Tool Recommendations?

[raythebigfoot]

Looking for a decent height gauge and a bead blaster....Anyone got any recommendations on where to get either? Thanks!

 

[smitty0331]

Starrett for the height gauge(via. mcmastercarr.com) Harbor Freight for the bead blaster.

 

[Tinbasher]

Looking for a decent height gauge and a bead blaster....Anyone got any recommendations on where to get either? Thanks!

I bought my height gage on Ebay 4 years ago ,still works fine ,I only have a 600mm cube beadblaster but its fine for what i do.
Richard

 

[Larry Hensley]

not sure how it will be later but I just got a height guage from Grizzly for christmas it is at the link below and looks to be an ok one for the price.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Dial-Height-Gauge-8-/G9619

 

[Bruce Bump]

not sure how it will be later but I just got a height guage from Grizzly for christmas it is at the link below and looks to be an ok one for the price.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Dial-Height-Gauge-8-/G9619

Larry thats a good height gauge for knifemaking. Actually all three of the other tools on your link are very useful too. Great prices also. I use that granite block as a work area daily.

 

[raythebigfoot]

Larry thats a good height gauge for knifemaking. Actually all three of the other tools on your link are very useful too. Great prices also. I use that granite block as a work area daily.

To add to that has anyone used those precision ground blocks as a file guide? I've thought about getting them for a while now because they are cheaper than buying an actually file guide and seem like they could be more useful.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/1-2-3-Blocks/G5641

 

[sunshadow]

Get yourself a chunk of O-1 precision ground, divide it in half, stack it, drill 2 holes through both so they are in alignment, harden it full-hard, bake it at 350f for an hour to take some of the brittleness out of it, run a bolt through the holes on each side, and you have a file guide. You can actually use any good steel of your choice instead of the O-1 come to think of it, just O-1 is one of the easiest to heat treat

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[raythebigfoot]

Get yourself a chunk of O-1 precision ground, divide it in half, stack it, drill 2 holes through both so they are in alignment, harden it full-hard, bake it at 350f for an hour to take some of the brittleness out of it, run a bolt through the holes on each side, and you have a file guide. You can actually use any good steel of your choice instead of the O-1 come to think of it, just O-1 is one of the easiest to heat treat

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The problem is right now I don't do my own heat treating right now so I only use air hardening steels otherwise that is exactly what I would do!