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I just did that on my drill press. Fun ain't it?Rewinding the $#!^&% clock spring on my $#@&!^$ mill. Only took a dozen attempts. View attachment 885986 View attachment 885987 View attachment 885988
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I just did that on my drill press. Fun ain't it?Rewinding the $#!^&% clock spring on my $#@&!^$ mill. Only took a dozen attempts. View attachment 885986 View attachment 885987 View attachment 885988
That is beautiful.Decided to make one for myself. Of course I had to go with ironwood and micarta.
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Thanks ! I will when I finish grinder for this jig .Now I have dilema how width to leave plate /place that will support blade .....I m done with jig only need to cut/open channel for belt so question is how much width to leave there ? I will use flat platen and contact wheel with this jig ?natlek, looks cool ! post a video once its up and running.
Well , thanks for pointing how stupid I mNatlek, Slot the holes and make it adjustable. Jantz sells something similar for $489.00.
I experimented with vinegar patinas all day Sunday. The house still stinks.I got my etching machine and have been practicing marking. My first try was a big black blob. With carbon steels, I am interested in patina approaches. There was a kitchen knife forum post discussing Vinegar and black tea to achieve very dark patina. I tried some with green tea and got the dull grey typical of vinegar, then tried some black tea. The black tea ones did come out much darker. They are all splotchy after wiping them down. This is with O1 heat treated by JT.
I read about wiping with gritless silver polish between dips to even the finish out, but didn't have any. I tried automotive compound and polish and didn't seem to do anything in terms of smoothing out splotches.
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1084 and canvas micarta
I experimented with vinegar patinas all day Sunday. The house still stinks.
Regarding the splotches make sure the blades are clean with soap and hot water before starting. Then clean them again. Don't even think about touching the metal you're treating even if you're wearing gloves. When you take the blade out of the vinegar it should go straight to running water . These things greatly improved my vinegar patina results.
Rubbing compound evens out the finish nicely too.
When you drill hole in soft material always put under something hard if you want clear hole with no crack . I would cut that handles straight and put some nice bolster in front of them
Good catch. It’s burlap.Canvas or is that burlap?
It's 1080 steel. I didn't take pics of the failures but I took some of the finish I'm happy with.I'd like to see some of the results of your testing. What type of steel?