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  1. jbrownslms

    ot almost had lathe and drill press and a rant

    I guess the only good thing about the whole deal was the guys wife was there and called him an arse hole for selling it on me. He still tried to sell me the drill press and I told him to keep it!
  2. jbrownslms

    New kid

    Thats a very nice knife, did you get the blade heat treated or just use a high carbon steel
  3. jbrownslms

    ot almost had lathe and drill press and a rant

    So I I found a lathe local to me and a drill press two days ago offered guy 400$ for both and he excepted. Told the guy I will be there after work next day, set up a time. When I got there guy told me he sold lathe last night :mad:. Needless to say little bit angry, is there no such thing as a...
  4. jbrownslms

    New kid

    The blade is ss 56rc. My neighbor is the real knife maker, he has all the fancy rigs for sanding and polishing. For one off knifes it doesnt really pay to send one blade out, he has hundreds of heat treated blanks to choose from. But I guess to answer your question about heat treating yes a...
  5. jbrownslms

    New kid

    Welcome rick, Glad to see another rc'r and knife maker. I am in the slow process of building a 64" wing spit fire from balsa, I also have a hilo in parts in a box lol witch will be re assembled some day. I have built a knife or too, great fun! Jamie
  6. jbrownslms

    tramming mill

    I bought my vice from kms tools its a 4 inch and seems to be the perfect size for these smaller mills
  7. jbrownslms

    tramming mill

    I have a 4 inch curt style vice and the distance from the fixed jaw and the hold down tabs on the vice base is greater then the distance between t-slots on table.
  8. jbrownslms

    tramming mill

    That is a great Idea provided it lines up over a t slot so your bolts will go in , my vice came with alignment studs that bolt on the bottom but I took them off for ease of moving vice around.
  9. jbrownslms

    tramming mill

    Thats what I did as well, but now im thinking about I should tram in off of the middle t-slot as its nice when milling round bar to use the slot as holding fixture
  10. jbrownslms

    tramming mill

    When you guys tram your mill do you first do a t-nut slot on the table to get the head close, or do you go straight to tramming the vice. Jamie
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