Thread: What are you working on?

If it works, I'm probably going to convert a couple of 2 and 3" contact wheels I have into a 32" leather flat bed set up. Connect it to my reversible dc drive and see if it helps with the polishing of a few concave blades I have lying about. Got the idea from watching some of those old grinding videos. A series of different dia wheels and some very supple leather should do the trick. Course, this is all speculation till I try.
:-)

I have seen 6" leather stropping/buffing wheel on the net before
not to keen on it my self though

I've had a few chemicaly stiffened leather wheels before. Didnt like them for much except brass cleaning. The idea of the different dia wheels, and the variable speed of the drive is what I hope will make this set up more usable for my turning tools. That and the pastes and sprays I have now I didn't have then..
Will be a fun experiment for 30$ in leather straps.
Cheers.

http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-to...-prod1072.aspx

this is my first choice for a lot of gunsmithing materials including cold bluing.

Whimpy

Turning the last of my Ivory

Hope you'll find again some old ones soon (despite of the difficulties to get some from abroad nowadays in America).

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Turning the last of my Ivory

Bill, have you ever considered using the shavings left from turning ivory and using it along with something like a Urethane and casting scales or such?

Just wondering

I can buy all the Ivory I want,Problem is I cannot ship items with ANY Ivory after 1-1-15.
I have fantasic Walrus Ivory that by law I cannot even give away.
Been dealing Ivory for 40 yrs,those days are over.
Cuda,I have alot of Ivory Powder I use for resto work,all the rest go's in the garden.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Cuda,I have alot of Ivory Powder I use for resto work,all the rest go's in the garden.

I knew that you used the powder for restro work and I do hope that the Garden includes Elephant Garlic

I don't think the average Joe at the post office would know the difference between ivory and plastic. The first razor I got with ivory scales I thought they were celluloid. It wasn't until I read here how to identify ivory that I found out what they were.