Some Things I've Learned Making Knives

[SAR]

Bill you forgot a few things

Anyone that ships you stuff full of packing peanuts which we know tend to get all over the place well it requires a increase in there wait time or late payment.

Knife makers should always remember to wash there hands before they go to the bathroom trying to get epoxy or various other things we use, off of your unit with acetone kind of sucks and could hurt.

In reference to the blazing fast grinder you speak of Bill it really does pay to pay attention to what you are doing, looking away even for a spit second usually result's in new grind lines on the blade, or hand

When using arosol powered cans always ensure you have good muzzle awareness or have safety glasses on

Bill I am waiting for some comments on your shop assistant "tiny" or as you refer to as "Double Grunt"

Also is it true you had to move some machines around to increase "breathing room"

Good stuff
Spencer

[Bill Harsey]

Spencer,
Thanks for adding some great truths here.
Don't go picking on Tiny, he could place a hand on top of each our heads squeeze and pick both of us off the ground. I've seen him change a tire on his pickup, without using a jack.

The following should go in "Redneck Engineering" or under the category of stating the obvious but it's a good one,

When using force on a wrench of any type, cheater pipe, screwdriver or prying device, look where your hand knuckles or whole body is going to go if the tool or bolt breaks free before it's supposed to.

What caused me to think of this yesterday was using a long allen wrench to loosen a fixture on the milling machine. The bolt wasn't moving.
Tiny was the last one to have tightened it.
The wrench was starting to bend and I knew it might break so both hands were pulled away to see where things might go.
There was a very sharp cutter mounted in the milling machine quill and all this was right in the path of my knuckles if something broke.

Cutter removed, wrench almost broke but the bolt rotated free.
Have talk with Tiny.

[SAR]

Tiny the walking , talking craftsman tool set I told you to get him a set of nerf gloves.

That sucks Bill that you have to walk around with wrenches to loosen stuff that was "Hand Tightened" by old double grunt.

He is a great guy and provides us with a bit of humor at his expense, but you know I do respect him and think he is a great guy.

He did tell me for 5.00 dollars more a month he would only shower once a week, and eat four cans of baked beans a day giving him the ability to part your hair from the other side of the shop

Spencer

[PiterM]

No.8 is absolutely true... I've checked that too many times. Unfortunately.

[Bill Harsey]

More stuff:
From last week and please track with me because there is a point here.

When heat treating tool steels with the digitallly controlled heat treat oven in the shop, it takes time to come down from high temps for hardening (like 2000 F) down to the low ranges (like around 400 F) for tempering.
Complex shaped parts, as in a tool steel component for belt grinder, must never cool to room temp before the temper cycle because they could be prone to stress cracking. Machined part in question was quenched in oil from the high hardening temp.
So taking lessons from the QP's around here, I have a contigency plan which is to pre-heat the kitchen oven to the correct temp to make the safety temper..

Did you know that it is impossible to clean all the (now smoking) oil from quenching said part when using wifes oven and pizza stone at 450 Degrees F...

...while she is home?

[Roguish Lawyer]

I'll bet the food made in said oven will taste just great too . . .

[JGarcia]

Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

Affirmative!

And not with spring clamps... dont ask.

[Go Devil]

1. I've learned that the new forge in the back yard is very nice.

2. Knives from Willys leaf springs are fun to make.