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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hosted a mini hammer a couple weekends ago and my forge took a beating. Had trouble getting it up to welding temp so I had to reline it. I decided to make the opening bigger. I went from 5"x5" opening to a...

Good compression spring may just work. My grinder does not have compression spring. It has 2 springs on back of lever arm. I tighten as much as I can with the spring and then lock down. I then push up on the lever arm to get more tension and then wedge a small block of wood between the lever arm...

I am waiting for one in the mail. Ordered it a week ago

I use vacuum and pressure to stabilize my wood. I use 95-1000A for stabilizing. I have gotten great results with this method. Jim

Can't wait to get it home for t.n.k.n. Some nights we have lots of guys show up and short a grinder or 2. Last night we must have had 10 people show up. Slows things down with only 2 grinders. Jim

Where in Canada are you located? Jim

I use 95-1000a from Godfrey and wing. It was designed for filling porous metal. I have had a couple small fires in my stove but nothing serious. Wost thing that happened was burnt a couple pieces of wood. I now chip out all the chemical that leaked onto the bottom of stove. No fires since. Jim

I was on my way back from the fishing lodge and my wife and I stopped at a pawn shop to look around. They never had anything i was interested in but after talking with the owner a while he told me about a German guy that has a large anvil for sale. I phoned the guy and he invited me out to have...

I have been stabilizing wood for about 2 years now with great results. I made my own pressure pot from steel. I have used the pop cannisters, which work real good, but I needed more volume so I built my own custom vessel. I have been using a chemical that is very safe to use. once my vaccumm and...

I used to use a toaster oven as well. The chemical I use needs to be heated to 205 deg for the catalyst to kick in and harden. I now use a used kitchen oven only because I am doing much bigger batches. Yes it can start a fire if you are not careful. Jim

Just a reminder about the Hammer-in I will be hosting in Southern Alberta. Takes place on June 17, 18 & 19. Demonstrators will be Ed Caffrey J. Nielsen Steve Kelly Cal Ganshorn. If you require further...

I am hosting my first hammer-in this June 17-19. As for costs, I'm not sure on what the costs will be. There was a knife symposium held every year here in Alberta in central Alberta. The guy that hosted this event, hosted it many years. He decided to call it quits and another knifemaker from...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I couldn't wait any longer. I did a little pipe fitting to get the forge ready to fire. I fired it up and stuck a piece of 1-3/4" shaft in and less than 10 minutes it was glowing yellow. There is absolutly no...

We are having a hammer in in Tilley Alberta this June 17-19. I know it is far away but we have a few guys from the U.S.A. coming up for this. Jim

Hi Jim Clow from Tilley Alberta. Been building knives off and on for 13 years. Enjoy building the equipment for building knives. I make my own damascus and stabilize my own wood as well. I host a Thursday night knife nite for the knife makers in the area. As well as anyone interested in...

Hello all. I am hosting a hammer-in this June and was thinking about getting some hats or tee-shirts or something made up for this event. Problem is I am not a very good artist. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on a logo and if anyone could help draw this out. I would like to...

Bruce You are an amazing person with unreal talent. Jim

Very nice grinds. Jim

Yes, they have been long projects. I wish work would quit interupting our play time. Jim

Bruce I am actually going to hilti this press down to the shop floor. I made the footprint as small as I possibly could but still have a good size press. I actually used whatever materials I had left over from other jobs. I built one for Dennis as well but now he is talking foolish about having...