The "Ask Nathan a Question" Thread

[Nathan the Machinist]

Hi Nathan. Have you ever made mosaic pins with drill bits inside the tubes? If so how did it turn out?

With drill bits inside the tube? What?

No. Not on purpose.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Why would someone want to do that?

 

[RaiderJameson]

Why would someone want to do that?

I saw it on forged in fire it was a suggestion but i dont think anyone did it. It would make a kind of cool thick s formation insied the tube i think. I just didnt want to get myself into something without knowing how it would turn out and end out wasting drill bits.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Yes, but why would someone want to do that?

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

... sorry. I'm told I'm a bit of a design nazi...

 

[Cap’n Smudge]

Exactly. Why? I mean you have to sand and polish them down. Why not just stick to the nice soft materials usually used instead of hardened steel? Seems like a bad solution to a problem that didn’t exist.

 

[RaiderJameson]

Idk why. I think it may look cool once done. Ill do it and let you know how it goes. I guess it would be an authentic design.

 

[Burke]

... sorry. I'm told I'm a bit of a design nazi...

Well a drill bit cross section would look a bit like a twisted cross if that’s the joke you were going for.

 

[Blues]

Well a drill bit cross section would look a bit like a twisted cross if that’s the joke you were going for.

So,...that would be a drill "bit"...

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

So,...that would be a drill "bit"...

i...

just

-_-

 

[toker]

I've used Mosaic pin on some wood working projects. Wouldn't it be a huge pain in the ass to cut a hardened drill bit when you are cutting the pin to length? I'm using a dremel cutting disc andi it's not a quick process.

 

[RaiderJameson]

Yeah but also if you can get one that fits inside the tube snuggly then you can cut it before you put the epoxy withot ruiing it. Yes it will probably be a pain in tne ass but nithing worth while is ever easy. Ill let yall know how it goes.

 

[WValtakis]

Well a drill bit cross section would look a bit like a twisted cross if that’s the joke you were going for.

Dang, you're springing for some fancy ass 4-flute drills?

 

[RaiderJameson]

Dang, you're springing for some fancy ass 4-flute drills?

No dont have any. Would be awesome though

 

[ferider]

I vaguely remember this knife maker making a knife for his wife, with scale pins including dried breast milk .... To each his own, I guess.

PS: Found the knife, not necessarily the pins, who knows ...: Cheese knife

 

[Blues]

WTF...?

Can we just get back to asking Nathan questions...?

 

[ferider]

Alright, Blues , for good measure, here is a question for Nathan:

Nathan, since you explained that the SDFK was heat treated at Peters using your recipe, do the blades warp for them sometimes, and do you know what they do with the blades if that happens ?

Thanks.

 

[Richard338]

I vaguely remember this knife maker making a knife for his wife, with scale pins including dried breast milk .... To each his own, I guess.

PS: Found the knife, not necessarily the pins, who knows ...: Cheese knife

Yikes, I see that I posted in that thread, but I stayed out of the controversy.

 

[Richard338]

Alright, Blues , for good measure, here is a question for Nathan:

Nathan, since you explained that the SDFK was heat treated at Peters using your recipe, do the blades warp for them sometimes, and do you know what they do with the blades if that happens ?

Thanks.

I'm reminded of Van Cleef in For a Few Dollars More. Was the question indiscrete? No, but the answer could be.
Actually I PMed this question to Nathan recently to avoid the whole torch straightening can of worms. Nathan replied that they don't do that for CPK and they have their own protocol.
#notnathan

 

[000Robert]

I'm reminded of Van Cleef in For a Few Dollars More. Was the question indiscrete? No, but the answer could be.
Actually I PMed this question to Nathan recently to avoid the whole torch straightening can of worms. Nathan replied that they don't do that for CPK and they have their own protocol.
#notnathan

This reminds me of a video I saw years ago and reminds me to ask Nathan. I can't remember who the guy was but he's an old-school guy that makes knives and swords by hand. I tried to find him a while back and couldn't find his videos.

Anyway, he uses a long oil bath to quench his long knives and swords horizontally rather than dipping it vertically in an oil drum or bucket. He said that if your horizontal quench is aligned directly to magnetic North and South, and you quench the blade with the tip of the blade pointing to magnetic North, and the handle end pointing magnetic South of course, that the blade will not warp. Have you heard about that Nathan, and is there any truth to it? Thanks.