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That is a beautiful knife jobtiel

The thumbnail I saw was off a processor so I copied the link without watching the whole video. Sorry for my laziness!!!

Here a picture of one. 

Billy the base is a drive wheel for a log processor. It’s what pushes the logs through the limbing blades and sets it to the length before it’s bucked. 
 

this video shows that at Work. 

It handles 10’ of 7/8” sucker rod no problem. 

2 hours ago, Frosty said:

Good looking build, how much side force can you put on those "Mad Max," ATV tire bases?

Not bad though if you'd left one side of the table short of the vise jaw you could turn circles around the jaws without the table interfering.

It's really easy to put too much stuff on this type tool and make things too cluttered for easy use.

Nice job.

Frosty The Lucky.

I am afraid of making it too cluttered, and considered not doing one side of the table. But I figure it’s much easier to remove than add on. 
 

The base is a drive wheel for a log processor and they weigh about 80 lbs so I can put a decent amount of pressure on things. If it does start to twist or get tippy it’s easily handled with one foot on the base. I have my other leg vise similarly mounted. 

I got my new vise mounted and adjusted (the jaws were over a half inch out of alignment). I intended to put a 2” fence around the table, but now I’m debating mounting a small bench vise and a pipe vise on it. I also am thinking about adding two inches to the width of the jaws on the leg vise. It’s as heavy as most 6” vises I’ve seen but only has 4” jaws. 

Yep it worked out pretty well. He got the vise cheap and fixed it up. When you figure the time and money we both had invested it was pretty fair. Plus I’ve got a lot of HC steel and rail road spikes that I’m sending his way as well. 

I met a young man who is starting in our addiction who has a post vise that he has restored and wanted to sell. I talked him into trading for a hammer. He decided the “hammer” he wanted was a flatter. I didn’t take the time to tell him that they aren’t in the same category and made him a flatter. I just picked up the vise today. 

I think the lathe beats the wire wheel because although a wire wheel can hurt you bad it can't suck you in one side and spit you it the other looking like an empty tube of toothpaste!  For now I'll get one of those lockable plug covers to keep the kids from doing an imitation of used dental supplies. 

I won't be using this enough to need the fancy quick change tool holder. Plus I think I'll enjoy shaping my own cutters. I like to do as much on my own as possible for my projects. Unless my income depends on it. Then I'm all about saving time!

2 hours ago, bluerooster said:

Just keep your fingers out of the way

I have always believed that the lathe is THE most dangerous shop tool out there. I'm always conscious of the fast spinny parts because of how fast they can grab you and ruin your life. So after bringing it home I had a very serious talk with the kids explaining the dangers of the machine and telling them under no uncertain terms they were to never touch it unless I told them they could. Then I showed them a (very mild) video of a guy getting wrapped up in a lathe to drive the point home. I also want to put a lock out on it so they can't adventure when no one is watching. 

On 8/16/2021 at 3:39 PM, Frosty said:

Frosty pro tip regarding lathes. Don't study the manual and try to figure out what all the tooling you got is for!

I advise you NOT to use the automatic feeds until you have a decent handle on running your lathe.

Thanks for the advice Frosty. I'm not new to machining (far from coinciding myself a good machinist) I worked for two years as a machinist making suppressors on CNC machines, then another 2.5 years as a millwright running manual lathes and mills. Where my knowledge lacks is in the tooling itself. All of my experience is with carbide insert tools, so the different shaped cutters and bars and old style tool holders are what I need to get figured out. Not hard, it's just gonna take time to learn how to use sharpen/shape them. 

I have the original, just need to read through it and play with the tools as I do to get my mind wrapped around it. 

Thanks TW I've got quite the task ahead of me. This is a few generations of tooling ahead of what I'm used to so I've gotta read up and figure out what does what!

Today is a really exciting "it followed me home". I keep being blessed with being trusted as the custodian for good family heirlooms. I brought home my father-in-law's 10" South Bend lathe complete with all of his tooling and a bunch of stock. He was really particular about maintaining his tools so this thing is in amazing shape. Now it's my job to keep it that way for the next generation!  

Love the wand, gas keys, and especially that candle holder!

Waiting on an answer from the company but I did make a ticket and tried water hardening it. A file bit into it better than mild steel and I bent it 90 degrees and back to straight with no cracking..... I'm thinking this was bad steel for a cleaver!  

My next idea was to forge weld some spring steel for the cutting edge. It was going good until I melted it. So now be in the watch for a new cleaver. 

I've never played with water hardening steel. If it hardens do I temper it the same way? 

I will try it on a test piece as suggested

I got these machine blades (I think they're for a large plainer) and made a cleaver. I tried hardening in oil but a file bites into it with no problem. Does anyone have any experience with blades like this? Should I try quenching in water?

23 hours ago, Ted Ewert said:

New flag holder on a piece of redwood. 

I love that design I hope you don't mind that I plan on stealing it!

In addition to all of what Goods said if towards the end of your heat (while it's still got some color, but not enough to keep spreading) you set the piece up on edge and push the material back in it will help it keep it's shape. 

Ditto on that Das!  That will be a fun tool to use knowing the amount of work you put into it, and the fact that it's beefy enough for it to still be around for your great grandkids!

Das, after you finish the corocagator you should do a dragon and put a scaled up version of a frosty T in it's throat so it can be fire breathing!

Thanks Billy and frosty. I'm really having fun learning how to make them. This one was 11 12"long sections from an old tomato cage (I burned the galvanizing off outside on a windy day). Then I used half in round stock to fill the middle. (3"on one end 4" on the other.)

You didn't get it that time Billy!

I once scored over a hundred pounds of Hobart dual shield wire from the local welding supplies dealer. My co-workers and I transferred it from the box onto empty 33lb wheels using the vice on the back of the service truck and the lathe set at 33 rpms. We did the math and if memory serves me right it turned out to be over 5 miles of wire. 

I finished another fire poker this time I did an eleven spoke basket twist. And I got started on a grill tool set. 

Finished the chef knife for my wife tonight!

Yeah that looks like it stings!  I did that once a bunch of times!