Hello from Langdon A.B.

[wharris1]

I have been a member for a bit and thought I should say hello
I have been a hobby metalworker for many years
my hobbies also include gunsmithing and knife making
my shop is equipped with a 9x42 knee mill 15x50 lathe 6x18 surface grinder mig tig and stick welders
so you could say I dont usually get bored
anyway hello to all of you
William

 

[CalgaryPT]

Welcome aboard William.

 

[PeterT]

Welcome. After a few obligatory posts you'll be able to post some pics of you projects, shop, whatever.

 

[DavidR8]

Welcome to the forum!


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[kevin.decelles]

Welcome, that makes two of us from Langdon. I lived in the town for 13 years and moved south to an acreage 10 years ago. I go through to get groceries and mail!

Good to know there is a surface grinder in the vicinity!


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[Hruul]

Welcome!!

 

[JohnnyTK]

Welcome from Collingwood, ON

 

[Janger]

Cool setup William. Welcome aboard. Let's see some shop photos. Or what are you making?

 

[Marc Moreau]

Welcome from Gatineau QC

 

[wharris1]

Cool setup William. Welcome aboard. Let's see some shop photos. Or what are you making?

hello John its a little tight for good photos but here it goes and the latest project is a front rifle rest that has a belt drive for eleavation (very smooth

 

[Janger]

pretty!

 

[RobinHood]

Welcome from Chestermere. Very shop William. Is that a Colchester Triumph?

 

[wharris1]

Welcome from Chestermere. Very shop William. Is that a Colchester Triumph?

yes it is

 

[PeterT]

Very nice William.
You mentioned knife making. I'm not myself but find myself lusting over a belt grinder (sander) like what blade makers typically use. Do you have one yourself or have thoughts in that regard? Some guys are buying commercial units, others are completing from kits. I guess it varies by the individual, budget, tools & nature of work but anyways thought I'd ask. What about heat treating. Do you do your own or send it out?

 

[wharris1]

Very nice William.
You mentioned knife making. I'm not myself but find myself lusting over a belt grinder (sander) like what blade makers typically use. Do you have one yourself or have thoughts in that regard? Some guys are buying commercial units, others are completing from kits. I guess it varies by the individual, budget, tools & nature of work but anyways thought I'd ask. What about heat treating. Do you do your own or send it out?

My grinder is eerf (free backwards) it is a free set of plans you can get from an internet search it covers most metal components and you order your wheels ect. at this time I send out heat treat
I guess an oven would make a good project

 

[Marc Moreau]

Nice gun rest did you dit it ?

 

[wharris1]

Nice gun rest did you dit it ?

yes they are a team collaboration we had tried this style of rest and liked them so one of our group is good with cad and made the drawings and i did the machine shop end to supply our team
now we sell as a fundraiser to help with our club expences (alberta schutzen guild)

 

[Marc Moreau]

Very nice I like it will last long time.

 

[daverf]

Hello from Northeast Calgary

 

[Crosche]

Greetings from Calgary and a fellow knife maker.

Chad