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I have not spent the time reading some of the other pages and I hope I am not repeating someone else mistakes.
Here is one I remembered today. If you are cutting with a BandSaw,and are using metal that will work-harden, make sure you keep it cool. If you notice the saw stoped cutting and you start pushing harder to get through that tough spot, STOP!!. If the metal piece got too hot it probably worked-harden. The blade will go dull in two seconds. If you need to finish a cut, come back from the opposite side and stay short about .015" from meeting the other cut. There are two things you might run into if you go all the way with the cut. One, you might run into some teeth from the blade stuck in the metal and those will ruin your saw. Two, you might dull your blade if the piece of metal had worked harden. My advice is to take a few more minutes, go slow, and avoid those frustrating situations and extra saws. Ricardo Velarde www.velardeknives.com __________________ Ricardo Velarde 7240 N. Greenfield Dr. Park City, Utah. 84098, U.S.A. (1) 435-901-1773 www.velardeknives.com |
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This is one that took a great amount of inattention to accomplish. I was putting a pair of ivory micarta slabs on a knife that I had spent days on. I drilled and counterbored my screw holes, rough shaped the handles so that I would know in a hurry which side went where when I put the epoxy on, then proceded to put everything together. I let it sit a few minutes when I realized that I had not profiled the front edge.
It took some vicegrips, prybar, and a rawhide hammer, but I was able to get the scales off and reuse them. Obviously this was not something that I did early in the day. I don't wait for everyone to go to bed before I head out to the shop anymore. Oh yeah, you should make sure that your mig bottle is not sitting behind your buffer. They sure do ring and you will do all kinds of cool moves until you are sure that you have not moved from knife making into the making of a compressed air rocket. Mike |
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Thanks for the idea of putting the shirts up for sale as "Authentic Knikemakers shirts" for sale with "proof of use hole".
I know other folks like Steve....you know ....if you give him lemons, he'll make lemonade.....if you give him sour grapes, he'll turn them into grape marmalade...... __________________ John R. Fraps jfraps@att.net www.frapsknives.com member Knifemakers' Guild,ABS, PKA, AKTI |
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sheaths
One mistake I've made several times (believe it or not) that I've just now made is proceeding to make a sheath out of leather and discovering when its finished that it turned out to be a left handed sheath. It is from tracing the pattern onto the wrong side of the leather. Its a waste of expensive leather (for me anyway) but I suppose I can save them until a left handed person orders the same make of knife. i have 2 or 3 of these useless things sitting in my shop right now...
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I was doing some glueing and was wearing Nitrate gloves. Went to "flip" the belt off one of my Bader's and got my hand caught in the moving belt. It ran my hand trough the contact wheel and out the back side. That was interesting. And scarry. Also stamped a hard blade with a brand new stamp. Won't do that again (I hope!). Mark
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As to the left handed sheath post,the very first knife I sold I made a right handed sheath.Turns out the buyer was left handed.
Now I always ask. |
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