Recent content by Taz575

Impressive with the Razorstar! Interested to see how the Actirox compares to it! I use those as my main 36 grit, but usually use the VSM 880 or 885's. Never thought to weigh the blades to see how much material is removed by the coarse belt!

I found some big sweet potatoes to test recently on a blade I was working on! The blade was 240mm length heel to tip and around 54mm tall, which gives you an idea of the 2 sweet potatoes, large onions and cabbage! It was getting a wa handle, but I left the tang bigger to use as a temp handle...

I have a bunch of awesome stuff from him I am itching to use! Gotta grind some Magnacut for them!

I put them in angle iron and clamped it when I welded it. Helped keep them aligned!

Yeah, I gotta try that next time and scuff the surface. The texture on the surfaces doesn't help either versus using flat sheet.

Wow! I may have to get some of those sheets one of these days!

Ah, ok! I wasn't sure how many "sheets" I would go through! I saw one place wanted like $330 for 50 sheets that were pretty small sheets! I tried some other cheap diamond pads and stuff and never liked the finish they left. I even have a 8K DMT diamond plate here that I don't use.

No, in the US. I looked it up a while ago, maybe it's come down in price since then? A 2x72 Diamond belt was over $100 when I looked a few months ago. Amazon shows it to be stupid expensive still! Or they want you to get a full roll or 50 sheets.

I've tried it with quarters stacked up and TIG welded with no filler rod in my propane forge. I always seem to have a delam, so I got some sheets of copper, nickel and brass to try next time! I even cleaned the quarters with acetone before stacking them. It's hard getting the heat to the...

Yes, I set the bevel with the belt sander, but it was a very rough, toothy, coarse, burred edge. I basically used the water stones to refine that edge and clean it up to a nice, crisp, smooth edge. The edge was pretty nice off of the Rika 5K, and improved and smoothed out a bit with the 3...

Sorry for the long post in advance, but I wanted to chime in here to give some info on working with S90V since I got baptized in it recently and I want others to learn from my mistakes! I got it hardened to 61 HRC and then ground 4 blades from it post HT. 1/8" stock, blades were 5" x 2"...

Hello to a fellow CT guy! If you need some Tung Oil, let me know. I have the 100% pure stuff if you want to give it a try and not have to buy a whole bottle of it. I am in Central CT, near Middletown!

He hasnt been on since October 2020...

I had that happen to me before, too. I usually use the felt covers for transport and then take the blades out when I get to where I am going. I had a blade in my garage (unheated, uninsulated) and the blade was dry when I put it in and when I pulled it out, had rust on it. That was from...

Cut up some Rutabaga, potatoes and sweet potato recently: