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Just picked this up today- marble is a resource available here on Vancouver Island, and there's a business up the road who mines and processes it. I was in need of a bigger layout plate than the one I have now, which is grade B granite- graded granite plates are mucho dinero, and all the more so the bigger they are. This beautiful marble slab was under 200 bucks and they cut it to the dimensions I wanted.

It's awesome to patronize a local business that specializes in processing local resources
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I didn’t have a vertical slack belt arm for my Pheer, and removing/installing the platen was a pain. Had scrap aluminum plate and steel square tubing. Some hardware from the hardware store and a cheap set of wheels from online and viola’. I still need to clean up the groove for the rear bolt to allow angle adjustment.
 

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MJB206 said:
I didn’t have a vertical slack belt arm for my Pheer, and removing/installing the platen was a pain. Had scrap aluminum plate and steel square tubing. Some hardware from the hardware store and a cheap set of wheels from online and viola’. I still need to clean up the groove for the rear bolt to allow angle adjustment.
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That turned out great!
Jeff
 
Lorien said:
Just picked this up today- marble is a resource available here on Vancouver Island, and there's a business up the road who mines and processes it. I was in need of a bigger layout plate than the one I have now, which is grade B granite- graded granite plates are mucho dinero, and all the more so the bigger they are. This beautiful marble slab was under 200 bucks and they cut it to the dimensions I wanted.

It's awesome to patronize a local business that specializes in processing local resources
👍


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Wait, all I see is a sword blade ;)... where is the granite?
 
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That turned out great!
Jeff
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Thanks! I'm really happy with it. As luck would have it I had some 1/2 aluminum plate from another project, and that's the same as what Pheer uses in their platen setups, so it was a no-brainier to use similar dimensions. It'll be a lot faster than having to remove/install/adjust the platen.

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Finally got my sharpener system listed for sale. It's funny how many hours can be spent to design and produce an item, but it can literally be months of feet dragging to spend the last hour to take pictures and put something on your website... 😅


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I was more interested in the sword.

I had a friend who was a woodworker. He wanted to have a stone top table in the shop for flat work and glue-up. He figured 48X24X2 would be good. He priced granite at the local places and got crazy prices. He later heard that a local fudge business went bankrupt, and they were auctioning the fixtures and equipment. He bought an 8-foot long by 3-foot wide by 4" thick fudging table for $100. The base is lovely maple wood ... with drawers ... and huge wheels. It took a forklift and a flatbed tow truck to get it to his shop. We figured the whole table weighed a ton or more.
 
That feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you drop a blade in your 21” vertical air bath and it looks like molten lava in there and you wonder if your blacksmith tongs will allow you to reach it before you and your clothes combust. 😱
 
wow, Stacy- what a score that would be! I'd have to build a shop around it, I don't think I'd be able to fit it in my garage haha. Those tables are precise as can be.

the sword; I forged that from W2 round bar, which came from Don Hanson, at Stuart Branson's place a couple months ago. My third forged thing. It's a variation on this unit;
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Not the greatest pictures. Cloudy day and the only bright lighting is in our kitchen. CD#1 hardened at 1950F with plate quench, dry ice cold treatment, and tempered 2 hours at 300 and 2x2 hours at 375. Purple Richlite scales with yellow G-10 liners, nickel silver and brass Loveless bolts. Hand sanded to 800 grit. I almost ruined this blade with my uneven grinding, but I was able to sand out the high spots. IMG_3934.JPG
 

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Just finished these twin hunters.
OAL - 8.5” Edge - 4.5”
.09” 14C28N RC ~63 HT by Paul Bos
Dymalux handles - Cocobolo and Charcoal w/ fiber liners
Loveless style bolts and GFlex epoxy
Just need to make sheaths and put on final edge
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I'm still having issues finishing these blades from Vanadis 4E. Somehow the finish above 400 grit is splotchy or just has some spots that reflect the light differently. I guess as usual it is a skill issue, but it is exacerbated by the steel. I ordered some diamond powder and paste to see if that would help.

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One more DIY project trying to get my shop organized. I was tired of laying tool arms on the floor. My shop is pretty cramped. Threw this together from some scrap. It’s fits all four of my tool arms and sits compactly next to my grinding bench.

I need up welding it to a larger heavier plate for stability. I’d never tried wire welding but I picked up the Titanium 125 flux core unit from HF when they had their 35% off sale. My welds aren’t great but it’s definitely not coming apart. Much better than I can do with a stick. That little box punches way above its weight in terms of thickness it can handle. Was able to tack together a bracket for my VFD while I was at it.

I’ll clean it up and paint it once the weather warms up.
 

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I'm still having issues finishing these blades from Vanadis 4E. Somehow the finish above 400 grit is splotchy or just has some spots that reflect the light differently. I guess as usual it is a skill issue, but it is exacerbated by the steel. I ordered some diamond powder and paste to see if that would help.

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I use the 3m diamond lapping microfilm - 120, 220 and 400 grit - on vanadium steels, but I'm still not completely satisfied with the finish.
 
pafka said:
I'm still having issues finishing these blades from Vanadis 4E. Somehow the finish above 400 grit is splotchy or just has some spots that reflect the light differently. I guess as usual it is a skill issue, but it is exacerbated by the steel. I ordered some diamond powder and paste to see if that would help.

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Are you grinding pre or post heat treat and are you heat treating them yourself? Any potential decarb/scale issue? I haven’t used that steel before but it doesn’t seem like grit should matter. Great looking knife by the way.
 
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Not the greatest pictures. Cloudy day and the only bright lighting is in our kitchen. CD#1 hardened at 1950F with plate quench, dry ice cold treatment, and tempered 2 hours at 300 and 2x2 hours at 375. Purple Richlite scales with yellow G-10 liners, nickel silver and brass Loveless bolts. Hand sanded to 800 grit. I almost ruined this blade with my uneven grinding, but I was able to sand out the high spots. View attachment 2777758
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I liked this knife yesterday. I looked at it again today and I liked it more. Well done!
 
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