dragoncutlery

i blew out the bolts using the stock jack in a harbor freight press to move metal i put in stronger bolts tried again and ripped the beams apart i built a real press after that at the very least if your not a welder you can prolly find a weld shop that can make something to hold up to the jack your going to use

the only high wear parts on a grinder are the platens and the bearings nothing else will move enough to were out before you get your moneys worth out of it if you see something you like get it or dont

i was able to drill old band saw blade at 50rc with just cobalt bits made a quick machete and its doing good

auburn instruments has a plethra of pids

skip the lathe and just use a belt grinder to shape your wood jaws

snorri you have some reading to do

double sheard diamond steel has a nice ring to it

some foreign coils wont harden ether not sure the make i tosed all my coils after that not worth cutting them up just to have a blade not harden

ive had small tanks not hiss when cracked open unless hooked up some kind of saftie in the newer valves

yep i want one

i use hydrous borax or more my borax tends to be clumped together from the humidity and i break it up and use it any way

i dont see anything specific on his site and his contact link is down i should have an email around here some were but i might wait till hes back from adventure down under before i bend his ear on this i am curious now

dooooooood

my motor is open and right next to the contact wheel and lower than my platen which i use almost exclusively never had a problem also i am running a 1.5 which is fine for most things if i spent more time making knives i would upgrade to a 2 or even a 3 if i was doing a lot of stock removal haven't changed my belt speed in 14 years might save me some hand sanding if i did

i just saw a guy some were that escapes me right now who ended up in the hospital from a badly designed hood over his solid fuel forge prolly wouldn't be a bad idea to get the detector ether way you go