Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Absolutly untrue Bruno.
when it is structualy sound (the above pce was not) it is one of the finest woods in the world.

Well, the ebony I am used to is a lot less impressive than plain oak in the strength department.
In fact, just recently I was looking at a handcrafted Japanese bokken (wooden practise sword) which was made from ebony.
List price about 1500$. According to the warning, it was not suitable for actual use as a practise sword because it would have a high risk of breaking upon impact.

I'm not denying it's beauty or hardness. But from my limited experience there is a whole range of woods that are stronger.

Originally Posted by Bruno

Well, the ebony I am used to is a lot less impressive than plain oak in the strength department.
In fact, just recently I was looking at a handcrafted Japanese bokken (wooden practise sword) which was made from ebony.
List price about 1500$. According to the warning, it was not suitable for actual use as a practise sword because it would have a high risk of breaking upon impact.

I'm not denying it's beauty or hardness. But from my limited experience there is a whole range of woods that are stronger.

I would assume that any High densiity wood would be prone to fracture.

Originally Posted by Chevhead

I am 1/2 considering making the scales shorter and transferring the inlays.
Of course in Ebony...

This. In the name of everything holy; This.

And pictures. They would brighten my day immensely

Today I started work on my motor and inverter for my beltgrinder. Works like a charm haha

As far as razors go, I'm working on this ERN Ator.
The photo is how it looked when I found it, right now I'm up to 600 grit hand sanding so it shouldn't be too long before its finished.
I do have to make new scales for it though.



These knives are my first attempt at making conventional type knives. Almost finished, just have to hone them and make sheaths.

Grant

Nothing special, polishing a Fossil walrus jaw,boring day

Made a display stand for a knife.

I'm working on putting my workshop back together

Bought a new belt sander because the old one caught on fire, but when I was going to put it up I wasn't quite happy with the layout of the shop, so I tore down almost everything and started to put everything back together.

Got the new workbench up, and mounted the sander and buffers today.

It's bloody mess right now, but it should back in order in a couple days

Just put on a fresh coat of paint on the frame and the arms


2014-02-07 19.41.16 by Remco van de Sanden, on Flickr


2014-02-07 19.41.07 by Remco van de Sanden, on Flickr

Originally Posted by Shaggy8675

Just put on a fresh coat of paint on the frame and the arms

Really like what you are doing with this. I am excited to see the end result. Awesome work!