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

[ashwinearl]

Dogleg slip joint in wood burl. 14c28N stainless, mill relived liners, spun pins, hand engraved

 

[Hengelo_77]

Just enjoying myself

 

[navman]

Post thanksgiving day work. Getting the handle shaped on this Walkabout. This is the last of this model for 2024!

 

[A.McPherson]

Post thanksgiving day work. Getting the handle shaped on this Walkabout. This is the last of this model for 2024!

I'm digging those tree motif pins! Where'd you get those? Custom?

 

[navman]

Mosausa. Can't link to them but, after a slight hiccup with the carbon tubing separating from the core, which the owner made right, I have had no further issues.

 

[DeadboxHero]

More lights and belt racks.

It makes a big difference

 

[Glen Juntunen]

Here’s one of my latest projects! 1095 blade with African Blackwood scales and brass pins.

 

[Taz]

So update on Dremel Mill 2.0....getting ready for 3.0! LOL. Everything worked well except the table on the linear slide actuator has some slop to it. When I started pushing on the vise to cut the slot, the table holding the handpiece would start moving up and the table has a little side to side play, but a few inches down at the cutting tool itself, it was a noticeable slop. 3/32" bit made a slot over 1/8" and it wasn't a perfectly straight line. If I used my left hand to hold the height screw and pushed on the side of the table to hold it tight, it did much better. I found drilling a starter hole made a big difference instead of using the Dremel bit to drill the hole, too. Useable and very close to what I want to do, but a pain to hold a screw and push the table with one hand, and use the other to push the vise on the linear rail.

Fixed gantry worked well, vise worked better with 4 screws instead of 2 holding it to the carriage bases. Height adjustment was better, but did back up occasionally. Bottom half is good to go!

So next step is use a better linear actuator table shown below. The cheap one I first used is $35-$45 on the Big River site; the nicer one I got for my surface grinder build has a better adjustment screw and a locking lever, so I can set the height, lock it, and then make the cut and is $85. This lever keeps the height fixed better and table more rigid as well. So now I get to mock up the adapter plate for the scope rail and get it mounted to the cross piece. I may get the angle iron and do it all at once.

I am beginning to think I should have just gotten the Anolex 3030 Pro with the 3 axis dual linear rails! LOL.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Went to Richmond to visit my kids and throw axes. As always, such family gatherings start friendly and then descend into chaos.



Some throwing vids:

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbxOyLqqUpzZzMWnpC_9fSA

 

[Scott Hanson]

More lights and belt racks.

It makes a big difference

Very cool, I'm in the process of doing a lot of the same stuff in my shop new shop.

 

[Cliff Carter Knives]

A few I’m nearing the end on…

 

[ashwinearl]

The lambsfoot is now finished. Will get the wife to take some nice photos that don't include my grubby hands later. View attachment 2723407

What is the red scale material? I like the satin sheen of it

 

[DeadboxHero]

New Benchvice

 

[HPD]

Still need to sharpen and do the final buff and polish. Magnacut with target hardness of 62.5-63 (2075F HT, Dry Ice Slurry -100F, 330F temper 2x2 hrs.) Ziricote wood, nickel silver Corby bolts, blue G10 liners.

 

[Glen Juntunen]

Here’s a drop point hunter I’m finishing up. The blade is 8670 with stabilized maple burl scales, red liners, and brass hardware. The scales are hand sanded up to 500 grit. The bottom of the scale looks scratched up but that is actually the natural grain pattern.

 

[Selfe Made Knives]

Swayback on the bench today

 

[Michael Black]

First time trying my hand at a Chinese style veggie cleaver. It was way more work than I expected but I like how it turned out. I did a compound grind on it as well. 80CRV2 steel with a coffee etch.

 

[Selfe Made Knives]

First time trying my hand at a Chinese style veggie cleaver. It was way more work than I expected but I like how it turned out. I did a compound grind on it as well. 80CRV2 steel with a coffee etch.

That turned out really nice

 

[Glen Juntunen]

Here’s a stag hunter and sheath I finished up today. I don’t think they turned out too bad.

 

[Forrest Taylor]

Here’s a stag hunter and sheath I finished up today. I don’t think they turned out too bad.

Very nice work.