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Lorien said:
because one is none and two is one!
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Does that one is broken?
 
Scott Hanson said:
Does that one is broken?
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all in working order thankfully. Doing a batch of sheaths, and it's proven to be very handy to have two drills with the two different size bits I need. Now I just need a third drill and it's a collection!
 
Lorien said:
all in working order thankfully. Doing a batch of sheaths, and it's proven to be very handy to have two drills with the two different size bits I need. Now I just need a third drill and it's a collection!
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I have two drill presses also, a bench top for my sheaths and a floor model for handles, tangs, and guards.
 
I have to stand on a stool to use the big drill lol

decided to get this guard and spacer area dealt with. Tough to make everything flow together here, but I can do better
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Lorien said:
I have to stand on a stool to use the big drill lol

decided to get this guard and spacer area dealt with. Tough to make everything flow together here, but I can do better
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Just takes practice, and some sharp files, but it looks like you just about got her done.
 
I had this idea for a while to make an attachment for my DD articulating workrest to work around my 2" and 6" wheels on my combo platen. Before I was using a small sheet of paper micarta with clamps but the clamps were constantly in the way so I bought a bigger sheet of black paper, some neodymium magnets and milled slots into the micarta. I epoxied the magnets in and now I have an attachment for my workrest to smoothly work around the 2" and 6" wheels. Note, I had my head wrapped around needing more magnets but it didn't occur to me until right after I epoxies them all in that the middle magnet would be an issue when working with parts so I quick pried it out. The 2 outside magnets are more than enough to hold the attachment in place and do not interfere with the knife parts being worked on.

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Just to update my attachment idea was a bomb. Magnets are too strong. Collect metal dust like crazy. Also they inadvertently magnetize the parts so I'm scraping it. I'll figure something else out later.
 
Scott Hanson said:
A belt grinder is much faster than files and small pieces of sand paper.lol
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the only way that I can get the result I'm aiming for is with files and sandpaper. I'm all too aware of my inexperience with my grinder and the limitations that come with that. Don't want to ruin a pretty good knife by trying to save a little time
 
Lorien said:
the only way that I can get the result I'm aiming for is with files and sandpaper. I'm all too aware of my inexperience with my grinder and the limitations that come with that. Don't want to ruin a pretty good knife by trying to save a little time
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Believe me, I know! Files and small pieces of sand paper are my go too tools for just about all detail and finish work on every knife I make.lol
 
Lorien said:
the only way that I can get the result I'm aiming for is with files and sandpaper. I'm all too aware of my inexperience with my grinder and the limitations that come with that. Don't want to ruin a pretty good knife by trying to save a little time
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I haven't done any intricate guards like you... But for normal blades I almost exclusively use my grinder and don't start hand Sanding until 800 grit, like on this one. I rough it in with the platen then remove the hard platen for a soft platen (or slack belt). Definitely saves a ton of time!

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