What's going on in your shop? Show us whats going on, and talk a bit about your work!

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http://www.infinityassets.com/
http://www.corpassets.com/auction-calendar/

If you subscribe to these auctioneers, they sell cnc mills often
I'm surprised how many machines are sold off within a few years of a new machine - probably based on contract changes

But there's a big difference between an owner /operator shop like Nathan who takes care of his machines, vs flat out production where the machine is flogged hard and replacement is planned after so many parts.
I don't know how to tell those two apart


You will have to know your stuff really well
don't get caught on auction fees, plus taxes on top - maybe be GST registered before you buy - I've paid 26% with taxes on top of the fees
Watch riggers fees, sometimes they contract with one rigger - no competiton
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Thanks! I will check those out!

I'm also looking at the smaller Drill/Tap centers at the moment, especially the Brother ones which are fairly capable when milling. Seems many of the older ones are very inexpensive because they can only be programmed conversationally.

However because they're made by brother the guts are very simple, and something like LinuxCNC can control the existing axis drives and so on very easily. Saw a thread on another forum where a guy with no electrical or programming knowledge converted one in less than 2 months. Seems like it could be an interesting option!
 
PEU said:
Aaron, 3 months of your work on a DIY project, cost you at least, the same as making and selling knives in the same amount of time.
Go purchase a small CNC milling machine in decent working conditions, you don't really need toolchangers, its nice addition yes.
I mean, there are decent small sized cnc machines (tormach/syil/etc) that will get you running once you receive them much faster than the DIY route.
And regarding CAD/CAM software, knifemaking do not really need the high end packages, of course a good CAM is a big advantage in terms of machining strategies options, but you can get not very expensive software that is capable of almost all your operations. Check www.vectric.com


Pablo
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Hey Pablo!
Sorry when I was talking about CAD/CAM I was really doing it for the benefit of others that might have been reading the conversation. I already have Solidworks and HSMExpress, as well as Vectric Vcarve Pro.

For my purpose I really think a toolchanger is 100% necessary, otherwise I'll be standing in front of the machine waiting for it to finish a toolpath rather than doing other things like heat-treat.
 
Well I will start with a photo of my "shop" and a few blades I am HT-ing at this moment.









 
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Utican said:
Ohh, now that's a thing of beauty. What's the friend going to use it for.
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Thanks! This is still in the rough. Not HT'd. The handle will get a partial hemp wrap.

He is going to use it for clearing saplings, brush and limbing trees on his property. He has been using a machete and axe up till now. He wants "one tool" ... but I think it has a lot to do with cool factor, too. He described what he wanted as a parang with a bill hook.
 
Finished this big up a few days ago and doing a few more in a 6/8 rather than the enormous 10/8 that is this Cocobolo handled beast:

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Salolan said:
Luckily I like doing projects in pairs or small groups. I have been working on a pair of knives to enter one in the KITH here on Bladeforums. I was using jigged bone for the first time and as such was unaware that one of the scales I had purchased wasn't any good. It took me trying to do the final shaping to figure it out, though now that I know more of what to look for, I can tell it wasn't any good just by looking at the off cut piece. Thankfully I had the 2nd knife to finish up and allow me to meet the deadline.

Here is my KITH entry
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Thanks for looking,
Chris
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I'll have a huge smile on my face if the mailman brings this beauty to me!
 
carbonsteel928 said:
Finished this big up a few days ago and doing a few more in a 6/8 rather than the enormous 10/8 that is this Cocobolo handled beast:

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Now if you put a smile on that blade that be perfection. Beautiful looking blade, too bad my lady would cut me with it if I bought another razor.
 
Rick Marchand said:
Thanks! This is still in the rough. Not HT'd. The handle will get a partial hemp wrap.

He is going to use it for clearing saplings, brush and limbing trees on his property. He has been using a machete and axe up till now. He wants "one tool" ... but I think it has a lot to do with cool factor, too. He described what he wanted as a parang with a bill hook.
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For that kind of work bill hook works better for sure, what is the steel and thickness.
 
3 knifes, for 3 brothers, 3 sets of handles, 3 woods each: ebony/jacarandá/walnut

Fresh off the CNC router.

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to be continued...


Pablo
 
woo hoo got a quick change tool post for my lathe and tilting milling table for my mill. now to clean and set them up
 
I'm working on another hunter in 1084. Clay quenched with a hamon. Also my first tapered tang. We'll see how it turns out once I glue the scales on...

I can't wait to try out some W2 one day to see the difference in the hamon.

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I got my shop semi clean and got my KMG running, now I'm following Ed Caffrey's tutorial on building a forge pyrometer.
 

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Finishing out the tail end of my latest HT, before I go nuts on the last minute Xmas rush.

I like the new tanto dashi/necker, came out pretty cool. It is staying skeleton, I'm doing jade g10 on the harpoon, and LS CF on the dashi.

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