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Done. Will clean up and gift to a friend tomorrow. I'll make more later.

Thanks for reading.

Thanks, man! I can't even remember when I started this project but it's nice to see something finally come of it.

Can't seem to post files from Safari or Tapatalk... It's slow and flaky from my iPhone. Not sure why.

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Having trouble with the images... Here's a try.

Finally got some time in the shop this week. First, I always wondered why we don't see more mention of cocobolo for scales, as it's dense, hard, oily and beautiful. Well, it's hard. So it's...

Omg, apparently I needed one of these. This is becoming a rather wide-ranging acquisition disorder...
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Not quite what I meant... It's true that the belt was caked with cocobolo dust/oil, but I was more concerned about the covering of such dust all over my clothes and garage. Also, I keep such a messy...

Some scales in the works... cocobolo with beeswax rub.
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They create quite the mess on the sander. Is the sawdust a permanent dye?

Finally figured out the heat treat... just had to be brutal with the torch and recognize that my forge wasn't getting hot enough.

After heat treat, I sanded again, cleaned up the profile on the...

Thanks guys. If I get these through the heat treat phase I'll let you know.

I have another thread in 'the forge' about my continued attempts for heating and quenching.

Help!

I tried heat treating today and had 60% success.

The good came from the forge not exploding and the new Bernz 8000 working great with propane and mapp.

The bad is that I think only...

Minor progress... Some hand sanding (just 240 grit w/d).
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Oh, and I tried the King 1200 stone to check the initial bevels... Might just be able to shave with these if they...

It seems there's a 'northern neighbour' tax... I just got two bearings on steep discount for $25 from a transmission supply shop, but hey, now the motor is back together. Not many parts left over,...

I get the impression that for some of you this hobby involves some brief, fun times in the shop that result in beautiful masterpieces in no time... Well, maybe not that easy, but a tad simpler than...

Will do. I traded a guy at work for a drill press and will step it down to the lowest speed.

For now, I am concentrating on grinding, but I down to just the bench grinder, as my 1x40 belt...

Hmmm. Thanks for that. I think I should have said tough rather than hard, but I may try annealing a piece to see what happens. I thought O1 was about the easiest to HT but I fear my grinding is the...

That's great. Next step is to build my little gas forge. I'm not sure about an anvil though... will have to look around.

The removal method involves so much grinding that it feels wasteful and...

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Hi all,

Just wanted to post a few pictures of my first attempts using O1 tool steel and some really basic tools.

I bought a bar of 1/4" x 2" O1 steel and set about tracing my beloved W&B...