Thread: What are you working on?

Neat idea Richard. Great pinning surface.

Ok, next time I'm at the antique stroe guess what I'm looking for! Great Idea Richard, I see these old irons all the time. I'm still using an old 28oz California framing hammer as my anvil. It actually works quite well, but I'd like to take the hammer back it to work for the odd time we set trusses on our new homes.

I have just made the decision that I am going to build my own 2x72 belt grinder. I wont get started for a little while have to gather parts and what not but it is going to happen. I have been bit by the build bug and its time for more cowbell! Have a good one gents

Step right up and place your bets boys! Shave of the day, or cut of the day, which will be the next thread I post in? Odds are 3 to one in favor of cut of the day! Either way, the work station is set up, and it's going to be a mighty showdown! First up: Morley & Sons clover touch up on a Welsh Thuringian:



Ok, to be fair I touched this up before I imbibed. Second in line (took a little nip or 5 while working on this) - the Torrey:



Probably hard to tell, but I checked the width of the spine with a digital caliper and it was within .002" down the length. Good enough for me. Then I set about ensuring the edge would be approximately within the same tolerance from the spine. Also reshaped the toe and heel ever so slightly so it doesn't look like a total hack job. I like the results.

Next on the list was the wedge. The way the bevel was shaping up I was expecting to find a thin spine at the toe and a bit fat between the bevel and spine around the mid section. What I actually found was a thick spine at the toe (almost .010" too meuch!) And a fat heel bevel to spine (.010 also! What the h3!! !?) So I thinned out the spine from the mid point to the toe, and the same thing for the breadth of the blade near the heel.

It goes without saying this isn't worth taking a picture of. But now it's .003" or less "within spec" so to speak. We'll see if that sucker doesn't come together a little better now!

Freshly lapped Norton 1k hone, and let the bevel setting begin!

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Packing up a few items destined for friends as I prepare to jump into a side bar project.

I blame steve for putting this idea in my head but there are folk out there that converted old CD burner units from computers into small laser etching machines.
Well, I have a stack of old pcs and parts in the basement and just enough curiosity to break things down so long story short, I'm trying to build an inlay etcher.
Won't have the power to dig very deep, but may lay down a track I can follow with scrimshaw tools and such. The key will be the anduino board and interface I can find open source.
Will advise as the parts come in on any success, or flaming failures that result.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

I don't,,, yet. Hehe.

Instructables.com and hackaday.com are my teachers. I am pretty savvy with X,Y axis controls and servo/stepper motor drives. The rest, hopefully, is pretty straight forward rob, pilfer, and resolder..
I bought a handheld green laser years ago that can burn CD cases and light matches. Bit of a pyro, I suppose. Anyway, this should be that, only more precise. Least, that's the theory..

Yeah B52, that was when I was doing some reading & research on itching & I came across that idea I think on intructables.com where people were making etchings from old scanners so I think even an old cd burner can do it also but a scanner could copy the image you want & I think it was a certain diode used to do the cutting but it was for paper only. I imagine a stronger diode or something might do a deeper etch or possibly etch more than just paper but i need to start researching it again. I have a couple old printers with scanners on them & I have a couple of scanners that work also. I probably saved a link to that. I'll have to look & see.

Originally Posted by Geezer

Sad Iron Anvil
Been a while since I were in the shop. This project has been on my mind for a while.
Starting with a cheap two piece Sad Iron base. It weighs about two+ pounds. Side and top view:
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Drill out the screws/screw holes to within abut ¼" of the top( Ironing surface.)
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Here is the ironing and Anvil surface drilled through with 1/16th inch bit.
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Not finished but you get the idea. The old iron is hard as can be and the $3 price was worth the time.
Sand and finish the surface and open the holes to whatever diameter you wish for un-pinning. The larger diameter holes are to give the pins a place to go when punched out. A rubber bottom attached would be a good idea after the top is drilled

Enjoy!
~Richard

Richard, that is really cool. I have a piece of 1" key stock I use with larger holes drilled in it for the old pins to fall into.

My bet is...
The bottle blurrs your vision to the point, you cant see the bevel to get it set.[emoji38]

Originally Posted by outback

My bet is...
The bottle blurrs your vision to the point, you cant see the bevel to get it set.[emoji38]

Challenge accepted!

Originally Posted by Marshal

Challenge accepted!

Keeeep sipping [emoji482] [emoji38]

For anybody wondering, Not your father's Root beer is a better whiskey chaser than Henry's hard ginger ale. But either route gets you to your destination, so it's all good.

Also, the bevel on the Germania Cutlery Works is coming along nicely. Time to take a break from bevel setting though. Gonna try out the Morley and see how it came out. I've got a good feeling about it.

I work on few pipes and i made some spoon bits for drilling pipe chambers
I get a roung bar of X 12 MF tool steel witch is equivalent of the Rusian D-2 nd it is HHS ramminiscent tool steel
i Made ithis on my lathe and i mill it under cooling flow
When i finish the hole batch i will send them for heat treatment and hardening in a profetional knifemaking factory
Those are pretty expensive on the shops so i decide to make my self snd spend some money