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

Fool proof jimping
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Natlek said:
You would not believe this .................I just started to make one :)Somewhere There is my powered tool for Jimping on hardened blade ..... I just need to figure out where each part goes 🤣 I'm jealous of your solution it's so simple ;)

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What's going on here? 😂
 
FredyCro said:
What's going on here? 😂
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For now I have no clue , Fredy 🤣 What you see on picture in my previous post are 80 % parts from dentist's chair and parts from very old mechanical respiratory support machine in the hospital ? I regret that I didn't take a picture before I took it apart. Whoever came up with this is a real genius ! Inside I found parts to make two forge coal fire with bellows , one good roll mill and ...........something else 🤣

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navman said:
I have a question for everyone. When I grind a pattern for the first time (or even second) am I the only one that brings that blade/blank in and fiddle with it to get a feel and decide if certain aspects should be changed, like removing a fraction of an inch from the butt, or drop the point a tad.

Now mind you, I'm not talking about feeling the blade in my hand in the shop for a few minutes, I'm talking sitting on the couch, watching Archer or whatever for days.

Am I the only one?
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I’m the same way, sometimes I feel insane. I’ll let it sit somewhere I walk by often in the house to see if everything is sitting right in my head from a functional and aesthetic standpoint
 
Here is a fixture for milling slots in thin materials. It's probably a little overcomplicated, but I like it.
It works by using flexures on the top plate to clamp the workpiece to the main body, and the thumbscrews on the sides use flexures again to fix the top plate in place. It's still a good idea to use some sacrificial material the milling really thin sheet metal to prevent the material from being lifted at the edges, but at least this way you have a good way of putting everything in a vice.
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I also made an engraving vise, fun project, haven't used it yet:)
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Some weekend profiling. All in .150 S90V. With all the discussion on Portaband blades, and yes I still believe Morse to be superior, I used Hercules brand from Harbor Freight. Got 5 blades in S90V profiled and there is still some "cut" left in the bandsaw blade (albeit not enough to profile another S90V blank.)

2 x Drop Points
2 x Nessies
and a clip point (from earlier this week)

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navman said:
I have a question for everyone. When I grind a pattern for the first time (or even second) am I the only one that brings that blade/blank in and fiddle with it to get a feel and decide if certain aspects should be changed, like removing a fraction of an inch from the butt, or drop the point a tad.

Now mind you, I'm not talking about feeling the blade in my hand in the shop for a few minutes, I'm talking sitting on the couch, watching Archer or whatever for days.

Am I the only one?
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This is one of many steps that is keeping me from being a pro......
I, what would be considered wasting time, fondle my knives too much!

To the point that I start loving them......and I feel hurt when the leave. :(
 
Bühlmann said:
The fondling time is my favorite time. Like figuring out the “buttons” on a new girlfriend.
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that one button........... Is almost always an ON button, or an OFF button, and it's never properly labeled....... So ya never know?
 
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