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JSumm wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:26 am

Try it with your SE K390 next time @RustyIron. I would be interested to see how that one handles it.

I'll give it a shot. There's one more belt that I need to replace... maybe in a week or two.

The Endura PE K390 was used to make a new drive belt for a lathe today. The material is a rubberized canvas. It's 2" wide and about 3/16" thick. I made a total of three cuts with some scrap particle board backing it up. The knife started off very sharp and ended up rather dull. It was an ...

That is funny , I did same thing taking a shot of an Endela and didn’t see an ant ! I blamed it on the light ! Isn't the 21st Century awesome? Only a few short years ago, the only people who could take pictures of ants were professional photographers who spent many months' pay on equipment. Now, an...

All good Rusty , wherever you feel most comfortable. To bug or not to bug that is the question ! Thanks. Today I "identify" as a "Flower and Plant" photographer. This isn't unlike many of my other shots. Rarely am I wearing glasses when I'm shooting, so I don't know exactly what...

Does this belong in "Flowers and Plants," or "Bugs and Critters?"

now you can get one! If you indeed choose so, I bet you´ll love it! Hahahaha! You are SO predictable! While your logic may be sound, I have an irrational predilection for larger blades. Right now, there's no need for me to buy anything from the existing line-up. I have what I need (and then some). ...

Wartstein wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 27, 2024 10:01 am

the Chaparral has a BACKlock?

Just out of interest: How do YOU feel about the Chaparral FRN as an alternative especially to the G10 Lil Native? I don't own a Chaparral, but I would prefer the bidirectional FRN over the G10. I REALLY like Spyderco's bidirectional surface. The feature that would keep me away from the Chaparral is...

If you own both, can you give us a summary of the strong and weak points of each? The D'fly is truly brilliant. The one-piece handle is the epitome of elegant functionality. It has The Hump. The Lil Native is a flatback. If I wanted a flatback, I'd buy a Buck folder. The only downside of the Dragon...

The stones that live in the garage are not well cared for. They're not for knives, they're for cutting tools or whatever I might be working on. They get pulled off the shelf when needed. They're generally slopped with cutting oil. If they get gummed up, they get put back and another stone is pulled...

What those guys said.

Did you try slopping some lube in there?
There isn't much to go wrong with that lock. Maybe the cage is dragging on the scale before the ball is completely jammed into the gap.

I'm wondering how many people use a lanyard on a pocket knife. To me, it's a useless ugly hole Yup. The hole diminishes from the aesthetics of the knife. Blech. Sometimes you can take a non-lanyard pocket clip and install it on a lanyard-holed knife, improving the looks of the knife on one side.

Why do you all appearantly use specifically a glass plate to stick sandpaper or whatever abrasive to? Why not any other hard plate? (Like some metal)? Glass is cheap. Glass is flat enough. Glass wears slowly enough. I have an old cast iron surface plate. It's not super-precise, but I'd prefer to ke...

Ngati Pom wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:46 pm

That is interesting, it looks as if it’s surface hardening rather than full thickness?

Yes! There are many applications where this is an excellent solution.

I think you'll be happier with silicon carbide on glass. There's no need to get all theoretical and futz around with "protective layers of laminate." We're not building space shuttles here, we're flattening stones just like our ancestors have been doing for untold generations. 1. Glass 2....

Wandering_About wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:59 pm

The S60V datasheet notes that a cooling rate of 150F per minute to under 1000F is good enough to get the steel hardened through.

Thanks!