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What's going on in your shop? Show us whats going on, and talk a bit about your work!
- Thread starter WillSwift
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Pablobugy - Welcome to Bladeforums. Your english is just fine. So is that knife...... really nice work. 
-Peter
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Ahh, sorry I misunderstood, I thought you meant blast media. Thanks though!
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I just added this Chuck Ward knife vice, which has made shaping handles much more ergonomic and effective. It allows me to safely clamp the blade and rotate 360 degrees as well as vertically 180 degrees. Thanks for the recommendation from a member who I forgot that mentioned it in one of their posts.
Thanks to all of you on this board for passing on your knowledge. Special thanks go to Nick Wheeler for making that 7 part mini-series on handle shaping. I went from producing rectangular slab handles with rounded corners to actual shaped knives.
Thoughts?
Thanks to all of you on this board for passing on your knowledge. Special thanks go to Nick Wheeler for making that 7 part mini-series on handle shaping. I went from producing rectangular slab handles with rounded corners to actual shaped knives.
Thoughts?
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just got my new Uncle Al's forging press today !
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Got the new grinder home today and found a spot for it in my little garage shop. Decided to re organize in order to make it a bit more user friendly in there. Once I finally got the grinder set up and bolted down, I spent some time familiarizing myself with the operation of it. Took me a moment to discover the small lock that holds the top wheel down while the belt is changed. I have never used a tool rest before and felt ot was just in the way so I took it off. Had to adjust the platen as there was a good 1/8" gap between the belt and the platen. Just moved it forward untill it barely touched. Had a blank that I had messed up during profiling on the old machine, I reprofiled and ground in bevels in about 5 minutes, man this baby eats steel! It is quite loud, had no ear plugs handy so ears are ringing
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Justin - You guys and your shops with........ space.
Just a bit green with envy here. Setting up a shop with the sq. footage and capabilities you are acquiring remains something of a dream for me.
Have fun!
-Peter
Just a bit green with envy here. Setting up a shop with the sq. footage and capabilities you are acquiring remains something of a dream for me.
Have fun!
-Peter
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Lol, not a whole lota space in my shop =D that's as much empty floor space as I've ever seen in it, mostly because I've cleared almost everything out so that I can move the power hammer to the foundation I poured between the doors, and put the press where the power hammer currently is =)
what grinder did you get?
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This morning was the big move. Stayed in the garage last night till 2am removing the top shaft, motor and accessories from the hammer, and moving everything around in the shop to give space for the gantry crane.
In fact, I figured out that if i moved my lighting fixtures to the sides of the ceiling beams that I could raise the gantry crane 4 inches and actually give myself a whole lot more clearance with the hammer, so... i spent an hour moving all the lights too. Being an early dupont hammer, before they changed frame styles to the 'through' back with the hole, the place I had to grab the hammer around the waist is a bit unbalanced. I found it much easier to move by using both the gantry crane and my engine hoist together to keep the hammer balanced.
My original plan was to lift the hammer up about 2 inches and use my sawzall to cut the existing threaded rod, but with the extra 4 inches I was able to just clear the rods and lift the hammer over. After that it was a matter of inching it across the garage to its new home and centering it and the plywood and rubber mat on the new foundation. All that is left now is to drill the anchor bolt holes and epoxy them in. I picked up some Epcon A7 anchor epoxy at fastenall, hopefully one tube is enough for 4 holes, because this stuff is over $40 a tube!
While the hammer is in the new spot and with the motor removed, I'm going to re-manufacture the motor mount to be down low and behind, similar to the original dupont electric motor powered hammers. This means that I'll have to fabricate a swing arm for the tensioner and probably turn an idler pulley or two on the lathe as well. I'm not going to reuse the shaft that it had because it was very stiff and not very free moving, and i'm sure that I lost a ton of power in the transmission. Instead I'll make a new counter-shaft with new bearings.
In fact, I figured out that if i moved my lighting fixtures to the sides of the ceiling beams that I could raise the gantry crane 4 inches and actually give myself a whole lot more clearance with the hammer, so... i spent an hour moving all the lights too. Being an early dupont hammer, before they changed frame styles to the 'through' back with the hole, the place I had to grab the hammer around the waist is a bit unbalanced. I found it much easier to move by using both the gantry crane and my engine hoist together to keep the hammer balanced.
My original plan was to lift the hammer up about 2 inches and use my sawzall to cut the existing threaded rod, but with the extra 4 inches I was able to just clear the rods and lift the hammer over. After that it was a matter of inching it across the garage to its new home and centering it and the plywood and rubber mat on the new foundation. All that is left now is to drill the anchor bolt holes and epoxy them in. I picked up some Epcon A7 anchor epoxy at fastenall, hopefully one tube is enough for 4 holes, because this stuff is over $40 a tube!
While the hammer is in the new spot and with the motor removed, I'm going to re-manufacture the motor mount to be down low and behind, similar to the original dupont electric motor powered hammers. This means that I'll have to fabricate a swing arm for the tensioner and probably turn an idler pulley or two on the lathe as well. I'm not going to reuse the shaft that it had because it was very stiff and not very free moving, and i'm sure that I lost a ton of power in the transmission. Instead I'll make a new counter-shaft with new bearings.
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I got the 1.5 Hp Baldor 2x48 that I mentioned in my previous post a page back.
here are a couple pix
my shop is kind of a messy corner in my messy garage.
Lately, I've been able to turn out some pointy things that look like this:
(I couldn't find a flat place to put them. It really is a horrible mess right now)
I have one of these things in the shop, but it is kind of dirty...
Lately, I've been able to turn out some pointy things that look like this:
(I couldn't find a flat place to put them. It really is a horrible mess right now)
I have one of these things in the shop, but it is kind of dirty...
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I don't know if any of you remember what my work space (hardly a "shop") looked like before... but here's how it looks now:
The grinder is completely disassembled and stored in a big 27 gallon sized black bin with a yellow lid. All the shelving I used for storing supplies and radios and luggage has been taken down and the walls repainted. The work bench is still there, but it's covered with stuff that is waiting to be packed or disposed of. The saw and the other tools have all been boxed up and put into storage. Everything that is in the garage now is either destined for storage or for sale or giving away.
My life is in turmoil. My wife is unhappy, but coping (barely).
And yet I have found ways to cope. Sometimes you just do what you have to do to get through to the next stage. Now is one of those times for me. May be a year before I can make knives again. I'll cope. Others have done so... I will too.
The grinder is completely disassembled and stored in a big 27 gallon sized black bin with a yellow lid. All the shelving I used for storing supplies and radios and luggage has been taken down and the walls repainted. The work bench is still there, but it's covered with stuff that is waiting to be packed or disposed of. The saw and the other tools have all been boxed up and put into storage. Everything that is in the garage now is either destined for storage or for sale or giving away.
My life is in turmoil. My wife is unhappy, but coping (barely).
And yet I have found ways to cope. Sometimes you just do what you have to do to get through to the next stage. Now is one of those times for me. May be a year before I can make knives again. I'll cope. Others have done so... I will too.
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I don't know if any of you remember what my work space (hardly a "shop") looked like before... but here's how it looks now:
The grinder is completely disassembled and stored in a big 27 gallon sized black bin with a yellow lid. All the shelving I used for storing supplies and radios and luggage has been taken down and the walls repainted. The work bench is still there, but it's covered with stuff that is waiting to be packed or disposed of. The saw and the other tools have all been boxed up and put into storage. Everything that is in the garage now is either destined for storage or for sale or giving away.
My life is in turmoil. My wife is unhappy, but coping (barely).
And yet I have found ways to cope. Sometimes you just do what you have to do to get through to the next stage. Now is one of those times for me. May be a year before I can make knives again. I'll cope. Others have done so... I will too.
Hang in there bud.
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Moves are always tuff. I could not imagine moving from the PNW. I admire you greatly for making such a tuff decision to relocate and go back to work full time. Keep your head up and gently remind your wife that it is tuff for you as well but its for the long term benefit of your family. Im hoping you can connect with some makers quickly close to where you moving too that you can get some shop time in. There should be many more there then there is where your at now.
Ps I always loved you ambitious projects and craftsmanship. You have come a long ways in the last few years.
Blessing,
Brett
Ps I always loved you ambitious projects and craftsmanship. You have come a long ways in the last few years.
Blessing,
Brett
I don't know if any of you remember what my work space (hardly a "shop") looked like before... but here's how it looks now:
The grinder is completely disassembled and stored in a big 27 gallon sized black bin with a yellow lid. All the shelving I used for storing supplies and radios and luggage has been taken down and the walls repainted. The work bench is still there, but it's covered with stuff that is waiting to be packed or disposed of. The saw and the other tools have all been boxed up and put into storage. Everything that is in the garage now is either destined for storage or for sale or giving away.
My life is in turmoil. My wife is unhappy, but coping (barely).
And yet I have found ways to cope. Sometimes you just do what you have to do to get through to the next stage. Now is one of those times for me. May be a year before I can make knives again. I'll cope. Others have done so... I will too.
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Just finished my first knife of 2014! She even slices and shaves arm hair, which is impressive considering my first two knives made last year were better used as pry bars.
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tryppyr ,
I can kind of feel your pain. We moved back in the end of February/beginning of March of this year. Now granted, we just moved 5 miles down the road, but it still sucked. After the move we had to remodel our old house to get it ready to rent, so that left little time for knife making activities. I wish you good luck with your move and know you will eventually get back to making knives, just don't give up. I just finished these two this week. I'm finally back to where I can put out start putting out knives pretty regularly.
-Adam
Beware, cell phone pics.....
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I can kind of feel your pain. We moved back in the end of February/beginning of March of this year. Now granted, we just moved 5 miles down the road, but it still sucked. After the move we had to remodel our old house to get it ready to rent, so that left little time for knife making activities. I wish you good luck with your move and know you will eventually get back to making knives, just don't give up. I just finished these two this week. I'm finally back to where I can put out start putting out knives pretty regularly.
-Adam
Beware, cell phone pics.....
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