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  1. Chris Cramer

    Milling machine: Albrecht chucks, Silver and Deming etc.

    Most of what I want to do is use an end mill to clean/ square the edges of some holes and slots instead of using a tungsten bur with a die grinder. If the machine doesn't need too much rigidity to skim the inner edges and corners of ferrous metal and maybe also to cut a clean hole with larger...
  2. Chris Cramer

    Milling machine: Albrecht chucks, Silver and Deming etc.

    Would it be possible to use end mills in a drill press if I add a manual gantry to the drill table?
  3. Chris Cramer

    Blade smithing

    Im thinking that is why the tools don't cut well straight from the box. The bottom face of the tips are level with your work, so the tips don't have a steep enough angle to cut into the metal.
  4. Chris Cramer

    Blade smithing

    This dimond file is the perfect shape and size for sharpening the edges of the counterbores. The flat bottom when made flush with the surface of one flute also lines the curved top fush with the curve on the bottom of the flute behind. This makes it easy to keep it straight at the proper angle...
  5. Chris Cramer

    Blade smithing

    Yeah, I started out at only 800rpm on my drill press and I made sure I used cutting oil. The other flutes in the set that haven't been used don't feel very sharp either. By the geometry of the flutes can these tools only cutt into a perfectly level flat surface?
  6. Chris Cramer

    Counterbore questions?

    I have used pilot point drill bits, they work fine for expanding a hole but they always leave the surface concave if you try using them to counterbore. I'm looking for some made with carbide teeth or stronger hss. I'm fairly confident that my new accusize counterbores will work well when...
  7. Chris Cramer

    Blade smithing

    Can I sharpen these dull tools? Unless they aren't made for stainless steels or tool steels the first one did not cut well at all into my shear blade. It could also have been that the heat from welding and plasma cutting the blades hardened them too much; but even when I tried cutting some old...
  8. Chris Cramer

    Blade smithing

    Ah, that makes sense. Depending on the size of my lathe I might have to cut off the handles, and clamp it to a face plate with screws.
  9. Chris Cramer

    Blade smithing

    I'm working on a pair of kitchen shears made with s35vn high carbon stainless steel. The blades I cut with my plasma table line up fairly well. I'll definitely need to do some straightening in the handles, but my main concern is the size of the link. Since the thickness of this steel is 3/16"...
  10. Chris Cramer

    Blade smithing

    Thanks John, I have thought about crafting some other utensils other than just knives. Most kitchn knife sets also include sheers/ scissors, so I'll probably look at some designs of those before I design them on fusion. I could easily make some forks and spoons out of basic stainless steel and...
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