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    Etching discussion

    Not perfect comparison pictures. Ferric only Coffee How long? Depends on how strong and how hot of water you use. Until you like the color. It comes out almost blue, then fades a little after drying and oiling. Neither coffee or the carbon left from Ferric only is very durable in use...
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    A Question About Folder

    I'm sorry I don't have a better picture at hand and the shadow the blade is casting makes it very hard to see in this one, but where the arrow is you can see I milled a channel half the thickness of the liner. This is the "hinge" of the lock spring. Because it's half thickness it has much less...
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    A Question About Folder

    John's nailed about everything, but I would say based on that there's no relief cut in your lock, it's lock spring pressure pushing the blade over. This is simple to test. Use something thin and flat to index the spring away from the blade. Does it come back to center when relieved of pressure?
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    Plunge line question

    If your platen isn't square with the wheels, it results in higher belt tension on one side of the platen than the other. J flex belts when tracked over the side with less tension don't wrap around the edge of the platen and give you that predictable radius. On the tighter side the belt wraps...
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    Rusty 1084 WIP-ish?

    Sheesh I thought I worked slow. ;) It's like someone is talking at you keeping you from getting anything done.
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