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Spavinaw		#21	[-]
Posts: 63 (01/20/09 5:33 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Me again, what are the demensions of the scales after you attach them and before any sanding and shaping is done? It's not dying I'm talking about, it's living - Gus McCrae Last Edited By: Spavinaw 01/20/09 5:36 PM. Edited 1 times.
Phoenix 1967		#22	[-]
Posts: 1057 (01/20/09 5:55 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Roughly 1 x 3 x 3/8. That was how thick it was to start. I could have run it through the table saw to thin it more, but leaving it thick allows you to sand down past any damage from drilling the holes in the scales. Lawren
Junglebill		#23	[-]
Posts: 69 (01/20/09 7:14 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	For the small folders I've been making, the ol' eye-ball method seems to be working ok. I want to tackle a camp knife (maybe a nesmuk?) so would a jig help me keep the bevel true?
Phoenix 1967		#24	[-]
Posts: 1058 (01/20/09 7:21 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I can't really answer that buddy, I've seen people that can screw up a robotic milled bevel, and seen some that can give ya a true bevel holding the knife with thier feet. It can help. Lawren
Junglebill		#25	[-]
Posts: 70 (01/20/09 7:27 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I have tried using jigs in my woodworking, and found that the time spent in set-up wasn't worth it, plus the !#*&@ things seemed to shift at the most crucial time and ruin what I was working on. I guess I'll stay with the ol' eye-ball technique. Help ease my OCD anyway :-)
Phoenix 1967		#26	[-]
Posts: 1059 (01/20/09 7:45 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Draw filing (using the file like a drawknife) produces some really good bevels with a little practice. Lawren
Spavinaw		#27	[-]
Posts: 64 (01/21/09 5:03 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Lawren, you gotta know by now I am going to ask to see the picture of the file guide. You probably cringe when you see my posts. I am always asking elementary questions! It's not dying I'm talking about, it's living - Gus McCrae
Phoenix 1967		#28	[-]
Posts: 1060 (01/21/09 8:06 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I've asked Brent For permission to repost his design. I may make a separate post to show some of the specialty tools that we makers have come up with and made. Hammers, sen, grooving tools, file guides, drill guides, etc. Lawren
Phoenix 1967		#29	[-]
Posts: 1062 (01/21/09 8:39 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Here's a topic that might help some of you out http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/729 Lawren
Spavinaw		#30	[-]
Posts: 65 (01/21/09 10:32 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I would love a new topic with all the tools that you guys have made and bought to make a beautiful knife. I would suggest a sticky topic! It's not dying I'm talking about, it's living - Gus McCrae
inwabo		#31	[-]
Posts: 318 (01/21/09 10:41 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hey Spavinaw, Have you checked here http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/forums/32 there is a section for anvil and blacksmithing tools that gave me some great ideas. Lots of obvious things I had overlooked. Patrick _________________________________________________________________________________________ Metaphors be with you.
Spavinaw		#32	[-]
Posts: 66 (01/21/09 10:47 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I will check it out now. Thanks. Mike It's not dying I'm talking about, it's living - Gus McCrae
Spavinaw		#33	[-]
Posts: 67 (01/21/09 11:05 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I love this website more everyday. I hadnt even scratched the surface on the things there are to learn on here. It's not dying I'm talking about, it's living - Gus McCrae
Murph		#34	[-]
Posts: 58 (01/21/09 10:59 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I've been waiting for the finished tutorial to comment, but have been watching this thread like a hawk for the past few days. Thanks Lawren, I've learned tons from this tutorial. I would have never thought of a full tang bolster in that respect - it would save me a lot of misery when trying to get and even profiles along the blade, for sure, not to mention how awesome it looks. I'm also looking forward to using the superglue idea. I buy super glue, as well as my epoxy (same brand and everything) from out local 99 cent store and have a heap of the stuff for fletching. Speaking of that epoxy... should it smell so bad? I mean, really, it smells like it should be inside, or recently removed from, of something that's still moving. The last time i used the delayed set 30 minute stuff i only got 5 minutes of set time because 25 minutes of fresh air was needed after opening it. This really is a great tutorial - the kind that i would point someone to if they were interested in getting started and didn't know to begin digging through the mountains of information and opinions. I especially dig the coffee can forge. I plan to make one as soon as my school load dies down a bit, and i imagine many apartment bound or suburban dwellers like myself would be highly interested Mike
Phoenix 1967		#35	[-]
Posts: 1071 (01/22/09 2:41 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks Murph! Dunno wht the Epoxy stinks so bad, But it's one reason I have an open air shop The wife would chase me out with a broom if I tried to glue something up in the house. Far as the coffee can forge goes, get a piece of 1/2 in copper tubing about 18 inches long and bend 2 90 degree angles in it. It'll look kinda like a hooka pipe, But just use 'Ole Bill Clinton's motto and dont inhale! Now Pop them scales off that first one and HT it! Lawren
FiddlebackForge		#36	[-]
Posts: 481 (01/22/09 4:20 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Man, its really pretty Lawren. Pallet wood scares me though. If a pallet has been overseas it likely got fumigated with some nasty stuff.
Phoenix 1967		#37	[-]
Posts: 1073 (01/22/09 4:35 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	With your breathing problems I can understand! Fortunately though, since foodstuffs are shipped on these particular pallets, (spices and coffee), they are untreated (as evidenced by the creepy crawlies we have to kill when they get here!)! The pallets are rough sawn and assembled untreated, and the only insecticides that are allowed are natural pyrethryns (which I AM alergic to) One of the many reasons I have an open air shop. Lawren
MOONEDGE37		#38	[-]
Posts: 208 (01/22/09 5:36 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	knife looks great lawren.thanks for the tutorial..now get started on the spike hawk...lol... been trying to do one havent got the hole centered yet tried 2...need help... see ya moon
Phoenix 1967		#39	[-]
Posts: 1075 (01/22/09 6:11 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	He He, that fast enough for ya? Lawren
Junglebill		#40	[-]
Posts: 94 (01/29/09 10:35 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Another candidate for the tutorials section, perhaps?

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