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You can buy untreated Corn Cob from a pet store cheap, or 50 lbs fro 40 bucks from Home Depot.

Just add a dollop of metal polish or polishing compound.

Where you guys getting thin carbon fiber? I need a good source.

Years ago when I tried the tumbler method, I used corncob (you can get it inexpensively from a pet store or Wal mart) with liquid metal polish, an ounce or two, I found the blades just laid on the...

For shaping and polishing pins, I cut a 4 in piece of a bamboo chop stick and drill a small divot on the end, a bit smaller and shallower than what I want the finished dome to be.

Chuck in a drill...

Think I can cheat that by negating reflectivity on my pieces. Basically if the material absorbs the light energy from the beam it will heat up and etch, if it reflects it, it won't,, that's laser...

No wonder... beats the heck out of my magnifying glass, sunny day and shaky hand…

To clean jimps I use a worn 600 grit greaseless wheel with most of the grit worn off. It works great for removing all the rust and gunk and leaves them gleaming. Then hit it with a Chrome Oxide wheel...

Yea, when I dome washers the center stick out the bottom a bit and can bite into the scale so I sand them on some 1k wet & dry to even and smooth them out, I sand on the tip of my finger with the...

“I did line a very old set of bone scales with G-10 once”
Joseph Wostenholm

Shawn, which G10 did you use and what thickness is it. Laminated with epoxy or CA?
Nice work.

The other day at the County Fair, saw a guy at the Blacksmith demonstration, making some wrought iron decorative pieces. He put a wax finish on the finished, heated metal, a black/ bronze, look cool,...

Just glue the wedge to a paint stick with a piece of paper between the spacer and the stick, sand on a belt sander or a piece of sandpaper to shape the wedge.

The paper will allow you to pop the...

I use a q-tip smashed with a hammer to slather the scales inside and out, esp as I had already pinned the bottom. It takes a small amount of oil and seems as good as soaking. I walk by, rub them with...

I thin stabilizers with a Dremel and fine grit drum sander. A variable speed Dremel and a flex shaft make the process easier and safer, use a slow speed, final polish and shape with wet & dry.
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The photos are somewhat deceiving, on some the toe looks larger and some the heel. In the second photo they look even-ish. If so, I would make it smile removing the same amount (not much) from the...