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Mike Blue, I'm feeling honestly very silly. I work at 3m making tape and we "bumper" idler all the time to keep the tape centered and remove wrinkles. It never even dawned on me to try that! I...

I think what I'm going to do is try and just true the "contact" pulley and hopefully it will track the belt straight : ) if not I will try something else. Gotta do with what we have :)

It's a harbor freight cheapo. I never thought about not crowning both. Thanks for the insight, I was just going to follow what I had read and watched online to fix tracking issues : ) great advice...

I will agree with what Shooter and Mike have said, I am just starting with my first razor and even though I have mills, lathes and the such available I can only do so much with the machines. Mostly...

The mill was nice I have access to a nice set of machines at work so that helps a bit. I am no machinist but luckily we have a couple guys who are good at it that guide me. I used a 1/8 in bit to cut...

226288226289226290 Blade is just under 7/8 it is 1/4 thick and tapers to about 1/8 in at the end of the tail.

226284 Here is what I have done so far, the sketch is what the original design was but for some reason I could not get it to translate to metal so after having the original design lain out and cut I...

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I forgot about the Forge section I will give that a shot for sure Thanks :D

I didn't figure it would matter was just curious as to opinions. Just seems like I have great machining tools available why not use them :D I am curious as to the heat treating as well, I imagine I...

OK I have couple questions as I embark on this. I have a mill available to me at work, is it "cheating" using a mill to get my general shape? Also does anyone offer heat treating on this forum? I...