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Hey guys... just in and chilling for the evening.

The damascus batch is 100% complete and I'm getting pics soon. :D


Hey there Bako Two Times. :D


You know what my name is... Mike Jones!!!

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Well, like half the shit I've tried recently, it might suck. I wonder if the HF tube flaring dealie will do it, or if I have to get the USAKM one...
 
Bako said:
Well, like half the shit I've tried recently, it might suck. I wonder if the HF tube flaring dealie will do it, or if I have to get the USAKM one...
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I have never used the hf one... the idea sounds a bit tricky to get right bit I have no doubt you will pull it off nicely!

Ti flares well, if you can find some with a wall thickness of .020" or less it flares like butter in my setup.

I think technically everything should be fine... I really hope it works out well!
 
D'oh.

I got ti with .028" wall.

Oh well. Yeti power ought to do it.

Do skoroi vstrechi, Pizdi! :D :D :D
 
I'm thinking if I start with the method I saw in your video with 10% longer tubing on each end of the CF 'bead', and chamfer the inside of the bead a little, it oughta be OK.
 
That will flare fine too, I have done .035" with no problems at all. .028" is the benchmark of thickness to me so that is good

CF is crazy strong, to me damaging the ends would be my concern but not much of one, just try once and see.
 
I guess we'll see in a week or so!

So, I think I found workshop space, too. Finally. I'm completely stymied by only being able to do things I can do indoors, on my living room floor, without generating enough noise to anger the Ogress in the next apartment. Check this place out- they have a website, too, which gives a little more info on Philly Sculpture Gym.

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/off/3795420343.html

I feel like my creativity is returning after many years of dormancy, and I want to sprint in 100 directions all at once. When I get a workshop, look out...
 
My creativity is sucked out by my 2 little boys... =_=

Time to make the donuts.
 
I hear ya, Sloth. My little boys are named "Boss" and "Boss' Wife", and they run my ass into the ground mostly. I work 27 days out of 30 for them, and I'm thinking of 28, to offset the 38% uptick in my health insurance premium...

I just realized about 9 or 10 months ago, I was horribly depressed, and couldn't imagine life continuing like that. And it was because I didn't do ANYTHING I used to do, musically or artistically, or anything at all. Having an outlet for those urges- even if only for the steam-valve value- is crucial to me. I've found something to sink my teeth into physically and creatively, and lacking a place to do it is incredibly frustrating right now. I can grind a little metal or kydex once in a while, but I risk the wrath of the insane fat lady, and toxify my living space if I do. I'm anodizing titanium on my bathroom vanity, fer fook's sake.

I have Saturday off, and I'm thinking of driving across town and checking this place out. They have forges. And hammers. That's plural. I had a flash of me making cable damascus from parts of the Ben Franklin Bridge after we finally have to seal ourselves off from Camden! :D
 
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My creativity is sucked out by my 2 little boys... =_=

Time to make the donuts.
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Make mine a jelly filled. :D


Bako said:
I hear ya, Sloth. My little boys are named "Boss" and "Boss' Wife", and they run my ass into the ground mostly. I work 27 days out of 30 for them, and I'm thinking of 28, to offset the 38% uptick in my health insurance premium...

I just realized about 9 or 10 months ago, I was horribly depressed, and couldn't imagine life continuing like that. And it was because I didn't do ANYTHING I used to do, musically or artistically, or anything at all. Having an outlet for those urges- even if only for the steam-valve value- is crucial to me. I've found something to sink my teeth into physically and creatively, and lacking a place to do it is incredibly frustrating right now. I can grind a little metal or kydex once in a while, but I risk the wrath of the insane fat lady, and toxify my living space if I do. I'm anodizing titanium on my bathroom vanity, fer fook's sake.

I have Saturday off, and I'm thinking of driving across town and checking this place out. They have forges. And hammers. That's plural. I had a flash of me making cable damascus from parts of the Ben Franklin Bridge after we finally have to seal ourselves off from Camden! :D
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The shop space sounds killer! Well worth the cash too, so cool!

I hear you on working in the bathroom, I had to wait on etching while my wife made lunch, lol. Timing has been tough, usually as soon as space is clear Jade is taking a nap... my place is tiny so I want a sink in my shop. :D

Damascus... :cool:
 
I imagine I could inveigle someone there to give cable damascus making a shot...

That stuff Bob Kramer makes in INSANE!!! I also saw some cool ti mosaic damascus used on a frikkie by a guy whose name rhymes with "Ike Brody" ;)
 
Haha, hang in there bud! I had lots of life sucked outta me by spousal problems over the last couple years, brought to the brink, but am seeing the light through the clouds now. Hang in there, where there is a will, there is a way! I feel ya on the space thing, and I have my own shop lol! I was electroplating copper in th dining room the other day while grinding out in the shop. Hydrogen gas and sparks don't mix well...

Here is something a little different, on one of the other forums I participate in (Badger and Blade) they have competitions for making or pimping straight razors and such. The current one is to pimp out a shavette. A shavette is a replaceable blade straight razor, often using DE blades snapped in half. This competition is judged only on the scales one makes.

This is my entry, wire frame scales made from a coat hanger! I also made a new tail for the razor from "redneck ivory" antler. The plates for the pivot are carbon fiber and mortised to allow the wire to sit in and hold the CF plates.

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Each "scale" was bent by hand. I had to copper flash the ends so I could solder them together.

This was fun, and its interesting shaving with it compared to a western straight or a kamisori. Daniel, you should send me your straights and I can get them squared away for you.


-Xander
 
That thing's cool, Xander. But somehow I can shave with a pocketknife but not bring myself to get a straight near my precious and beautiful face.
 
Hey Big!

Bako I think there may be some cable for sale over at the exchange. Cable dammy is killer!

Xander, no big deal I just wish I could get more done sometimes. The razor is looking killer! I looked up the shavette, is that one with a disposable blade? looks awesome!
 
What bako, the thin ribbons of blood runnin down your cheek got you scared?! I got myself pretty good the other day, took the top and a little more off a zit I didn't realize was there! Didn't feel a thing, though.

Daniel, yes this one has an insert that slides out the end and it holds a double edge blade that has been snapped in half. Its very different than shaving with a real straight, but its fun none the less. I may throw this thing in my dopp kit along side one of my DE razors. This shavette started as a cheap factory one, and I just built the scales and tail. Lots of fun! I have a fist full of razor projects I'm itching to do, but I old myself I would finish up existing projects first.

I'm signed up on a small test/pass around of one of Butch Harners straights in CTS XHP stainless. It sounds promising as a stainless razor steel, previously cpm154 was the SS of choice but still couldn't hang with the carbon steels for fine grained, thin edge abilities. It did work though. I'm excited to see what this steel is like, and I may be ordering some soon, once I find smeone to HT it for me.


-X
 
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