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

[Way-Barney]

I just could not let it lie,
Found an old oak branch I cut off a few years ago.
Going for a traditional look.

 

[Way-Barney]

Nearly there,
Sharpen and glue up to go.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

When I turn a batch of oyster knife handles I have a mandrel/jig that fits in the chuck. It has a tapered stub sticking out that goes in the pre-drilled tang hole in the block of wood. I stick the block on and set the live center on the other end. That way I always turn the handle perfectly to the tang hole.

 

[Way-Barney]

When I turn a batch of oyster knife handles I have a mandrel/jig that fits in the chuck. It has a tapered stub sticking out that goes in the pre-drilled tang hole in the block of wood. I stick the block on and set the live center on the other end. That way I always turn the handle perfectly to the tang hole.

Thats a good tip Stacy, did not think of that.
The first time I have turned wood.
It's easy sanding the sides flat and parallel to the blade, another kettle of fish keeping the blade in the middle of a round handle.
Do you put a dog on it to stop it spinning?

 

[Evan Wilson]

I wanted to be a knife maker but I think I've become a hooker.
5 orders for these hooks came in.

 

[Way-Barney]

Edge ground to 7 thou
glue up overnight and light finish tomorrow.
Thanks for you help and advice Stacy, would have been a balls up without your help.

 

[navman]

Lengthened city knife pattern...my original interpretation of the city knife had a 2.75" sheepsfoot blade, this one has a 3.5" blade length. Hollow ground .140 thick S90V, of course with a tapered tang. Might make a few more like this for the next batch going to HT. (Who says I don't listen to constructive criticism?)

Rough ground at 60 grit:

getting stoned:

clean 400 grit:

 

[navman]

And for those wondering, the top plexiglass pattern was the original size, you can see the clear difference:

 

[J Lensmire]

Some more 14C28N blades. Going to make these as a matching kitchen set. One 3.5” parer, one 6.5” utility and one 7” chef.
Parer and utility are from .100” stock while chef is .130”. All are full flat ground, Paul Bos HT to ~62Rc.

 

[Lorien]

And for those wondering, the top plexiglass pattern was the original size, you can see the clear difference:

lol 'clear difference'

just about finished- belt attachment for the sheath, honing and Stuart needs to sign it is all that's left. Etched the blade today, been waiting on doing that for a while because I've only done it a couple times and it makes me jittery enough to avoid doing it for as long as possible

 

[navman]

Two is one...one is none:

 

[DustinY]

Creating a mobile grinding station so I can work in my grandpa's shop and not get the classic dirty.

 

[Alex Topfer]

Thats a good tip Stacy, did not think of that.
The first time I have turned wood.
It's easy sanding the sides flat and parallel to the blade, another kettle of fish keeping the blade in the middle of a round handle.
Do you put a dog on it to stop it spinning?

You generally don't use a dog for wood turning on a wood lathe. For what Stacy is describing (a jam chuck) the friction between the wood of the jam chuck and the work piece is enough to spin it. Otherwise spur drive centers are usually used for turning between centers
No reason you couldn't use a drive dog though, and using a machine lathe for wood might require different techniques

 

[D Bloch]

Those packaging skills definitely need some work. Also a hot wire cutter for foam would be handy

 

[Scaniaman]

Tried the laser on kydex. The logo and position will be different, but the print is good.

 

[pafka]

Tried the laser on kydex. The logo and position will be different, but the print is good.

It looks very nice, but is it safe? I generally worry about lasering into anything plastic - and a quick google search shows kydex is basically PVC, and it is dangerous to put it under the laser... Do you have some extra precautions or something? Thanks.

 

[REK Knives]

Tried the laser on kydex. The logo and position will be different, but the print is good.

Looks great... I've been wanting to try my fiber laser on kydex, I think it would work. Is yours a fiber or diode?

 

[Scaniaman]

Smells bad A F. Laser by open window and carbon filters on the respirator.

It looks very nice, but is it safe? I generally worry about lasering into anything plastic - and a quick google search shows kydex is basically PVC, and it is dangerous to put it under the laser... Do you have some extra precautions or something? Thanks

 

[Scaniaman]

Looks great... I've been wanting to try my fiber laser on kydex, I think it would work. Is yours a fiber or diode?

My laser has both a 1064nm IR and a 10 W blue diode unit in it. This one I used the diode one for. I also tried the 1064 nm IR briefly. The diode unit burns a mark, deeper better from my few tries. But I'm sure I can get good results with the IR as well if I play around with the settings.

 

[pafka]

I finished an order for a guy - N690@59 HRC, 4 mm thick, 12 cm long blade. Red G10 with black liner accent. Sheath is so long it is almost hard to pull the knife out :/ Let's say it's a safety feature. Really cool mosaic pin - I like these ones with lots of smaller features in them.