shop tour

C-Camerer

C-Camerer

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I haven't been posting much lately because we have been in the process of moving and then setting my shop back up. I thought this might be a good time to give you a shop tour while my shop is still somewhat clean.

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The new shop is 24' X 60' With heat, air and a restroom. I can virtually live in it. It is a big step up from my garage.

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The grinder I use is a KMG. I really like the way it runs and the options for the machine.

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My forge is a home built horizontal. I plan on building a vertical forge in the near future.

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My quench tank is a split 100# propane tank. I use Brownells tough quench for my quenching medium and vermiculite for my annealing purposes.

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My anvil came from my father. He shod horses with it for about 25 years and then I traded him a smaller anvil for it. The base is filled with concrete so it gives a stable platform.
 
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My press is home built except for the hydraliacs unit which I purchased from Uncle Als.

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Here is my nitre salt blueing setup. It is pretty simple, two pots from wal mart, a turky fryer burner and Brownells nitre blue salts.

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Here is my drilling station.

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This is a harbour freight mini lathe. I use it mostly for turning pommel nuts. Truthfully that is about all I know how to do with it. :)

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My buffer is a new one from MSC. It turns at 3450 as opposed to my old one which was 1750rpm. I have had to change my buffing techniques somewhat. The upright bandsaw is for handle materials while the other is for metel.

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My mill is an old horizontal that someone has converted to vertical. It is old but it works well.
 
Craig, how come you didn't show that huge pile of grinding dust underneath your KMG, from where my ass was parked for about 6 hours Saturday, grinding that one blade? :D
 
Awesome Craig!!!

Looks like somebody used that shop to work on cars prior to you making it a smithy, eh?

I dig the checkerboard flooring in the back end.

Looks like it's really well lit too!

Talk about nice and roomy.... I'm in a 24X26 garage with all of that plus a couple other tools... it's stuffed!

I'm envious Craig! :D
-Nick-
 
What! No trip hammer :confused: I couldn't make knives without mine :)

Very nice shop Craig, I like the way you set it up.

You got enough room to let Danbo move in and go fulltime eh?

Don Hanson lll
 
Yeah I have some room to grow. I hear chanting in my mind More Tools! More Tools!!

A trip hammer may be in the future plans also! :) I have never really been exposed to trip hammers until I went to Ron Duncans hammer in a few weeks ago. It looked like a real arm saver to me.

Dan it didn't take long to clean up that thimble full of shavings under the grinder. I have never seen someone grind for so long for so little grinding dust! :D :eek: :D :eek: :D

The guy who owned it before me built racing lawnmowers in it and had a wood shop. In the checkerboard part of the floor there is two burnout marks clear through the tile to the concrete!
He seems to have built the shop right however, he added outlets every four feet and down the center of the ceiling and also 220V in all 4 corners.

I have been toying with the idea of maybe having a hammer-in this fall. There is a really nice area to camp for the weekend and a nice fire pit to share some brews and swap some stories later in the evening.
 
not only a nice shop but a nice website as well after checking out those bowies you need to post more often great work!!
 
Craig-

I noticed the ample outlets, and also the framed peg-board sections on the wall.

Obviously the guy put some thought and time into building that shop. It looks ideal for a knifemaker!

I almost rented a house that had been owned by a fine furniture maker. The entire basement and garage had hardwood built-in cabinets... that were more like machinist chests than kitchen cabinets, outlets every 2 feet!, about 6 220 outlets, and lit like an operating room.

Then the renter found out what I do for a living and said "NO WAY!!!"

I might just make Danbo drive out here and pick me up if you have a hammer-in. That would be a real kick in the ass.

Thanks again for posting the shop tour Craig... shop tours are always my favorite! :D

-Nick-
 
That is nice. I'm surprised Danbo hasn't taken up residence. Definitely have a hammer-in.
 
Very nice shop Craig. Very roomy. I don’t know about a party (too many sharp things to land on when you tip over) but it looks like a great place for a hammer-in. :D

Craig, you know that Danbo doesn’t make much dust when the blade is precision forged like he did at the hammer-in. ;)

Joe Foster
 
And by the way -- who are the two dudes in the picture above your mini-lathe? ;)
 
DAMN! WOW..I love it! That is a simple salt set up. Gives me the feeling I need one ;)
 
Yeah there is really nothing to the nitre blueing setup and it works really well. Here is a knife with fittings I blued.
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While the hamon has nothing to do with the salt blue system I coulbn't resist a closeup.
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extreme closeup
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The dudes in the pic are Eric Claypton and B.B. King. It is the CD cover of Riding with the King.
 
Craig... that hamon you just posted.. it's the kind I asked Nick to do on the Shredd Fighter... watching the hamon flow out towards the tip and then curl up and back...

It's the same style hamon I'm hoping you'll try for on the bowie I talked with you about... very similar, even, to the mate of the one you just showed that is now on another purveyor's website! Outstanding stuff.. and now we can see why!!

Great intro to you and your environment for those of us on the far reaches of the continent... just north of Nick, of course! LOL!! ;)
 
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