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I need to hook up some AC yo! Swamp coolers are cool too, especially here where it is so dry... I'd do that if I saw one for cheap. The weather here is still pretty awesome in the summer.

13th anniversary tomorrow! Time flies when you're having fun... we are going to Sante Fe NM to celebrate, it should be cool! The town is a real center for art... I hope to swing by some jewelry suppliers and rock shops too.

This latest flipper is awesome!!!! Somebody buy it before I keep it! I can take payments if I know you.

OK I better pack, lol! See you guys in a few days! Have fun!
 
Daniel, congrats to you and Sara!

Enjoy NM, enjoy food and drink, but most of all, enjoy each other!

Speaking of rocks, I've repurposed a rock tumbler for cleaning my brass cases for reloading, but I might want to try and actually use it for rocks for the kid, any advice on what grits of media I should get to start out with? Let me know when you get back and caught up.


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Thanks very much guys!

Sante Fe was awesome!!! we got in late last night after rock collecting at the Harding Pegmatite mine near Taos... lots of fun! Sante Fe was so cool, I got to see some incredible jewelry and knives!
 
Thanks Rolf! Thanks guys!

I've been in the shop non-stop since I got back! This latest RF3 is turning out nicely.

I also cut some wood blocks into scales.. first time with a bandsaw and the slices came out really clean.

I split a scale of Bog Oak into folder scales 5/32" thick! The Bog Oak is mineralized for sure... a few sparks came off the saw! It's 546O years old with paperwork and going on the new Kwaiken framelock with Zirconium bolsters. Great looking material...

Game on!
 
Thanks guys!

I did the bolsters and roughed in the bog oak... holy crap! I may have a hard time letting this one go...

Ultralight and Orange! I finished most of it today, it's nuts! Loads of clean jimping and super light.
 
^ true story!

I was digging trough a pile of dinosaur bone and a guy asked me if I was worried about some dino disease he mentioned, lol scared the crap out of me for just a second! That dino bone smells like motor oil when being ground.

The bog oak is awesome, grinds very slow and was not undercutting during grinding even with Zirconium bolsters attached. I grind them separate for the most part though...

Have a good one guys!
 
Sounds really cool, Daniel. I can't wait to see it.

Also can't wait until my income stream is back to normal and I can buy some of these beauties. Those RF3's sitting in your store are killing me.
 
Every. Ounce. Of. Restraint. in not giving into that green kwaiken. It's sexy!

Hey guys! Hope everyone's having a rad week. I may have screwed up another knife, but I guess it's just another lesson in life. Back to do battle with a detent ball tonight. D, any thoughts on a detent ball that just won't stay in? I'm at my wits end! Its the last thing this knife needs lol!
 
What size bit for detent hole where bearing rests and is hole in blade square with no chamfer? How deep is ball set...

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I had 53's for the .0625's. And that... was too large. Somehow. must have been runout. So I used the next step up detent ball. The .0790 or something. Looks like now, perhaps it doesnt sit deep enough. The ball sits in the hole about halfway. Something's wrong D:

Also just had pictures texted to me by my neighbor. Last Fall, someone jumped the curb at 3am and tore across our front lawn. Took out our mailbox, destroyed grass and the curb.

Someone just popped the curb, took out the new mailbox. I told the neighbor to tell the guy to stick around until I get home. I wanna have some words with him > : (
 
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