Search results

Lmao "the magic smoke escape" :p Felt like that was the case. Turns out it was a stupid little mistake. I called auberins and they took 10 seconds to figure it out. Works great now!

Thank you very much! That was a great video explanation and quite an interesting mechanism!

When I was a kid I saw an auto knife, you press the button and the blade releases out the front of the handle, when you press the botton again the blade goes back inside. I've never seen another of these and was wondering what it's called and how does the mechanism in such a knife work?

Thanks that's a good idea i'll contact Aubrins in the morning. The manual said the terminals aren't polarity speciffic. The outlet still works (no breakers tripped) Just a quick "zap" sound and no LED light. I've read and re read the manual in that link and can't figure out what happened.

Sorry idk... I need it for a project tomorrow and setup didnt go well. Aubrins SYL-1512a2 PID controller. Here's the manual I was following... http://auberins.com/images/Manual/SYL-1512A2instruction%201.0.pdf I took a standard power cable for a lamp, wired it to the correct terminals as it...

Thanks guys! :D

The smaller one is a knife I made for my mother. 1084, buffalo handle. It was completed about three weeks ago. The larger one I just completed today for my fathers birthday. 1084, G10 scales, stainless bolster. The bolster was glued and pinned, it was my first attempt at doing a steel bolster...

Right on thanks for all the help!

This did cross my mind. Can truoil alone fill small pores in wood like bubinga?

Just a random thought really. I spent about four hours yesterday trying to buff out a small imperfection about the size of a speck of dust. I can get a pretty decent mirror finish these days. I'm picky so it has to be free of distortion, imperfections and haze or small scratches. I know what I...

Those truoil handles look great! I have some truoil around here i'll give that a try. I have another one of these "hobby blocks" it's bubinga, I was planning to use it on another knife. I norice the bubinga does have slightly visible pores. So this would be a good candidate to fill the pores...

Wow I like the look of that maple! Thanks for the advice I think this project will turn out decent.

Thanks guys! That's exactly what I was worried about with this finish. It's a nice piece of figured raw maple wood that I just happened to have and want to use. I'm not so worried about moisture with this one, I suspect it will be kept bone dry. The problem I was worried about is shrinking...

It's just a thumb, slap some duct tape on it ;) That's good advice about the bandsaw! I've seen it happen myself in high school and it's not good. The scale! That had not occured to me, could explain why there is little info on annealing the pins. I will cut some new ones and use a hack saw...

I'm about to attempt a CA superglue coat on an un stabilised maple handle and have a question or two. The CA cost $7.00 for 4ml is that going to be enough for a large handle or two? CA sounds like a decent coat for wood but I havent read anything about a downside too it other than slippery...

Despite my searching I cant track down the HT info for 416. I'm having problems with my bolster pins they're hard as... Well... Steel :p I think I overheat them when I cut them with a zip cut disk, and would like to anneal them. Could somebody direct me to the HT info thanks!

Wow did not know that about MA, good to know. I store it away from pretty much everything just incase. For FC PCB. That also doesnt exist here. No Radioshack, no electronics or circuit board shops. Just doesn't exist :p I can order it online and have been considering that but I really REALLY...

I've been considering vinegar with lemon juice and possibly some salt.

I was searching for FC in my area... Doesn't exist. I could order it or make it but I may have another option. I have heard from several sources to use muriatic acid (this I have a lot of) I'm told its better than ferric chloride. I have also read you can't use it because it destroys steel...

I'm going to try this, it sounds like a good idea too me. Those tutorials also really help! I tried to reply before and it just didn't seem to want to post my reply.