Thanks fellas, for your comments. Yes Phil, I am settled into my new-old digs, and liking it fine. Okay, living off the grid can be a bit of a pain in the ass when making knives, but I'm getting into shape always running for the generator... I have to admit, I just found the closest size drill bit to the cable strands, drilled, pushed cable soaked in epoxy through, let it cure overnight, and ground then polished them flush. When the cable is pushed through, it seems to expand just a wee bit for a very snug fit in the hole. I guess that clear Devcon just kinda went invisible or actually looks like the micarta, because even when I look at it up close, it really does look like I went to an absurd length of trouble to make the micarta fit the cable... lucky I guess. First try, I saw an Ariel Salaveria knife with cable pins and just had to give it a go. Oh, and often my cable looks a bit tighter and twisted when I pretwist the cable before tacking and welding, however I also like pattern like this that comes out when I just leave the cable be before I weld it. I actually made this billet from four 10" pieces of 3/4" cable tacked together at the ends. My dad and I drew it out smith/striker style. He's almost 70, but threw that 10# hammer until we had four solid knife length bars out of the billet! Damn I gotta get a press. How's your press working out, Phil?
