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Okay okay we can stop with the games! The VFD for the tumbler let out the magic smoke. The beautiful smell and sounds of producing knives!

Just kidding. It's the smell of a blown VFD, with smoke and sparks to compliment.

Attached is a pic of one of the mop buckets to lighten the mood
 

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MicronKnives said:
Okay okay we can stop with the games! The VFD for the tumbler let out the magic smoke. The beautiful smell and sounds of producing knives!

Just kidding. It's the smell of a blown VFD, with smoke and sparks to compliment.

Attached is a pic of one of the mop buckets to lighten the mood
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sorry for the troubles, but I do love ya keeping on with the mop bucket jokes for us.......
 
Are you working on designs yet? Good lines account for a lot.

There are a few other independent brands that do this kind of cnc and impressve factory finish that you're going for. CPK leads the pack for good reason (amazing designs and heat treat)... Listening to Nathan rattle on is a thing of beauty.

I never cared for Survive!'s designs in general, so with all this impressive prep work you're doing, I hope you have some designs planned :)
 
SwissHeritageCo said:
Are you working on designs yet? Good lines account for a lot.

There are a few other independent brands that do this kind of cnc and impressve factory finish that you're going for. CPK leads the pack for good reason (amazing designs and heat treat)... Listening to Nathan rattle on is a thing of beauty.

I never cared for Survive!'s designs in general, so with all this impressive prep work you're doing, I hope you have some designs planned :)
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I spent some time with him at blade show and he was fun to back and forth with, and had some very good insight on our particular situation! It's fun to see the guys with decades under their belt talk about starting over again with all the knowledge they wish they had in the beginning. I've got a looong way to go to get to that level.

The designing is the fun part so far. I'm really excited to get everything set as it's full throttle on the creativity side after that. Between designing, fixturing, and training everyone, I am sure I'll be ready to go back to the technical work
 
Well well well look who decided to wake up

Need blanks anyone?

I am shocked at how easy the omax software was to pick up on. I used to run an early 2000's bystronic laser, and for some reason I was thinking it was going to take about the same amount of effort as that. This thing is like an inkjet compared to that!

It still took two full days of work to get it happy and cutting well. We also have lots of work ahead of us to get the filters working well. Hell even the drain in the floor backed up and took hours to clear of all the old bottles and rags shoved down there
 

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That profile is actually quite nice. Here’s hoping the entire project pays off and maybe this “cursed” equipment can be reborn. I appreciate how much effort yall have put into this, inspiring to see someone just decide to do it- and do it!
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It is not lost on me that the amount of work that has been done is only possible with the help and support of everyone around us. The real work isn't what we take pictures of, it's the person getting lunches and keeping everyone motivated.

I appreciate the kind words!

Attached is our #1 employee learning the ropes
 

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MicronKnives said:
It is not lost on me that the amount of work that has been done is only possible with the help and support of everyone around us. The real work isn't what we take pictures of, it's the person getting lunches and keeping everyone motivated.

I appreciate the kind words!

Attached is our #1 employee learning the ropes
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He has an untrustworthy look in his eyes... just saying.
 
SharpBits said:
How’s it going?
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Great! Sorry for the lack of content, we've been spending long days at both locations. Since I've posted, we have a new roof and gutters on the building (no more running around with strategic bucket placing), and have been getting closer to getting a production run going. We are still working through little five batch increments to learn the equipment, set up procedures, and organize the work areas. I've attached a pic of my mom running the blast cabinets. We have been producing some hardware on our TL15, which has been fun as this is our first time actually utilizing live tooling with the C axis and the subspindle. Something as simple as blasting has given us a run for our money. Using clues like sherlock we spent a few days getting the blast settings juuuuust right for the hardware and scale blasting. One clue was the scales left in a cabinet, which meant the forsaken previous owner used B120 ceramic grit for the scales. Hardware found in the reclamation screen gave us similar clues, along with some sharpie instructions on the side. Talking with some media sales guys got us even closer, and now we have one procedure locked down tight; everything from how to pre-condition the media, to distance from nozzle, pressure, dwell time, and holding the hardware. A similar story goes with the blanchard grinder, which took far too long to realize that the phase rotation was incorrect. It seems so easy to grind to a set thickness, but that surface finish is a bit more difficult.

I am missing a bunch. During all of this I've been filming videos for youtube, none of which are completely done. I think the vibe of the youtube videos will be long form *boring* timelapse style videos to start. For example, making our air lines system, setting up the waterjet, setting up the tumbler, etc. Yesterday while I was blasting, one of the air lines separated and caused one hell of a chaotic scene.

Anyways, this whole knife thing is taking far longer than any of us expected, but we are having a blast. We've had so many awesome interactions with knife people and we haven't sold a single knife yet LOL.
 

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MicronKnives said:
Great! Sorry for the lack of content, we've been spending long days at both locations. Since I've posted, we have a new roof and gutters on the building (no more running around with strategic bucket placing), and have been getting closer to getting a production run going. We are still working through little five batch increments to learn the equipment, set up procedures, and organize the work areas. I've attached a pic of my mom running the blast cabinets. We have been producing some hardware on our TL15, which has been fun as this is our first time actually utilizing live tooling with the C axis and the subspindle. Something as simple as blasting has given us a run for our money. Using clues like sherlock we spent a few days getting the blast settings juuuuust right for the hardware and scale blasting. One clue was the scales left in a cabinet, which meant the forsaken previous owner used B120 ceramic grit for the scales. Hardware found in the reclamation screen gave us similar clues, along with some sharpie instructions on the side. Talking with some media sales guys got us even closer, and now we have one procedure locked down tight; everything from how to pre-condition the media, to distance from nozzle, pressure, dwell time, and holding the hardware. A similar story goes with the blanchard grinder, which took far too long to realize that the phase rotation was incorrect. It seems so easy to grind to a set thickness, but that surface finish is a bit more difficult.

I am missing a bunch. During all of this I've been filming videos for youtube, none of which are completely done. I think the vibe of the youtube videos will be long form *boring* timelapse style videos to start. For example, making our air lines system, setting up the waterjet, setting up the tumbler, etc. Yesterday while I was blasting, one of the air lines separated and caused one hell of a chaotic scene.

Anyways, this whole knife thing is taking far longer than any of us expected, but we are having a blast. We've had so many awesome interactions with knife people and we haven't sold a single knife yet LOL.
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We’re all waiting excitedly to see what comes! I hope In The end you find success so we can celebrate a new American maker. And if you ever need a test subject for a new design, I’ll be happy to run it through the paces😁
 
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