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Hello - I'm looking for someone who wants to make a large Single Action front opening knife. It would have spring action, not a drop blade gravity knife. I have design ideas but I'm not committed to many specific details at this point.

I just took delivery of a Jen-Ken VAB-21. It has a NEMA 6-30P plug. My shop is wired with NEMA 6-50R receptacles. Is there any risks or problems with using an adapter vs. swapping out to a 6-30R receptacle at the outlet closest to where the kiln will live?

Rusty McDonald & I have decided to do a side-by-side quench test with a couple of different steels and a couple of different quench oils. Steels will be 1095, 1084, & maybe one or two more. Oils will be Parks 50 & McMaster-Carr 11 second oil. Steel pieces will be cut from the same bar and hardened in the same oven for consistency. One piece will be quenched in Parks ...

I need to post a bit more often in this forum - it's always been my favorite because of the GREAT sponsor and folks who share their knowledge.

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Finished this one up. W2 nakiri, with a curly rosewood handle. It is an integral,and has a hamon, but a photographer I am not, so it doesn’t show up well. This blade is “S” ground, and super thin. The majority of the blade is only .020 thick. Spine is .093. I made my own varnish for the handle by cooking rosin and linseed oil together. I like it, but I think I’m going to make a ...