumbler... I got tired of all the shaking! Very low cost option as well. If you don't mind shaking the screw top container with rocks will work like a charm! You could use large PVC pipe as well (3"+) with caps...

10-4, this is how I do it. Pretty simple process! Cheers

Finished up this cute little guy... Meant to be carried as a neck knife. 1084 2 brass corbies osage orange

That handle is out of this world! @J. Doyle