Steve Sells

I love my Bader B3, but forget the one posted by "Mark" in the tailgate... I tried to buy it,, sent Emails, Phone calls, etc, etc... but the person that posted it wont return calls, emails, or anything, I think its just a GIT, not intending to sell aything only collect our info, Buyer beware. He has posted those add's on other places, and I heard its the same problem there.

the cotee can NOT change contact wheels, they are one wheel only. so get the diameter you want.

I bet it would be great to have a row of grinders set up with various grits and diameters all ready to go.... :D

the hamon is very faint, but basicaly waves, with sharp peaks.

whats really sad is all the time I suffered as an apprentice under Laddie Buck, aka Bill Wyant, when I could have taken this great short cut by spending $200 and avoided all that hard work.....

me too I am hoping for a finished pic, as the new owner is doing all the mounting, as for the rim on the Tsuba I thought about doing it, but it was not in the spec's of the order. When I do a commission tho I have some artistic freedoms, its the clients blade not mine, so I stay close to the requested order.

Thank you all for the kind words.

. By the way if you have one gfi in a circuit, all the receptacles in that circuit, become gfi..

That is not always true, It is only true IF they are wired that way with the side chain, other wise they are just normal recept's. It all depends on how they were wired.

Many people assume and think that idea was true, and they wire their replacement wrong, and can later be surprised! :o

Very nice, detail's are very sharp... better work than I can do also. Nice work. Its also my Son's B-day, he is 13 today.

my Son gets most of the shop. Of the remaining few tools that are not going to Sean, they will go to the apprentices that helped me to make them, but they don't know this yet it seems fitting they get first chance at reclaiming their own sweat.

I am aware most "sam-marie sords" are 440A If they paid for the higher priced 440V or 440C they would state that fact. thats why I dont write books, I am too lazy to remember to state the details.

I clamp the blade in a vise for filing, freehand for the belt machine operations. If yer hand aint steady, then knife making aint a good choice for a hobby.

This HT problem is the main reason $50 to $150 swords made of 440 SS are junk, because there is NO way they can be Heat Treated and sold for any profit at those prices. therefore logic dictates they are not heat treated properly if at all. Also lending a bad name to SS for blades, Not because of the material itself, but they way it has been (mis)used to make blades

I have forged 440C and I advise you to take it easy. do NOT rush the moving of the metal, nor thermal cycle, and allow to cool in the hot box, rather than air between forging sessions. and you will have a good start.

Unless you have the HT setup already, Listen to Rich Hale and hire that out for the best result.

Dennis Coal 11555 Co. Rd. D Wauseon, Ohio 43567 TEL. (419) 335-4665
E-mail bed_62@Hotmail.com They carry: Kentucky Stoker (Horsecreek) 50# bag. and West Virginia Stoker (Sewell Seam) which I use comes in 50# bags @ $11.50 F.O.B. Wauseon, Ohio. as of last weekend.

City Coal Yard, 116 N. Depot Street, Brazil, IN 47834. TEL: (812) 448-8128. They carry coal from the Pocahontas No. 3 seam , loose or in 50# bags for an additional fee.

Hoover Lumber & Coal Co., 24120-2 Cr 142, Foraker, In 46526 219-831-2378 open sat till noon they have hard and soft coal, my back-up supplier, loose only so bring a shovel.

If you are most comfortable with TIG then use it. tho I agree a Silver or Copper-Phos braise will be plenty. I love the design, IF you are close I may hire you to make 3 for my house remodel project, But for all I know you are in Russia, making shipping & import costs too high to even ask.

Pea gravel is not a good option, use crushed rock, like limestone, the pea wont compact, and will shift forever.

didn't you know this List is FULL of carnivores

PETA: should mean People Eating Tasty Animals
Vegetarian: Old Neanderthal term for poor hunters
Vegetables: what food eats.

You are also welcome to hammer here, and in another month I will have a new shop to break in

One correction to your post, one CAN forge Al.

It just depends on the alloy, my old teach does it.

I have not talked to them personally, But they have posted updates on their web site as what is happening at Ellis Custom Knifeworks

If you were to read it, you would be aware of very little I agree.

BUT Would I rather get what I ordered or wait another week or so because they are sending everyone a personal Email. Its a hard call. I myself have not ordered my refractories yet because of this mess out there.

Also if their computer got wet, they may not HAVE the emails at hand.... Just a thought.

lol thanks I needed a laugh

in case I forgot to mention it clearly NO, NO and did I say No ?

2 hours will be good.

Next time you try to clean some thing, start by actually cleaning off all of the foreign stuff you can see first, you will have better luck.

Don't worry about it, We got it covered, It will proceed as usual. Have fun.
I also request pictures.

I will still stasy with my first statement, its an R2D2 prototype

Baby Alzheimer's ? you are repeating yourself, and still no pic lol

me too but mine was a different color.

IS it R2D2's evil twin brother? ( I hate guessing games, a photo would help Duck)