Knifemaking Information

Hi,



My name is Greg Brannon. I'm a retired Marine and hobbyist knifemaker.



This page is provided to make some information I've found on knife making available to other makers or anyone interested in making knives.

Many thanks to the individuals who have made this information available.

Regards,

Greg





This is a boot knife I made from a recycled file; 9.5 inches oal, edge quenched with a brass guard and elk handle.

There are links on this page for:

Forums, groups, chat room, and e-magazine:

All About Pocket Knife Forums

AR15.com

Armas Blancas ( Translate this page or use Babelfish , Spanish to English)

BladeForums - Registration (no cost involved) required for some parts of the site.

Bladesign Forum

Bladesmith's Forums

British Blades

Bushcraft UK

Custom Knives and Guns

Ethnographic Arms & Armor

European Blades

Evolution Forge Forum Registration (no cost involved) required

Forgefr.com ( Translate with Babelfish , French to English)

Knifeforums

Knives Forum

MesserForum ( Translate this page or use Babelfish, German to English)

myArmoury.com

NetSword

Outdoors Magazine

PaleoPlanet - Metallurgy/Knife Making

Plainsman's Cabin

Primal fires

Ramanon's Forum

RAT Forums

Schmiedecafé.com ( Translate this page or use Babelfish, German to English)

Sword Arts forums

Sword Forum International

Tactical Forums

TalkBlade

ThaiBlades

The ABANA Forums

The Black Hole forums - Registration (no cost involved) required

The Bowyer's Den

The Finer Edge

The Hoodlums

The Knife Network Forums

Usual Suspects forums - Registration (no cost involved) required

Weapons.be (Translate with Babelfish , Dutch to English)

MSN groups:

Blade/Blacksmithing

Newsgroups:

rec.knives

Yahoo groups:

CustomBladeSmiths · A Forum for Blade Smithing Knives

HowToSharpen - Sharpening Discussion and Forum

knifecraft2005 · Knifecraft 2005

knife_making · Hand Crafted Knife Making

Pattern_Welded_Knives

Chat:

Knifemakers Chat Room - Hosted by Bruce Evans (JS) every Thursday 8 pm until ?

Primalfires Chat - usually someone there around 9 P.M. (eastern time) on Saturday and Sundays.

E-magazine:

The Finer Edge - free digital knife magazine

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Instructional links :



Single tutorial/information pages: ____________________________________________________

This section is categorized, but not all inclusive of the tutorials for that category on the page. What you are looking for might be found on a multi-tutorial site or in another section of this page.

There are tutorials for building complete knives in this section. They are in the following categories: Fixed blades, folders , Forged knives and forging.

Safety:

Please read this link: Safety concerns for knifemakers -

M aterial S afety D ata S heets

Toxic metals

Health hazards associated with welding/high heat

Metal Fume Fever

Ed the "Handyman"

Fixed Blades :

Absolute Cheapskate Way to Start Making Knives (.pdf download, requires logging in at http://knifedogs.com/ - registration is free) Great tutorial using only hand tools -

As to make a qualitative knife on the knees

Cutlery From Junk: stock removal knife making by serger

Multiple tutorial sites : _________________________________________________________________________

http://members15.clubphoto.com/thomas633455/guest-1.phtml - Tutorials by Tom Anderson

Tutorial on Building a Frame-Lock Folder

Tutorial on Customizing Pivot Screws

Tutorial on Engine-Turning

Tutorial on Installing Simple Inlays

Tutorial on Making a Custom Pivot Assembly

Tutorial on Making Titanium Spacers

Tutorial on Measurement and Layout

Tutorial on Multi-Stage Anodization

Tutorial on Natural Materials

Tutorial on Penetrant Testing

Tutorial on Selectively Etching a Blade

http://www.brisa.fi/start3.html - See "Work Instructions" for tutorials from Brisa

Nordic knife

Sheath

Bowie

Bowie sheath

Saami knife

Saami sheath

Finish instructions

Scrimshaw

Stock removal-Damascus

How to make a leather handled knife

Hints

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=54]Tutorials%20Archive - Tutorials at BritishBlades.com

Mosaic pins

Water stones & Sharpening...

Bolster Soldering Tutorial

Scandi Bolster Fit

Q&A sesh on sheath making

Tutorial for a scandi sheath

Hidden Tang - Step by Step

Easy Scandi Tutorial

Scandinavian blade/ san mai Tutorial

http://www.robbrownknives.com/tutorials/index.php?%200PHPSESSID=413341b952802cd2d6c18ca0c7f5e953 - Tutorials by Rob Brown

Tapering Tangs

Fitting Guards

Fitting Bolsters

Mirror Finishing

http://www.calocustomknives.com.ar/docs/tutorials.htm - Tutorials by Ruben Calo

Making a Sheath and Sharpening a Knife

Making a Folding Knife

Making a Dress Up Criollo Knife

Making 3 Small Knives with Filework

Making a Big Pig Hunter

Making an Integral Criollo Knife

Making a Sheath for a Criollo Knife

Making a Persian Kard

Making Another Folding Knife

Making My First Balisong

http://www.cashenblades.com/Info/Info.html - Techniques, Tools and Information from Kevin Cashen

Microstructures

Alpha Iron

Austenite

Bainite

Cementite

Ferrite

Gamma Iron

Martensite

Pearlite Down as of 8-6-2006

Operations

Steel Selection

Pattern Welding

Forging

Annealing

Hardening

Tempering

Grinding

polishing

Etching

Hilting

Scabbard making

Tools

Anvils Down as of 8-6-2006

Coal Forges

Gas Forges

Hardness (Rockwell) Tester

TTT (IT) Diagram

Salt Baths

Grinders

Research

The Matherton Forge Metallurgical Research and Development Lab

http://www.chriscrawfordknives.com/ - Tutorials by Chris Crawford

How To Build a Scale Release Automatic

(Available on VHS and DVD)

How To Forge a Frontier Style Tomahawk - With Bruce Evans

(Available on VHS and DVD)

Building An Electro-Etching Unit

How To Make A Slip Joint Pocketknife

Washers From Razors - How To Make .004 Inch Stainless Steel Washers

Where It All Got Started

8 Ton forge Press and the Crawford/Melton 1st Annual Hammer-In

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http://www.engnath.com/public/intable.htm - The Manual - Bob Engnath; great information

Bob's Bookmarks

Chemicals

Differential hardening with clay

The Drill press......TIPS AND TRICKS

Etching

Grinding by the Master

Guards

Making handles

Sanding and finishing with emery

Heat treating

TIME OUT!

Mosaic pins

Polishing

Sheath making

Soldering

Judging steel composition

Knifemaking steels

Using stones

The Japanese handle wrap

http://www.homestead.com/beknivessite2/guard.html - Tutorials by Bruce Evans

Making a full nickel silver sheath

Making a boot clip

Solder a guard

Arrowhead file work

Vine file work

Hand rubbing a blade

Making a pouch sheath

Grinding a cutlass ground Bowie blade

Making leather working gouges

Making a "Coke bottle" style handle

Making a "shell" shaped butt cap

Making an oval guard with bells on the end

Making a "half penny" style quillon guard

http://www.dfoggknives.com/craftof.htm - Information from Don Fogg

Tips

Tools

Techniques

Seminars

Right Livelihood

Getting Started

http://www.knives.com/ - from knives.com

Stone Tools

Forging

Stock removal

Full Tang

Stick Tang

Stubtang

Sheath Making

Japanese fittings

Making Habaki

Making Saya

Kniveslida

Silverwork

Jeweling

Drilling

http://www.kosterknives.com/tutorials.htm - Tutorials by Dan Koster

How to Sharpen a Convex Micro-Bevel

How to Make a Leather Sheath for the AK Bowie

How to Avoid Common Photography Mistakes

How to Make a Leather-Covered Kydex Sheath for a Big Knife (Khukuri)

How to Post Pics to Bladeforums

How to Repair a Crack in a Khukuri Handle (Chitlangi)

How to Put a New Handle on an AK Bowie - Part 1

How to Set Up a Variable Speed KMG on a Shoestring Budget

How to Make a Subhilt Fighter from a Chiruwa AK - Coming Soon!

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http://www.blacksmithrick.com/classroom.html - from Rick Leeson

Damascus Tutorial

Bet You Didn't Know...

Hacksaw Information

File Information

Heat Treat Information

http://www.macabeeknives.com/articles/articles.html - Tutorials and info by Macabee Knives

How to Heat Treat Knives.

Color chart for Drawing Temper

Making Damascus Cheap & Easy

How to make Mokume from Coins

Primitive Forge

The Tong of Tongs

Construction of the Bingo Mihara Eriku (PDF)

Never buy Cheap Swords (video)

http://www.navaching.com/forge/forgeindex.html - From NavaChing

First Aid, etc ..

Make an Anvil

Knife Design

Clay Forging

Hammers

Hot Stuff

Iron Knife

The Cooling Path

Steels

OzForging

Cold Forging

Quenchants

Heat Treatment

Etching

Sharpening

Tests

Generalizations

http://64.176.180.203/tutorials.htm - Neo-tribal knifemaking tutorials

The Knifemaker's Quiz

A Basic Bladesmithing Set Up

Accurate Temperature Judgements of Heated High Carbon Steels

Heat Treating the Forged Blade

The Metallurgy of Heat Treating High Carbon Steel

Forge Blower Plans by Rick Lee Morningstar

Forge Plans by R Lee Morningstar

Metalsmithing Information Links

Forged Arrowhead Tutorials

Charcoal Retort How To by Daniel O'Connor

Japanese Box Bellows by Daniel O'Connor

The Proper Hammer Grip

Blacksmith Knife Tutorial

http://www.northcoastknives.com/northcoast_knives_tutorials.htm - Knifemaking tutorials by NorthCoast Knives

Safety

Hand tools

Power tools

Using a knife belt sander to grind your blade

Boot knife

Full tang

Hidden tang

Bear claw

Puukko

Progression Tempered Puukko

Camping Puukko

Folder

Full to hidden tang conversion

First project

Cord wrapped handle

Day-Ops folder

Leather sheath

Leather sheath 2

Kydex sheath

Kydex sheath 2

Wood sheath

Leather sheath kit

Visualize your design - Bolsters from bar stock

Corby rivets - Pommels

Stabilizing wood - Soldering

Mosaic pins - Knife vise

More ideas for decorative pins - Hidden pins

Training wheels for knife grinding

Scrap wood handle - Leather and kydex sheath

Photographing knives

Faux finishes for knife handles - Do bolsters/guards have to be metal?

The edge

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http://p222.ezboard.com/fprimalfiresfrm12 - Tutorials at Primal fires

Tutorial Blade by calvinbow

Folded Axe Tutorial by Carroll Hale III

Calvin's Touch Mark Hold Down by calvin

Nail-In Hooks by Lee Cordochorea

Bladesmithing Tutorial.... Again..... by Carroll Hale III

Gettin' Forked! by Carroll Hale III

how do i adjust the amount of heat on a forge? by mini musashi

Tutorial on making wootz crucible steel by DimeNickel

Scott Hurst File Knife Tutorial by Tim Wieneke

Making a Spiked Tomahawk from an HC marked Railroad Spike... by Carroll Hale III

Antler Straightening 101 by 1932

tainting blades by mini musashi

Shiny knife guys slab handle tutorial by 1932

Handle wrapping tutorial by: The Flaming Blade (photo links may require a click on the url in the address bar of the new window)

Casting Metal Bolsters & Buttcaps by WRTC

Finishing Iron by genechapman

Polishing to bring out a Hamon by Seth Howard

Leather Working & Sinew Tutorials by WRTC

Handle tutorial, antler straightening and dying by calvinbow

Knifemaking Metallurgy by Seth Howard

Making a hammer by thehomesteader

http://www.primosknives.com/articles.htm - Tutorials and information by Terry Primos

What is a Bladesmith?

Differential Heat Treating

Steel Classification

Effects of Alloying Elements in Steel

Composition of Knife Steels

Forging To Shape

Testing Blades

Solderless Guards - My first hands on tutorial

Scale Prevention During Heat Treating

Mortised Tangs

http://www.rayrogers.com/how.htm - Tutorials and information by Ray Rogers

How I Make a Kitchen Knife

How I Make a Folding Knife

http://www.roninknives.com/the_craft_en.shtml - Plans and info from Ronin Custom Knives

Utility:

The RONIN Online Unit Converter

Construction Plans (CAD)

Venturi Burner for Propane-Gas (PDF) - [DOWNLOAD]

Plans for a simple treadle hammer (PDF) - [DOWNLOAD]

Krusty - The Power hammer (PDF) - [DOWNLOAD]

Informations

Japanese Swords

The different Blade shapes/styles

The Sword parts (detailed description)

The Blade constructions (kitae)

The Blade back shapes (mune)

The Blade ridge (shinogi)

The Hamon ("temperline")

Techniques & Tools

Building a Coal/Coke/Charcoal Forge - various construction drawings and blower/bellow types (electric, hand powered, Japanese)

Heat Treatment: Understanding TTT Diagrams (ZTU Schaubild) -> PDF Download

This PDF file is just a small part of a Document about Heat Treatment for Bladesmiths and Knifemakers I am working on at the moment .

Shop Tips

Transferring computer drawings to steel "or the advantage of laser printouts"

http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/index.html - Russian site (links should translate, if not use Babelfish )

Psychology of the knife

Nab.ornye wooden handles

Birch bark handle

One-piece wooden handles

Turning the handle

Turning handle 2

Turning the blade

Gluing in of the blade

Scabbards from the tree

Tools

Tools of the professional

Powder mosaic is Damascus

Working the ancient wootz

Tactics of the knife

Army knives

Scabbards from Kaydeksa

Smithy on the balcony

Parameters of the jackknife

As to make a qualitative knife on the knees

As to make a qualitative knife on knees II

On the brittleness of bystroreza and the missile knives

Production of Damascus steel

Production of the Damascus steel

Production of the Damascus steel

Noncorrosive Damascus steel

Production of the Damascus steel

Damascus steel

Report on the dendritic metal

Indian wootz, damask steel, the Russian Damascus steel

Artistic etching

Forging blade from zero

Scabbards from the glass-fiber-reinforced plastic

Production of knife from the finished blade

Production of the office knife

Buryat knife

Knife on the kitchen

Domestic tyuning

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http://www.aescustomknives.com.ar/docs/tutorials.htm - Tutorials by Ariel Elias Salaverria

Cable Damascus

Grinding a Blade

Making a San Mai Tanto - Chapter 1

How I Make Damascus Steel

Multilayer Materials

Torsioned Damascus Claw

Coppering Damascus

Ball Bearings Damascus

How to Make a Leather Sheath



http://www.aescustomknives.com.ar/docs/knifemaking.htm - These are not tutorials per se, but they show a combination of some processes and techniques

Damascus Ringed Fighter Sheath and Presentation Box

Damascus Ringed Fighter

Textured Home Made Micarta

Rope and Cable Drop Point

Integral Damascus Kitchen Knife

Nessmuk Style Knife

Three Criollo Knives

Special Damascus Dagger

http://www.mstarling.com/tool_plan_index.html - from Mike Starling

Belt grinder

Salt pots

Edge scribe

Knife vise

http://www.taigoo.com/tutorial/frameset.html - by Tai Goo Tutorials removed as of 1-22-2007

Forgebeque

Integral Bolster

Pine Heat Treat

Tempering

Quenching

Handle 1

Handle 2

Black Sand Smelt

Centered Socket

Pinon Pitch

http://www.mtknives.com/shoppictures.html - Tutorials by Mark Terrell

Belt Sharpening Tutorial

Grinder making

Epoxying handles and making them stay for good.

Filework

Other File Patterns and Tips

Peening Hollow Tubing Pins

Grinding Recurved Blades

Grinding Karambits and Hawkbills

http://forum.weapons.be/forumdisplay.php?s=fd00fd592cabc409c898b6f318694b68&forumid=56 - Tutorials at Weapons.de ( Translate with Babelfish Dutch to English)

[PDF]Secret Guide to make ninja weapons

Friction folder tutorial

Salsi Mokume ring tutorial

http://www.seamountknifeworks.com/articles.htm - from Phil Wilson

CPM 420V (S90V) Introduction of a new grade from Crucible

CPM 420V (S90V) Update on 420V

BG42

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Sites compiled by others: _______________________________________________

If you see an unlinked tutorial that interest you, please visit the page it's listed under. The individual tutorials are listed for search purposes, but I did not link to all of them as they are from sites compiled by others. I'm sure they put a lot work into doing that and feel it only appropriate that their site be visited. Many of these sites are continually updated.

http://bladegallery.com/information/information.asp - Tutorials and info compiled by Blade Gallery Caring for Collectable Knives

Insurance for Your Collection

Forging vs. Stock Removal

Food for Thought:

Selecting your First Knives by Steve Schwarzer, M.S.

The Care and Sharpening of Double Bevel Knives

The Care and Use of Synthetic Waterstones

The Kris

A Glossary of Knife Terms

About Stone Knives by Errett Callahan, MA, MFA, PhD

Can Stone Knives be Used? by Errett Callahan, MA, MFA, PhD

Some Notes on Stone Knife Making by Errett Callahan, MA, MFA, PhD

What is Traditional Flintknapping? by Errett Callahan, MA, MFA, PhD

Information about Knife Materials

Working with Fossil Ivory by Roland Quimby

Types of Fossil Ivory by Roland Quimby

Working with Stabilized Handle Materials by Daniel O'Malley

The Elements of Blade Steels by Deryk Munroe Blade steels by Deoerek Munroe Introduction to Damascus: Pattern Welded Blades by Christina McGraw

Wootz Damascus Steel by Christina McGraw

Information for Makers

Working with Stabilized Handle Materials by Daniel O'Malley

Where to Get Wood and Handle Materials

American Bladesmith Society Class Schedule

Making a Leather Sheath

Where to Get Steel

Making Mokume

Heat Treating - The Soul of the Blade by Gail Ford

Building Your Own Etching Machine by Jim Arbuckle http://tutorial.customknives.org/ - Compiled by customknives.org Forged Blade Tutorials Blacksmith knife tutorial "Forging to Shape" by Terry Primos How to Forge a C15th Eating Knife Forging knife Folding Knife Tutorials Liner lock Tom Anderson More by Tom Anderson Kit Carson's folder lock The Liner-Lock Folder by Jason Howell Custom knives tutorial Blade Finish Hand Rubbed Bruce Evans Etching Damascus steel Don Fogg Boot Clip Bruce Evans File work Arrow Bruce Evans File work Vine Bruce Evans Shell butt cap Bruce Evens Oval Bruce Evens Half penny guard Bruce Evens Hamon how to By Steve Agocs Cutlass Grind Bruce Evens How I make Damascus Steel Damascus Tutorial Sheath's Tutorials Andersson : Sheath Making Full silver sheath Bruce Evans THE WRTC METHOD OF STITCHING A LEATHER KNIFE SHEATH SIMPLE, EASY TO MAKE STITCHING PONY MEXICAN LOOP STYLE SHEATH TUTORIAL Make a pouch sheath How to make Pouch sheath Constructing a Pouch Sheath How to make a split pouch clip on sheath Leather-Covered Kydex Sheath for Big Knives Woodcraft sheath-making Handles Tutorials Cord wrapped Knife Handles Cord Wrapping Your Handles by Greg Watkins Tsuka-maki, The Art of Japanese Sword Coke bottle handle Bruce Evens Mortised Tangs Terry Primos Scale (slab) Dan Gray Heat Treating Tutorials Heat Treating Practices At by Timken Latrobe Steel Salt Baths Kevin Cashen Heat treat Ed Fowlers heat treat Scale prevention with PBC for temps under 1600 deg Terry Primos Heat treating 1084 Steel 5160 steel spec's and heat treating The Metallurgy of Heat Treating High Carbon Steel HEAT TREATING THE FORGED BLADE A Woodworker’s Guide to Tool Steel and Heat Treating General and Shop Tutorials How make Anodizer? Anodizer - Bob Warner How make Electro-Etching Unit? Electro-Etching Unit - Bob Warner How make Forge? Coal - equipment, materials, constructed - Bob Warner Gas - Forge Building Tutorial - Indian George Knives Forge and Burner Design Pages - Ron Reil My Quick and Easy Propane Fired Forge - James Riser The Famous 10 Minute Forge - Jock Dempsey Gas forge Don Fogg Propane Forge and Burner - Bob Warner Very Simple Gas Forge The Japanese Box Bellows by Daniel O'Connor The Charcoal Retort by Daniel O'Connor Forge Plans by R. Lee Morningstar How make Salt bath? Salt bath - Kevin Cashen French site (translated by Google, links will also be translated) - Tutorials from Couteaux.org Forge and heat treatments of the blades The grain of steel in images. Some steel charts Shrinkage cracks of hardening Manufacture of a burner for a forging mill with gas (by YaCo) Forge grips (by Fabian) Colors of hardening Plans of the Vernet trip hammer Chop with edge sandwich (by Tacol ) Use of a three-phase electric motor 380 V in single-phase current 220 V Manufacture of a Piemontais knife (by Mick ) - Friction folder tutorial Manufacture of a case out of wood (Top) http://www.knivesby.com/knifemaking.html - A very good site: many knifemaking links compiled and categorized by Dan Gray NEW! JDM5160 John Deere control( rock) shaft steel now available (new steel)$2.50a pound, get it now.. Used commercial Bands aw blade steel for sale $1.50 per pound plus S&H When Disaster strikes a fellow knifemaker you can help out here ,knifemakersupport.com You thinking Credit Card Fraud?? Supplierlist1 Supplierlist2 budget casting supply Rio Grande, Casting supply's to Jewelry Need your files re-sharpened and other tools?? Arkansas Oilstones Hall's Arkansas Oilstones, Inc. Over a Quarter Century Of The World's Best Abrasives @www.ecomabrasives.com http://www.popsknifesupplies.com Band saw Blades @www.woodcraftbands.com Flat groundO1,A2,D2,S7,and drill rod. @www.flatground.com www.alphaknifesupply.com/ Gun Kote Some Forum info on it. alltronics.com/ transformers plus gadgets, clamps to air vices ,carrlane.com Touch mark Gallery Build it yourself Anodizer Anodizer Bob Warner Anodizer Jason Howell Anodizing-Aluminum Electro-etch photo resist exposure unit Bob Warner www.chriscrawford.com Electro-Etching Unit Bob Warner Forge.......Satanite Refractory, Kaowool, ITC-100; please mention Knivesby,com Coal Bob Warner Gas Indian George Gas Ron Reil Gas Larry Zoeller Gas James Riser Gas10MinuteForgeJockDempsey Gas Don Fogg Gas D W Wilson Gas Bob Warner Gas Lionel Oliver II Gas Very Simple Forge Hydraulic Presses Hydraulic Presses Don Fogg Knives part numbers for building a press parts that IG used for Big Bertha building a press IG's Big Bertha Engineering/Calculators more tools by Bob Warner PHASE CONVERTER BUILDING A PHASE CONVERTER By Jim Hanrahan Photo Light Box Light Box By Coop Ideas bladeforums.com Salt Pots Elec. & Gas Kevin Cashen Gas Salt pot plans Mike Starling Warnings www.robertshaw.com Gas controls Knife Making Tutorials Antler Straightening Antler Straightening 101 from 1932 on ezboard.com linked from Bladeforums Blade Finish Hand Rubbed Bruce Evans Etching Don Fogg Hand Rubbed Engnath Polish Engnath CASTING Pewter Bolsters Wild Rose Trading Company Lost Wax Casting BY Rich Waugh Clips Boot Clip Bruce Evans Dirk, Scottish and matching Wooden Sheath Vince Evans File work Arrow Bruce Evans Vine Bruce Evans Folders Liner lock Tom Anderson More by Tom Anderson Liner Lock Kit Carson www.chriscrawford.com Forging Forging a Blade Carroll Hale III Forging a Blade Calvin Bowman Forging a Blade Article Nick Wheeler Guards Shell butt cap Bruce Evens Oval Bruce Evens Half penny guard Bruce Evens Hamons Hamon how to By Steve Agocs,CHIRO75 on BFC Handles cord wrap Michael Murphy cord wrap Greg Watkins The Art of Tsukamaki The Art of Japanese Sword, Thomas L .Buck Coke bottle handle Bruce Evens Mortised Tangs Terry Primos Scale (slab ) Dan Gray Heat Treating Heat Treating Practices At by Timken Latrobe Steel Salt Baths Kevin Cashen Salt problems? forum talk Forging heat temps At www.knives.com Forging heat temps At www.knives.com by Forge Ed Fowler Scale prevention with PBC for temps under1 600 deg Terry Primos Case Hardening Forum Inlays Escutcheon Dan Gray Pins Peening Pins Dan Gray Knots Turks Head Knot Dan Kohn Sheath's Scandinavian Tommy Andersson Sewing Leather Chuck, Wild Rose Trading Company Stitch Pony Chuck, Wild Rose Trading Company Medal Bruce Evans Mex loop Wild Rose Trading Company Pouch Bruce Evans Pouch Dan Gray Braided leather keeper strap Dan Gray Pouch Stone and Steel knife works Clip Tracy Mickley Kydex under Leather Dan Koster on BFC Wood Edgewise, hosted on Old Jimbo 's website Dipping Mike Hull Welts Making adjustable Welts Wild Rose Trading Company More links for Sheath making on BFC Soldering Guard Bruce Evans Guard Bob Van Gelder silver soldering guards tips from the knifeForum Guys Swords forging Kevin R. Cashen How Sword Making Works Don Fogg Tooling leather By Ron Ross Washers www.chriscrawford.com Technical Find Material Safety Data Sheets on what you are using here SHOPS WARF, Machine shop type info, wire gage, bolt head Identification, Tons Required to Punch holes, and more Anodizing-Aluminum Engineering/Calculators Heat Treating Temps and more Machinery's Handbook,1924 edition RWL-34 Damasteel 440C heat treating by crucible 154CM heat treating by crucible cpms30V heat treating by crucible cpms60v heat treating by crucible cpmS90v heat treating by crucible cpm3V heat treating by crucible cpm10V heat treating by crucible A2 heat treating by crucible D2 heat treating by crucible REXM2 heat treating by crucible 1084 heat treating by Kevin Cashen 10XX steels and more 10XX steels 15n20 band saw steel HUB-15n20 UHB15 band saw steel 5160JDM5160 New John-Deere control shaft steel 5160 steel spec's and heat treating Steel Alloys and more Element Content and how it effects steel NEW Interrupted quenches "normal" quench, BFC Composition for common knife steels AIRDI®150 Forging temps and more Drill Tap Chart Grinding Cutlass Grind Bruce Evens Hollow grind line Height Calculator on bimjo.com/free/widget.html Motor questions 3 phase BFC making a 3 phase rotary converter DIYBFC Photo-etch photo-etch on metal Karen Christians, author Static Shock from your grinder/buffers Tools you can make Epoxies Amber (working with) Interesting Information Things that help at knife shows, bladeforums What Sells??? Etching Damasteel Who The Heck Are Ya? On Bladeforums Theo's Knife Links Portal,over3,000links a bunch of Jewelry Welding and Fabrication Links forging or stock removal, Best quality knife? Is Edge packing a myth?? Junk Yard Steel Adobe Photo Shop to design ANY knife you want? Phil's website Cuir Bouilli/Hardened Leather FAQ grain size and deep Cryo( liquidNitrogen,N2) BY Cliff Stamp grain size being too small is not a good thing? Does Forged steel have memory?? Finishing Stones Don Fogg Gun Bluing Salts Soldering Stainless and Work Hardening Photo Taking By pendentive, Dan Koster Using and warnings for Potassium-Permanganate to color Antler Understanding Steel make-up Robert Cella, metallurgist (Top) http://knifeart.com/knifearticles.html?page=1 - compiled by Knifeart.com "Talonite- New Blade Material" by Chuck Bybee "Timascus - The New Damascus" by Chuck Bybee "Cyber Blades" By Pat Covert in American Handgunner Chris Reeve Knives FAQ S30V Stainless: New Steel for Chris Reeve "The Lost Knife" by R.N. Friedland Oregon Knife Collectors Assn Show 2001 Picture Review 2000 ABS Cutting Competition by Larry Connelley Batson Blade Symposium 2001 by Larry Connelley Bill Moran School of Bladesmithing 2003 Class Schedule Heat Treating & Etching Instructions for Thunderforged™ Damascus "Bowie Knife Fight at the Arkansas Capital" by Larry Connelle "Testing Blades" by Terry Primos "Forging or Stock Removal?" by Terry Primos "Differential Heat Treating" by Terry Primos "Steel Classification" by Terry Primos "Forging to Shape" by Terry Primos "Collecting Knives as Art" by Paracelsus "Caring For Your Knife" by Joseph Szilaski "New York Show 99 Pictures" by Larry Connelley "99' ABS Fall Hammer-In" by Larry Connelley "The Vacuum Compressor" by Curtis M. Wilson "File Work Patterns" by Curtis M Wilson "A Workers View on Stabilization" by Curtis Wilson ABS Hall of Fame Photos - 1999 Interview with Bill Moran by Larry Connelley Knife Encyclopedia Spring '99 Hammer-In Photos "Safety Tips for Knife Makers" by Allen Elishewitz "Safety Tips for Knife Makers - Part 2" by Allen Elishewitz "Evaluating A Custom Knife" by Darrel Ralph "Plain vs. Serrated" by Joe Talmadge "Combat Knives" by Allen Elishewitz "My Perspective on Collecting" by Dave Ellis, MS "Knife Shows -A Knifemaker's Perspective" by Dave Ellis, MS "How I Got Started in Knifemaking" by Dave Ellis, MS "What is a Master Smith?" by Dave Ellis, MS A Knife Prayer by Morris Herring Arkansas Custom Knife Show Pictures Geometry of a Cutting Edge by Allen Elishewitz "Should we be afraid of technology?" by Allen Elishewitz How to Sharpen Your Knife Arkansas Knifemaking Tradition by Arkansas Territorial Restoration Sharpening FAQ by Joe Talmadge Table of Different Steels Rare Arkansas Bear Attack The Blade Geometry FAQ by Joe Talmadge The Knife Edge FAQ by Joe Talmadge The Steel FAQ by Joe Talmadge Knife Poem by Perry Cutchen Heat Treating Various Steels American Bladesmith Society Master Smith List "Finishes on Steel" by Allen Elishewitz "Fisk- National Living Treasure" Press Release Chris Reeve Knives FAQ "Las Vegas 2002 Pictures" by Rodney Connelley The Custom Knife Newsletter "The Knife Lore of the Anglo-Saxons" by Edward Konig Top Ten Reasons to Order Little Rock, Arkansas Info "Q & A with Knife Designer Joel Pirela" http://www.knifehow.com/ - New site (with many links already) that allows you to submit tutorials you have or find. Site is down as of 8-5-2006 http://www.knives.com/ - Tutorials/info from Knives.com Engnath Grinders Steel Steps Polish Soldering Handles Hand Rub Knife Design Handtools Machine tools Drilling Folding Knives Kitchen Knives Materials in Knifemaking Damascus Glossary Parts of a Knife Workshop Safety Japanese Sword Glue Recipies Exotic Woods Stone Tools Forging Stock removal Full Tang Stick Tang Stubtang Sheath Making Japanese fittings Making Habaki Making Saya Kniveslida Silverwork Jeweling Q & A Steel Alloys Heat Treating Mohs Scale Conversions Soft Alloys Soft Alloy Heats Time lines Color Temp Edge Angles Melting Points and Atomic Weights World Clock Knife Care Sharpening Stones Hones http://www.knifenetwork.com/workshop/index.shtml - Many tutorials compiled and categorized by the Knife Network For the Collector Custom Knife Collecting by Jerry Oksman A Little About Knives by Don Cowles Folding Knife Tutorials How to build a Lock-Back Folder by Neil Charity Building an Interframe Folderby Neil Charity How to make a Slip Joint Pocketknife by Chris Crawford Fixed Blade Tutorials What is a Bladesmith? by Terry Primos Fitting Scales on my Sheepsfoot Knife by Jens Anso Setting a Jewel in Steel by Don Cowle Fitting Dovetailed Bolsters by Don Cowles Let's Build a Lil' Skinner by Terry Hearn Vine File work by Bruce Evans Arrowhead File work by Bruce Evans Instructions for Assembling a Knife Blade Without a Guard by Jim Lemcke (TKS) Coke bottle style handle by Bruce Evans Grinding a Cutlass ground Blade by Bruce Evans Making a Oval Guard with balls on the ends by Bruce Evans Half penny quillion style Guard by Bruce Evans Making a Shell Buttcap by Bruce Evans Soldering a guard by Bruce Evans Hand rubbing a Blade by Bruce Evans Making a Boot Clip by Bruce Evans Making a Pouch Sheath by Bruce Evans Making Leather Working Gouges by Bruce Evans Solderless Guards by Terry Primos From start to finish on how to make a full metal sheath by Bruce Evans How To Make Your Own .004 Inch Stainless Steel Washers by Chris Crawford Tang-tapering Tutorial by Don Cowles Tang-tapering Tutorial by Rob Brown Fitting Bolsters by Rob Brown Fitting Guards by Rob Brown Mirror Finishing by Rob Brown Forged Blade Tutorials Heat Treat by Max Burnett Forging Chainsaw Chain Damascus by Max Burnett How to Build a Small Adobe Propane Forge by Tim Lively How To Build A Full Size Charcoal Burning Adobe Forge by Tim Lively Accurate Temperature Judgments of Heated High Carbon Steels by Tim Lively Catalog Drawings of Old Blacksmithing Tools Heat Treating the Forged Blade by Tim Lively Differential Heat Treating by Terry Primos Steel Classification by Terry Primos Effects of Alloying Elements in Steel by Terry Primos Composition of Knife Steels by Terry Primos Forging To Shape by Terry Primos Testing Blades by Terry Primos Making Mokume for the Bladesmith by Jonathan A. Loose Creating a blade to pass the ABS Journeyman Smith Test by Ed Caffrey How-to for making bronze cable damascus by Gene Osborn cale Prevention During Heat Treating by Terry Primos The Making of an Integral Bolster Camp Knife by Francisco Ferrari General and Shop Tutorials Build an Inexpensive Light Box for Knife Photos by Steve Korn Questions commonly asked by new knifemakers by Bob Warner How to build a welding table by Bob Warner How to build a recirculating, heated quench tank by Bob Warner How to build a disc sander and pedistal stand by Bob Warner How to build a coal forge with a car brake drum for firepot by Bob Warner How to build an anodizer for coloring titanium by Bob Warner How to build an electro-etch machine for etching logo's on blades by Bob Warner How to build a propane forge and burner by Bob Warner How to build an exposure unit for making your own stencils for electro-etching by Bob Warner A Simple, Easy to Make Leather Stitching Pony by Chuck Burrows aka Wild Rose How to construct a Mexican Loop style knife sheath by Chuck Burrows aka Wild Rose The WRTC Method of Stitching a Leather Knife Sheath by Chuck Burrows aka Wild Rose (Top) Theo's favorite knife links - Too many links to list ( all sorts; more than 3300 total!!); has a good size tutorial section plus many more related links B. Evans - Knife Making Tutorials

Blade Forging

Blade Geometry

Bob Warner - Tips, tricks & tools

Boyer Blades - Knife Info Page

Carving Tutorial by Jake Powning

Center Cross Panoramic Shop Tour

Clark, R.W. - Bolsters

Custom Knife Directory Knifemaking Tutorials

Cyberblade Workshops & Tools

Decorative Pins

Don Fogg - The Way

Don Fogg Tips

Engnath - Lagacy of a Legend

Engnath, The Manual

Etching made clear by Ricardo (Link partner)

Free Gas Forge Plans

French for Knive

Gatherwood, Buckx - Nederlandse handleiding

Grinderfacts

Gripmaking - Step by Step

How a Boyer Blade is made....

How to forge a blade by Andrew Jordan

How To Make A Slip Joint Pocketknife

How to make Knives (Link partner)

How To Install Scales On A Knife Blade

Khukuri - How it's made

Knife & Puzzle (Jap)

Knife Tutorial

KnifeDigest

KnifeKits.Com

Knifemaking - Step by Ste

Knifemaking Tutorials by Chris Crawford

Knifemaking Tutorials by Rob Brown

Knifemaking with Titanium

Knivemakers Steel Chart by A.G. Russell

Lag din eigen kniv

Make a Puukko Finlan

Making Knife

Making Your Own Knife

Metal Web News

Moss, JP - Knife Making Seminars

Ozark School of Blacksmithing

PVC Hunting Knife Sheath

Ray Rogers Handcrafted Knives

Re wrap your handle

RSA Blades - Knifemaking Encyclopedia

Scale Prevention During Heat Treating by Terry Primos

Seadog Knives - Build your own knife

Smedning og Knive

Solderless Guards by Terry Primos

Some true words - Take care

Stone Knife - How to make

Testing Blades by Terry Primos

The Manual (Top)

Instructional videos : http://smartflix.com/store/category/9 - Rentals Knifemaking with William White The Fine Art of Hollow Grinding with Johnny Stout Forging and Finishing The Ox Forge Bowie with Charlie Ochs Knifemaking Unplugged with Tim & Marian Lively Basic Damascus with Ed Caffrey Basic Bladesmithing with Ed Caffrey Fileworking with Dwayne Dushane Kit Knife Video 1 - Tapered Tang Hunter with Gene Osborn Kit Knife Video 2 - Hidden Tang Hunter with Gene Osborn Kit Knife Video 3 - Lock Back Folder with Filework with Gene Osborn Sculpting: Techniques in Sculpting, Carving, and Texturing (a knife) with David Broadwell Sharpening Woodworking Tools with Leonard Lee Kydex Sheath and Holster Making with Darrel Ralph & Ryan Bailey Custom Knife Sheaths with Chuck Burrows

Making A Sub-Hilt Fighter

Recommended books:



$50 Knife Shop by Wayne Goddard

A home built heat treatment furnace - e-book (.pdf) Right click and save as.

An Ax to grind - A Practical Ax Manual - scroll down - e-book (.pdf)

Antler and Iron II Building a Mountain Man Folding Knife by Gene Chapman

Basic Blacksmithing e-book (.pdf) Right click and save as.

Basic Forging and Pattern Welded Damascus Steel by Jerry Fisk

Blacksmith Practice e-book, old war department manual

Blade's Guide to Making Knives edited by Joe Kertzman

Complete book of pocket knife repair by Ben Kelly, Jr.

Country Knives Illustrated for Collectors, Knifemakers & the Curious by Gene Chapman

Custom Knifemaking: 10 Projects From a Master Craftsman by Tim McCreight

Damascus Steel by Manfred Sachse

Experiments on Knife Sharpening e-book (.pdf)

From the Past by William Moran, Jr.

Heat Treatment, Selection, and Application of Tool Steels by Bill Bryson

Heat Treater's Guide by Unterweiser, Boyer, and Kubbs

How_To_Build_A_Knife by Jim Small e-book (.pdf) Right click and save as.

How to Make Folding Knives: A Step-By-Step How-To by Ron Lake, Frank Centofante, Wayne Clay

How to Make Multi-Blade Folding Knives by Eugene Shadley and Terry Davis.

How to Make Knives by Loveless, Moran, and Barney

How to Scrimshaw and Carve Ivory by Blackie and Michael Collins.

Introduction to Bladesmithing by E. Jay Hendrickson

Iron Age Primitives by Gene Chapman

Knife Talk: The Art and Science of Knifemaking by Ed Fowler

Knifecraft by Sid Latham

Knifemaking: A Complete Guide to Crafting Knives, Handles and Sheaths by Bo Bergman (Scandinavian style knives)

Little Uglies Blacksmith Folding Knives, Making, Tools, & Techniques by Gene Chapman

Master Bladesmith: Advanced Studies in Steel by Jim Hrisoulas

Metallurgy of Steel for Bladesmiths & Others who Heat Treat and Forge Steel. e-book (.pdf) Not available as of 1-22-2007

Mini-mill User's Guide e-book (.pdf)

Mokume Gane in the Small Shop: The Complete Guide to Diffusion Welded Mokume by Steve Midgett.

Nose to the Grindstone Knifemaking Technique's, Tooling & Shop Notes by Gene Chapman

On Damascus Steel by Leo Figiel

Pattern Welded Blade by Jim Hrisoulas

Penny Knife A Colonial Style Folding Knife, Making, Tools, & Techniques by Gene Chapman

Practical Data for Metallurgists e-book (.pdf) from Timken

Practical Heat Treating by Howard Boyer

Step by Step Knifemaking “New Edition” by David Boye download info

The Art of Engraving by James Meek

The Complete Bladesmith : Forging Your Way To Perfection by Jim Hrisoulas

The Complete Modern Blacksmith by Alexander G. Weygers

The Hand Forged Knife by Karl Schroen

The Razor Edge Book of Sharpening by John Juranitch

The Tactical Folding Knife by Bob Terzuola

The Wonder of Knifemaking by Wayne Goddard

http://metalwebnews.com/ed.html - THE METAL WEB NEWS EDUCATIONAL & REFERENCE PAGE

US Army - Fundamentals of Machine Tools

US Army - Master Machinist

US Navy - Machinery Repairman Manual A 15.8 Meg PDF File. (An Adobe Acrobat File) - Requires Acrobat Reader to Access.Information

US Navy - Tools and Their Uses - A 20 MB Adobe Acrobat (PDF) File.

Note, this is such a large file and the downloaddemand is quite large it is overloading our system. Please email for a method to receive this file. Requires Acrobat Reader to Access. Thanks - Metal Web News.

US Navy - Fastners Manual A 1.2 Meg PDF File. (An Adobe Acrobat File)

Hex Head Bolt Marking Unified Engineering, Inc.

Bolt Head dimensions Unified Engineering, Inc.

Bolt Tension and Joint Behavior Unified Engineering, Inc.

US Army - Hydraulics Manual A 1.3 Meg PDF File. (An Adobe Acrobat File)

US Navy - Fluid Power Manual A 4 Meg PDF File. (An Adobe Acrobat File)

US Navy - Underwater Welding and Cutting A 2440K PDF File. (An Adobe Acrobat File)

US Navy - Welding Manual A 665K PDF File. (An Adobe Acrobat File)

US Army - Welding Theory & Application - A 20 MB PDF File. (An Adobe Acrobat File)

US Navy - Electric Motors and Controllers A 342K PDF File. (An Adobe Acrobat File)

US Navy - Generators and Motors A 1.3 MB PDF File. (An Adobe Acrobat File)

AC Current Theory A 4 MB PDF File. (An Adobe Acrobat File)

DC Current Theory A 4 MB PDF File. (An Adobe Acrobat File)

US Navy - Electrican Measureing and Testing A 230K PDF File. (An Adobe Acrobat File)

US Navy - Electric Power and Generating Systems A 271K PDF File. (An Adobe Acrobat File)

Farm Blacksmithing By, J. M. Drew. An older book on blacksmithing. Contains a lot of helpful information for the beginner. A 2.6 Meg PDF File. (An Adobe Acrobat File).

Farm Shop Practice By, Mack M. Jones. An older book on farm projects. A lot on wood but some blacksmithing. Contains a lot of practical information on a number of subjects. A 9.6 Meg PDF File (Over 300 pages). (An Adobe Acrobat File).

Deciphering Weld Symbols Furnished by Mike Doyon, MD Welding & Fabricating, L.L.C. (A Adobe Acrobat PDF File)

Tube Bending Rotary-Draw Tube Bending Encyclopedia.

Good Source for Parts and Owners Manuals - Mostly Jet, Wilton and Powermatic.

The Magnolia Metal Bearing Book Extensive Babbitt Information.

Machine Operation and Parts Manuals

GORTON:

Gorton 1-22 Mastermill Manual, Maintenance and Parts Publications.

Gorton 0-16A Mill & Duplicator Manual.

Machine Manual Metalcraft Screw Cutting Lathe - 1933 Sears & Roebuck Co.

More on books and videos :

http://www.countryside.gov.uk/NewEnterprise/Economies/craftpublications.asp

http://www.centaurforge.com/departments.asp?dept=280

http://www.anvilfire.com/21centbs/armor/swords/sword_making_resources.htm

http://www.foxall.com.au/sharyn/knifebooks.htm

http://www.wrtcleather.com/tr-books/books-1.shtml

http://www.knifeworld.com/knifhow.html

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/categories/partList.aspx?catID=9&subID=53&styleID=192

http://pweb.netcom.com/~brlevine/knmabo2.txt

http://pweb.netcom.com/~brlevine/kbib99.txt

http://home.earthlink.net/~donwrobinson/knifemakerssupplies/id1.html

http://www.asminternational.org/Template.cfm?Section=BrowsebyTopic&template=Ecommerce/ProductDisplay.cfm&ProductID=10438

http://www.allmilitaria.com/swordsknivesmilitaria.html

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Instructional Classes:

http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=97 - Knife Network - School of Knife Making (online)

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=387154 - Knifemaking classes, shows, hammer-ins

http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?showtopic=3829 - Tucson, Arizona

http://www.ozarkfolkcenter.com/education-workshops/ - Mountain View, AR 72560

http://www.forgeandfire.com/ - Exeter, CA 93221

http://www.doveknives.com/Classes.html - PO Box 65, Keenesburg, CO 80643

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.knives/browse_thread/thread/36d4efe1a703bc1e/c4d9cda3684c21a1?hl=en#c4d9cda3684c21a1 - Ocala, FL.

http://www.halligankissenginered.com/gpage.html3.html - Sharpsburg , GA 30377

http://georgiaknifemakersguild.com/home/modules/news/ / http://www.trackrock.com/ - Blairsville,GA30512

http://vesterheim.org/learning/classes_knifemaking.php - Decorah, IA 52101

http://home.earthlink.net/~mooseriverhandcrafts/wksp-knife.htm - Moose River Handcrafts, PO Box 205, Jackman, ME 04945

http://www.wmich.edu/tillers/classes/black.html - Kalamazoo, Michigan

http://www.northhousefolkschool.com/classes/ToolMaking.htm - Grand Marais, MN 55604

http://www.caffreyknives.net/classes.html - Montana

http://www.ncknifeguild.org/classes.htm - Lodging in Troy or in neighboring Albemarle,NC

http://www.folkschool.org/index.php?section=subjects&subject_id=4 - Seven miles east of Murphy, North Carolina

http://www.ironintentions.com/services.html - Spring Grove, PA 17362

http://www.bearclawknives.com/classes.html - Laporte, Texas

http://www.americanbladesmith.com/ABS_School1.htm - Texarkana, Texas

http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?showtopic=3843 - Central Vermont

http://bronksknifeworks.com/School_of_Knifemaking.htm - Bothell WA, 98021

http://www.redtrollforge.com/ - Vancouver WA 98687-7313

http://www.appaltree.net/aba/cedar_lakes.htm - Ripley, WV 25271

http://www.mwt.net/~bkmetal/Billhome.html - La Crosse, Wisconsin

http://www.edfowler.com/theschool.html - Willow Bow Ranch, PO Box 1519, Riverton, WY 82501

http://www.kelgin.com/interests.html#Travel%20Schedule - Travels to various US locations

http://dendany.tripod.com/ - Lethbridge, AB Canada

http://www.lyttleknives.com/infopage.htm#WORKSHOPS - High River, AB, Canada

http://www.storchknives.com/info.htm#2001%20Knife%20Classes - Mannville, Alberta, Canada

http://www.thak.ca/knifecoursecanadian.html - Floradale, Ontario Canada

http://www.ctrc.sk.ca/campuses/watrous/watrousclass.html#knife - Watrous, SK Canada

http://www.africut.co.za/courses.htm - Belfast, South Africa

http://www.thorinox.co.za/Courses.htm - Pretoria, South Africa

http://www.ferrum.cc/en/other-services/classes.html - Zurich, Switzerland

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Heat treat information :

Tools and shop information: (with separate grinder, forge/anvil, and power hammer sections)

Safety:

Please read this link: Safety concerns for knifemakers

M aterial S afety D ata S heets

Toxic metals

Health hazards associated with welding/high heat

Metal Fume Fever

DO NOT MIX!

Ed the "Handyman"

How to discharge a capacitor

Dealing with static shock from machinery

Tools:

Equipment and processes

Here are some ideas for a basic bladesmithing set up.

Setting up shop (anvil, forge and post vise)

Setting up shop

Tutorial on Measurement and Layout

Anodizer:

Anodizer

MrTitanium Presents: How to build an anodizer for chump change

MrTitanium builds an anodizer

Anvils:

See "Forge/anvil information"

Band saws:

Band saw blade buying advice

4x6 Band saw :

Disclaimer

The 4x6 Bandsaw

Bandsaw Meltdown - Fire Hazard!

3/4HP Replacement Motor

Bi-metal Replacement Blade

Bandsaw Modifications

Holding Short or Odd Stock

Plywood Stand

Quick-change Table

L-Shaped Table Extension

Pulley and Belt Cover

4x6 Band saw information

Links to more 4x6 info

Portable band saw information (more info here , with mounting ideas)

Portable band saw bench mount

Portable band saw mount

Brazing/Soldering:

The brazing book

Home made Soldering Station Venting System

Broaches:

Tang saw/broach, homemade

More on hidden tang tools

Just a couple of more broaches

Charts, Tables and Conversions:

Bimjo's Grind Height Widget

Brinell and Vickers Hardness Scale and Tensile Strength Comparison Chart

Pulley And Belt Information Calculator

Pulleys and Belts

Steel Chart, Conversions, Useful Charts, Links

Surface Speeds from wheel dimensions and RPM

Temperature conversion calculator

Tolerance Charts: Standard Shaft - Hole Fits

Unit conversion program

Unit converter

http://metalwebnews.com/ed.html - THE METAL WEB NEWS EDUCATIONAL & REFERENCE PAGE

Creating Large Diameter Holes Using Small Diameter Drills.

Calculator for creating Large Diameter Holes Using Small Diameter Drills.

Keyway Depth Information.

Cutting Depths for Woodruf Keys .

Machine Screw Drill Tables for Tap Sizes and Clearance Holes.

Locating Center Distances for Holes.

Bolt Circle Coordinates .

Miscellaneous Calculations .

Shops Warf Tables Index

Conversion Tables Wiha Tools.

Engineers Handbook

Science & Engineering Encyclopedia Science and engineering descriptions, equations, conversions, calculators and material data. Organized by A to Z, subject and interlinked.

Metric Conversion Table - Metric Conversions, Explanation and history of the metric system.

Drilling:

Drill chart – decimal equivalents. pipe tap sizes, and drill tap sizes

Drill cutting speeds

Tap/Drill sizes

Dust:

Cyclone Dust Collector Research

Dust box

Dust management

Five Minute Paint Booth (might be a solution to grinding dust)

Homemade Cyclone Dust Collection System

Edge scribe:

Alex's Center Line Scribe

Edge scribe plans

Electrical:

AC Motors

Build your own electro-chemical marking device

Electric motor control information

How to set up for variable speed on a "Shoestring Budget "

Lesson variable speed motor adjustments

Lessons on electrical circuits

Phase converter information

The Selection, Connection, Reversing and Repair of Electric Motors

Files:

Excellent File Guide $12.99

Files - selecting and using

File Anti-rocking Device

File Guides and File Jigs -- A Primer...

File Information

File jigs

Hints and Tricks on using File Guides and File Jigs...

Info about files

Make a "Small Screw" Holder for Filing or Grinding

Sawzall as a power file

Forges:

See "Forge/anvil information"

Glues:

Epoxies: Glue Wars - the battlefield is set

Epoxies: Glue wars

Epoxies: Glue Wars 2

Lessons learned from the "Glue Wars" (also see the "Spread sheet" link near the bottom)

Loctite Xtreme Repair Adhesive

Grinders:

See "Grinders" section below.

Hardness testing:

Build your own Hardness Tester!

Jigs:

Aly's grinding jig

Dovetail grinding jig

Excellent File Guide $12.99

Knife vise:

Cheapskate knife clamp

Knife maker's vise

Knife vise construction

Knife vise construction

Knife vise construction

Lathe:

Mini-lathe :

Accessories

Adjustments

Capabilities

Chucks

Dial Indicators

Features

Getting Started

Glossary

Introduction

Materials

Modifications

My Shop

Operation

Reviews

Sieg Factory

Tool Grinding

Tuning

Versions

Mini Lathe User's Guide

Steve Bedair's 9 x 20 Lathe Site

Leather working:

Making leather gouges

Simple, easy to make stitching pony

Machinist's info:

Machinist's forum

Machinist's Miscellaneous Information

Miscellaneous shop related links

Metalsmithing - "how to" articles 8-6-2006 This site has dropped a lot of articles. Hopefully they will be put up again.

The Advanced Machinist, a practical and educational treatise, with illustrations.

Virtual Machine Shop

Marking; stamps, gravers, etching machines:

Custom tang stamps - Henry Evers

Custom knife stamps - Harper mfg.

Micro Stamp

Making your own touch mark

Tools made from nails - graver and punch

Building An Electro-Etching Unit

Etch-O-Matic (electro-chemical marking)

Electromark

Electro-Etcher plan

Mill:

Mini-Mill :

Accessories

Features

Introduction

Modifications

Setup

Versions

Mini Mill User's Guide .pdf

Miscellaneous :

Build a bench shear

Device for slack belt grinding on 4" x 36" machines

Hacksaw Information

How to Hot Blue you Knife Blades For Less than $75.00 By Wil Hurley

How to make a tumbler

Site with a lot of photos/info about machinery/tools used by blacksmiths (many homemade)

Tool rests

Useful tools you can make

Ovens:

Build a Coating Curing Oven

Controller package for knifemakers

Homebuilt heat treatment oven (.pdf)

Homemade oven/kiln ( more info ), (even more info )

The New and Improved Lil' Bertha

Photography:

Digital Photography How-To: Building a Light Tent

'No Frills' $75.00 home studio tent/lightbox

Photo Studio at home - The Rubbermaid diffuser

Power hammers:

see "Power hammers/presses information"

Presses:

Also see "Power hammers/presses information"

Homemade bottle jack press

Chris Crawford also has one on his site .

Todd Briggs's bottle jack press

One more bottle jack press

Rivet setter

Rivet setter

20 Ton Hydraulic Press plans for sale

Rust removal:

Electrolytic method of rust removal

Salt baths:

Salt baths

Salt pot design:

Controls

Salt pot pics

More on salt pot design by J. Loose - (use the "Studio" link)

Tips & Techniques- Salt Pots

Salt pot controller information

Sanding:

Gaijin's Guide's Sanding Block System

Hand rubbing being a pain? can't get the flats as smooth as you want? Try this trick - palm sander with micarta plate

Sanding blocks

Scrapers:

Fuller tool

Making a Sen, Short tutorial

Stabilizing:

A Workers View on Stabilization

Nelsonite 30B02 Wood Stabilizer

Stabilizing chamber

Stabilizing Recipe

Stabilizing Wood

The Budget Vacuum Pump

Wood Stabilizing Specialists

Surface grinders:

Homemade surface grinder

It is ALIIIVEEE......Jens Anso’s homemade surface grinder

Surface Grinder

Welding:

Homebuilt arc welder

Numbering system for welding electrodes

US Army Theory of Welding and Application.pdf

US Navy - Welding Manual

Welding knowledge articles

Work bench:

Build Your Own Advanced Jewelers Bench

Build Your Own Basic Jewelers Bench

Work bench

Work bench

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~bolo/workshop.html - Bench Makers and Plans and Notes (from a woodworking, but still applicable)

Bill's Claspy's Workbench -- inspired by Good, Fast, Cheap Bench

Building a Traditional Workbench

Alan Bierbaum Workbench Page

Cliff's Bench Project

A Gallot and his shop (Klausz Bench)

Jeff Greef -- Wooden Vises from Scratch

Larry McVoy's workbench with combination end/tail vise

Le Bench

Parts for Scott Landis / Michael Fortune Tail Vise

Simple but Sturdy Bench

Tage Frid-Like Workbench

WoodVise -- Shoulder, Front, Tail all in one!

Wooden Bench Dog

Workbenches .. many designs, building shoulder vises

Work Bench Designs -- A resource for woodworkers

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Grinder information: __________________________________________________



Please read this link: Safety concerns for knifemakers

Photos of some commercial grinders that are available.

( courtesy of Alain Miville-Deschenes; http://www.amd.miville-deschenes.com )







Bader grinders

Bee grinders

Burr King grinders

Coote grinders

DKG2X72 Super Knife grinder

Dozier grinder

Grizzly grinder - Search " G1015 " - This is the baseline 2" x 72" entry level machine. It will need some work to the platen and it is difficult (but not impossible) to do hollow grinds with the stock 8" wheel because of motor clearance issues. If interested, WAIT FOR IT TO GO ON SALE. This happens about twice a year and is a much better deal. (see Modifications for the Grizzly G1015 grinder for improvements or " Tracking the Grizzly " to resolve tracking issues)

Hardcore grinder

Herbst Knifemaking machines - Machines designed to enhance and combine the functionality of Batavia Engineering’s famous Cutlermatic, Mini-Cutlermatic and Discmatic

"Homemade" grinders ; photos, building info, and many links

JL grinder

Kalamazoo grinders

KMG grinders (also see: "The KMG grinder. my assessment and thoughts " by Ed Caffery and MAP (Multi Articulated Positioning) Arm for KMG Belt Grinder - Discussion and more photos here.)

Knut Lie (contact info) He now has a website; see the Suremak link below.

Maxi-Belt Grinder

Multimatic grinder -

Multitool

Nordell belt grinder

Ovation belt grinder - Japanese page; Translator (cut and paste the url; use the lower set of characters in the url drop down box for English)

Pro Cut II grinder May no longer be available 1-22-2007

Radius Master belt grinder

Simplatic Belt & Disc Grinder and Kit

Suremak Industries 2"x72" Knife Grinder

TG92 disc grinder

Thorinox Belt Grinders

Uncle Al grinder

Wilton Square wheel grinder (also see: "Tricking out" the Wilton Square wheel grinder" by Ed Caffery)

Wolfmaster grinder

Moving or rotary platens

Pyroceramic platens

Pyroceram

Sando non-spinning rotary platen

A comparison of grit sizes of belts, wheels, stones and hones used in knifemaking, sharpening and woodworking.

Abrasive belt supply houses

Application chart and info on different abrasive sanding belts

Pulley And Belt Information Calculator

Pulleys and Belts

Surface Speeds from wheel dimensions and RPM

What belt grits to use?

Discussion on the merits of the higher end grinders

Some thoughts on grinders (as found on various knife related forums) :

This is Ed Caffery's response to the question "... would one of those little Delta 1x42 belt/disc grinders get me by for the first year or should I go ahead a buy something like a multitool? ": " The cheap part of me says that the 1x42" grinder will work, but the other side wants to tell you that if you can spring for a good 2x72" grinder, you'll never have to buy another one, and your learning curve will be cut considerably.

I still own that first Wilton Square wheel grinder that I purchased from Koval Knives....at that time it cost me $540 with shipping, brand new (guess it has been a while ). I've gone through a few contact wheels, and a few bearings, but she works as well today, as she did out of the box.



I think doing it by hand a few times will render benefits too. Remember, the machines won't do anything that you can't do by hand....all they do is save time. If I remember correctly, the first dozen or so knives I made were forged and finished all by hand."

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Craig Wilkins on the advantages/disadvantages of 2 and 3 wheel machines:

"I have noticed that some belt grinders have just 2 wheels while others have 3. What is the advantage of one over the other?

I will try to answer this one...



As stated, there are basically two types of grinders alluded to above, basically the Burr King and Hard Core grinders are of the two wheel variety, Rob Frinks's excellent KMG grinder and the Bader grinder are of the the "three wheel" variety.



I have used at different times a Burr King, Wilton, Bader and a Hard Core, I own a variable speed Hard Core grinder but to be fair and truthful about it, I bought it before I ever used any of the others. The Burr King was/is not available but is an excellent machine.



Two wheel setup - Burr King and Hard Core



Advantages:



Tracking is unsurpassed, smoothest machines on the market that I have used. Just a dream to use.



Disadvantages:



1) Attachment setup takes a very long time. Five to ten minutes if changing from the flat platen assy. to a hollow ground set up. (I may add that the flat platen assy. makes this in essence a three wheel set up) I have a 10 inch contact wheel. When going from it to the flat platen assy., the idler wheel had to be swapped out as well. The flat platen assy. requires an 8 inch idler, the 10 contact wheel requires a 6 inch idler. (Maybe THAT'S why I don't hollow grind very often!)



2) The belt on these type grinders are driven off of the contact wheel. When changing contact wheels (4 inch for flat platen assy., 8 or 10 inch or whatever for hollow grinding) the belt speed changes. For example, the belt is A LOT slower for flat grinding. Let's just say that the MAXIMUM speed is slower with a variable speed grinder when changing to a smaller contact wheel. How is this important? Slower speed equals slower grinding.



Three wheel grinders - KMG and Bader



Advantages:

1) Setup and assy. change out is a breeze, takes about 10 seconds max. (The flat platen assy. makes this a 4 wheel grinder in essence.)

2) Belt speed is constant - regardless of the assy. installed, it is driven off of the same drive wheel.



Disadvantages:

1) Does not track as well as a two wheel set up. Not as smooth.



From a personal perspective, if I were to buy another grinder after using some of the others, it would either be a KMG or another Hard Core. With the Hard Core, I would leave it set up in one set up only. This is the primary reason why I have a separate small wheel setup opposed to having the small wheel assy. that Hard Core has to offer.



One thing that I have found. I am spoiled with variable speed. To anyone that is in the market for a quality grinder, variable speed is worth every penny! From final finish to sharpening.



Now, after stating all of that, a friend of mine made his own grinder using a motor, round stock for the shaft, an idler assy he bought from one of the knife supply houses, pillow block bearings and a 10" Burr King contact wheel and is just as smooth as the Hard Core grinder I have. He spent less than $500 on it. Other than it not being variable speed, it is one of the finest setups I have ever seen. Granted, he can't change set ups but it is as smooth as silk!"

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Ed Caffery posted this on contact wheel durometer: "70 durometer is the standard that you will see on most commercially available contact wheels. It's what comes as standard equipment on all the usual grinders you see in a knifemaker's shop. (Bader, Burr-King, Square Wheel, etc.)



Contact wheels are a double edge sword.... too soft and it's easy to "wash out" your grind lines, and the wheel edges will become rounded in very short order. Too hard and the wheel leaves a terrible finish (both referring to smooth wheels) With serrated wheels, a softer wheel will remove stock faster, but will wear down quickly, a harder durometer serrated wheel will take material off about like a softer smooth wheel, but will last much longer and take much more abuse.



Generally the 70 durometer is about normal for most knifemakers. Top end you can achieve with most rubber compounds is 90 durometer. The rounding of corners isn't a big deal because most of us will put a slight radius on the wheel edges right out of the box.



I agree with Don, stay around 70 durometer max. and you'll be good all the way around."

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Gene Osborne on contact wheels: " Contact wheels are like tires on a car. Most people won't know the difference but a "driver" will.

Wheels first have to be balanced. The faster they go, the more critical this becomes. Unstable wheels WILL come apart.

Bearings or pillow blocks are needed if not mounted directly to the shaft. Plastic is not a good choice especially for fast machines.

The face must be smooth and round. This can be trued once on the machine. If it is not round, it will dig pits and ruts, bounce, and give poor grinds.

Hard face has no rubber.

Smooth face for finish grinding.

Serrated wheels for hogging metal.

Diameter controls the geometry of a hollow grind, most use large diameter wheels to give a flatter appearance. I use a 6" wheel for most hollow grinding because it gives a more dramatic hollow grind.

Lawn mower wheels are not recommended.

Casters can work, the best ones are from the medical world.

Most Americans don't mind driving on cheap tires, but the pro's want/need the best.

If your grinder does 80% of your work for you, why skimp there?"

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Bob Warner on variable speed:

"When you are working your way down the list of grits during your knifemaking, you will get down to the 400-600 grit range (and then even finer). At this fine grit there are a couple of potential problems, first your metal can get real hot real fast. If you are cleaning up a hardened blade, you can ruin the heat treat and have to start over. Also, at a slow speed, your errors are not exaggerated. If you accidentally make a mistake, it will be less of a mistake if the belt was running slow (I know all about making mistakes, I must be an expert at it)."

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Ed Caffery on grinding belts and backing materials: "This is a response to a question from another thread. I thought it might be of interest to many folks, so I started a new thread with it in order to make it easy to locate.

Please add your inputs and experiences, these are my personal finding and experience, and I'd be very interested to hear from others.



Different backings make a belt stiff or flexible, depending on the type of backing, and I have found that the backing material makes a big difference in the finish you get out of a particular grit size.

For example, a "Y" weight backing is generally the thickest, stiffest backing, and you find it mostly on the heavy grit belts (60 grit and larger) "Y" weight belts don't like to bend around tight radius areas such as small contact wheels. I have watched (and felt) the grit tearing off of "Y" weight belts on contact wheels of 3" diameter or less. On several occasions I have had brand new "Y" weight belts break on startup when trying to use them on small contact wheels because the backing doesn't want to flex around the wheel, and the joint just wouldn't take the stress. This weight backing is generally found on heavy grit belts of 24-60 grit.

"X" weight is a bit lighter and more flexible, and is generally what I like to use for my heaviest grit belts. It can make the bends around contact wheels as small as 3/4" diameter without much trouble. I've seen "X" weight backing on belts as fine as 400 grit, but don't like it in anything finer than 120 grit.



"J" weight is next in line, sometimes referred to as "J-Flex" backing, it is a light weight backing that is very flexible. I like to use it on my finer grit belts because I can track the belt out past the edge of the platen, and radius out plunge cuts with it. (the backing will make a nice fine radius when it wraps around the edge of the platen.)



"Mylar" backing is found on the 3M micron belts. It is a "plastic" material that is very thin and light. It will easily flex around the smallest diameter contact wheels, but does not flex well the other direction (like around the edges of platens or contact wheels) If you ever use this type of belt, be VERY careful about getting your hands close to the edges of the belt. It will cut you like a razor blade never even thought about! I've had more than one trip to the ER to get sewn up from these belts.



I've been using Norton Norax belts for the past couple of years in X30, X22, & X16 (400, 800 & 1200 grit) and really like the backing on these belts. I'm not sure what to call their backing material....it's thickness seems to be somewhere between an "X" and "J" weight, but is is much softer than either, and very flexible. These belts seem to give a finish that is finer than the same grits in other belts, and are so flexible that you can do just about anything with them and they hold

together."

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Forge/anvil information: _______________________________________________



Health hazards associated with welding/high heat

Metal Fume Fever

M aterial S afety D ata S heets

Forge:

Gas:

A Blown Mini-Forge

Building the Ron Reil style propane burner

Forge building tutorial

Forge gallery

Forge plans and forge photos

Free gas forge plans

Gas facts

Gas forge

Gas-Forge (basic)

Great forge info, including the mini forge and coffee can forge

Indian George's Forge building tutorial

JTH7 torch for use in the one fire brick forge

Mailbox forge

Melting & casting metal with homemade stuff and a tiny budget!

Minnie Forge

My Quick and Easy Propane Fired Forge

New mini forge up and running

One brick forge/Micro forge

One fire brick forges

O ne fire brick forge (background) and pipe forge

One brick forge plan

Paint can forge tutorial

Plans of a Venturi Burner for Propane-Gas (PDF)

Ron Riel's site- great forge/burner information

Son of Two Brick Forge

Soft kiln brick heating chamber (forge)

Simple brick forge

Simple propane forge

The Famous 10 Minute Forge

The Really Stupid Gas Burner

The Trash Can Furnace

Troubleshooting Your New Forge or Burner

Two brick forge

Charcoal/coal:

A simple coal forge

Blower plans

Brake drum forge

Brake drum forge

Build your own portable forge

Charcoal forge

Charcoal forge

Coal/Coke-forge, Several Designs & Ideas

E-z blacksmithing coal forge

Forge Blower Plans

Forge building tutorial

Forge Plans

How to Build a Forge for under $150

How to build your own forge

Japanese b ox bellows tutorial

Lighting a coal forge

Mad Dave's Five Hour Forge

Primitive blacksmithing - drawing of a very simple sword forge. I've seen variations of this type of forge in different photos of primitive forges

The forge fire - scroll down

The Portable, Affordable Bobby's Forge!

The Wilderness Forge

Viking age forge

Materials:

Refractory supplies - Ellis Custom Custom Knifeworks

Inswool and Insboard

Ceramic platen liners

Burner components and pipe fittings

Wire rope for damascus

Nelsonite wood stabilizer

Wrought iron

Etching machines

Refractory coatings

ITC products

Propane regulators and assemblies

Burners and burner kits

Knifemaking videos

Forge gallery

Castable refractory

Firebricks

Needle, ball, & gate valves

Forges

Coffee can forge kit

Steel for knifemaking and damascus

Hydraulic forging presses

Charcoal from the grocery store

Charcoal Making and Forging in the Japanese Tradition (pictorial)

Forge materials

Making charcoal

Making Insulating Castable Refractory from common materials

Testing Refractories: Flux resistance

Anvil:

Anvil base

Anvil making

Anvil made from 2" steel plate

Anvil repair

Anvil stand discussion

Stake anvil

Bladesmithing anvil 5"x5"x24"

Build an anvil stand (,pdf)

Homemade anvil tools

Japanese forging hammers

Make a hot cut hardy

Making a good inexpensive anvil

Making an anvil

More on anvil repair

Pieced anvil

Rail anvil

RR-rail anvils

RR track anvil

RR track anvil #2

RR track anvil

RR track anvil

RR track anvil

Selecting an anvil

Stake anvil

Stump anvils

Using a sledge hammer as an anvil

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Power hammer/press info rmation: _______________________________________

Power Hammer:

http://www.beautifuliron.com/gs_air_hammers.htm - Forging Hammer References

Manufacturers & distributors of air hammers

Kuhn Maschinentechnik

Tooling for air hammers

A letter from Bill Pieh

STC-88 Air Hammer

Throttle stops for Chinese made hammers

http://www.iforgeiron.com/BPindex/Subject/Hammers/BPhammers.shtml#mechanical - I Forge Iron Blueprints; Subject - Hammers Site having problems as of 1-22-2007

Hand Hammers

Mechanical Hammers

Power Hammers

Air Hammers

http://magichammer.freeservers.com/ - Magic Hammer Forge

My Kinyon style air hammer

Air hammer details

Air hammer plumbing

Hammer dies

Spring tools

The BIG air hammer

The treadle hammer

Planishing hammer

http://www.anvilfire.com/power/index.htm - Power Hammer Page

Catalog of User Built & JYH Hammers

OSHA and Forging Machines

List of Manufacturers

Pettingell Hammers

Nazel Self Contained Hammer

Beaudry Power Hammer Images

Page 2 Niles-Bement Hammer

Page 8 Big Boy Fly Presses

Page 9 Fly Presses

Page 10 New EC-JYH

United Forging Hammers Beaudry, Fairbanks and Nazel hammers

Wildrose Little Giant Video Sold in the U.S. exclusively by anvilfire.com

S T R I K E R Self contained pneumatic forging hammers.

Pounding out the Profits Book Review

LITTLE GIANT Specs Little Giant Specifications and prices for all models in 1976

LITTLE GIANT Motors Little Giant Motor selection graph (reverse engineering)

LITTLE GIANT Images Little Giant and Meyer Brothers hammer images and commentary.

EC-JYH Supplement Anvilfire NEWS coverage of the construction of the EC-JYH

ABANA plans for simple air hammer and modified treadle hammer

Air Hammer Parts and Upgrade Kit

Air hammers by Richard Furrer

Banning Benchtop Hammer

Big Blu hammer forging dies

Brake for a 50lb Little Giant Power Hammer

Building A Kinyon Style Hammer

China Power Hammer

Die Keys for Little Giant Power Hammers

Frog Valley forge power hammer photos

Helpful ideas for setting up a small air hammer written primarily for the China Power Hammer (STC88), but should be useful to all.

Helve Hammer drawings Site having problems as of 1-22-2007

Homemade Helve hammer

How to build an air hammer

Iron Kiss hammers

Little Giant Power Hammer

North Carolina JYH

Phoenix Forging Hammers:

Videos

Plans for a simple treadle hammer (PDF)

Plans for Krusty - The Power hammer (PDF)

Plans of the Vernet trip hammer

Power hammer based on the Appalachian Dusty

Power hammer spacers Site having problems as of 1-22-2007

Rusty: Appalachian power hammer

Say-Mak power hammers

Shopdog PH18™

The Grasshopper treadle hammer Old site's photos are gone, but you can see what one looks like here

The Helve hammer - Theory, Tuning, and Practice

The rebuild process of a Champion 65# power hammer

Treadle Hammer.. Full Picture :

Treadle Push Rod Springs

Upper Rocker Arm

Treadle View

Hammer and Guide

Treadle Hammer - Kit - Hardware - Plans

Treadle hammer plans for sale from Bob Warner

Tuning for Controllability

Vibration & noise issues with power hammers

Press:

25 Ton Hydraulic Forging Press By Ron Claiborne

Build Your Own Hydraulic Forging Press

Build Your Own Hydraulic Forging Press

"H" frame press

Hydraulic Forging Press

Hydraulic Forging Press

Hydraulic Press Anvil Design

Hydraulic press plans for sale from Bob Warner

Imagination Xpress hydraulic forging press

Indian George’s press:

Indian George’s parts listing

Surplus Center

Northern Tool & Equipment

Imagination Xpress hydraulic forging press

Junkyard hydraulic press photo 1:

Junkyard hydraulic press photo 2

Junkyard hydraulic press photo 3

Matt Walker's 30 ton Hydraulic Forging press (,pdf)

Press dies thread

Press gallery by D, Fogg

RR track hot cutter for a hydraulic press by D. Fogg

Thread about press forging dynamics

Mill:

Steel Rolling Mill Plans

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Supplies/Services :

The first two links are very comprehensive and should be your first read in this category.

Suppliers list - A very comprehensive list of suppliers compiled by C. L. Wilkins

Master index of knife making material, services. and suppliers from AJH-Knves

Manufacturers list for Abrasive products, Cutting tools, CNC tooling, Hand tools, Lubricants/fluids, Measuring & Inspection tools/machines, Shop specialties, Tool & die components and Torque tools

MatWeb Online Materials Information Resource

Metalworking online resources from frugalmachinist.com

Metal links from stagesmith.com

M aterial S afety D ata S heets (MSDS) online



Buffing supplies from jestcoproducts.com

Blacksmith suppliers

Custom etching by custom-etched.com

Custom micarta

Flint knife supplies from thenaturalearth.com

Industrial supply house: McMaster Carr

Japanese Sword Polishing Items and Sword Accessories

Australia knife making supplies

Knife Machines and Tools cc / Afri-Thipa cc

Knife making materials from milesofalaska

Knife making materials from gatherwood.nl

Knife making materials from jano-knives.com

Knife making materials from ragweedforge.com

Knife making materials from crazycrow.com

Knife scales from knifescales.com

Knife Supplies

Thompson's Scandinavian Knife Supply, LLC

UK knife making supplies

Parachute cord in 30 colors

Solder-it kit

The knife handle material Encyclopedia (75+ pics)

Sharpening:

EdgePal sharpening system by Thomas Lofvenmark

Edge-Pro system

PSA (Scary Sharp) Honing System and honing supplies by handamerican.com

Stabilized juniper burls

Steel:

Steel used in knife making

Admiral Steel online shop

Crucible Steels for Knife Making

Damascus steel

Steel from flatground.com

Steel from toolanddie.com

52100 Tool Steel

Pattern welded steel

Junkyard steel, using recycled steel or steels of unknown pedigree

Junkyard steel

Common Railroad Steels Site having problems as of 1-22-2007

Spark charts

Spark testing Site having problems as of 1-22-2007

More on spark testing

Technical guide to "Sex bolts"

Teeth and Claws

http://forgegallery.elliscustomknifeworks.com/ - Ellis Custom Knifeworks

Inswool and Insboard

Ceramic platen liners

Burner components and pipe fittings

Wire rope for damascus

Nelsonite wood stabilizer

Wrought iron

Etching machines

Refractory coatings

ITC products

Propane regulators and assemblies

Burners and burner kits

Knifemaking videos

Forge gallery

Castable refractory

Firebricks

Needle, ball, & gate valves

Forges

Coffee can forge kit

Steel for knifemaking and damascus

Hydraulic forging presses

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Miscellaneous, but good to know information :

http://www.blademakers.com/ - Get Your Own KnifeMaking WebSite

http://fantes.com/knives.htm - How to select, use and care for kitchen knives http://www.holstebrogruppen.dk/ukweb/framelavknivuk.htm - Knife design http://www.knifethrowing.info/faq.html - Knife throwing information http://www.throwzini.com/index.html - Knife throwing information http://www.florilegium.org/ - Stefan's Florilegium; Society for Creative Anachronism http://www.armurerieduroi.com/ - L'Armurerie du Roi; a source of information on the recreation of the medieval times and metalwork. http://www.arador.com/construction/index.html - Armour making tutorials http://www.aiusa.com/medsword/ethsword/ - Ethnographic edged weapons http://www.vikingsword.com/ - good info on early European swords : http://www.lanouvelle-france.com/ - Trade Goods of New-France http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~opinel/opinel/opinelx/opinel_x.htm - Opinel knives with carved handles (Japanese or French text) Translator (cut and paste the url; use the lower set of characters in the url drop down box for English)

http://pweb.netcom.com/~brlevine/rockw.txt - Hardness testing

http://www.primitiveways.com/ - Primitive ways - RESOURCES | WORKSHOPS | FIRE | TOOLS | MUSIC | SKILLS | PLANTS | EVENTS | URBAN | GALLERY

http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/device/devicesToC.html - Handy farm devices and how to make them

http://www.oldjimbo.com/survival/index.html - Outdoors survival site - lots of knife related information

http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/skills/seton/knife_hatchet.htm - Lots of outdoors "how to do" articles

http://www.northwestjournal.ca/I1.htm - Making fire with flint and steel

http://www.thru-hiker.com/workshop.asp -Hiking gear tutorials

http://www.sctrails.net/Trails/LIBRARY/FSPubs/fspubs.html - UDSA, Forest Service Trail Construction Publications - contains a very good ax manual

http://www.beartoothbullets.com/tips/index.htm - Many gun, shooting, hunting, camping tips

http://www.slinging.org/ - News and information about the ancient weapon

Secret Guide to make ninja weapons - Making Ninja weapons (.pdf)

http://www3.sympatico.ca/ragiwarmbear/diy/diy.html - The Do It Yourself Archery Equipment Page

http://www.gswagner.com/ - Engine stuff, Firearm repair (AMATEUR), Reloading

http://www.ductile.org/didata/default.htm - Ductile Iron Data

http://home.cogeco.ca/~vulcans-forge/list.html - Blacksmith links

http://www.iforgeiron.com/BPindex/Author/BPauthor.shtml - Blacksmith projects and info Site having problems as of 1-22-2007

http://www.anvilfire.com/21centbs/main.htm - Blacksmithing: An odd mix of FAQ's and Articles

http://www.powning.com/jake/forge/forge.shtml - Interesting forging photos

http://www.nihon-kogeikai.com/TEBIKI-E/4.html - Japanese metalworking information

http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive/200009/ - Jewelry making - the Orchid archives

http://www.cbel.com/metal_craft_crafts/ - Metal crafting links

http://www.uwsp.edu/CNR/leaf/treeid.htm - How to Identify trees

http://www.realknots.com/knots/index.htm#bends - Knots

http://www.ropeworks.biz/ - Knots

http://troop54.com/knots/TurksHeadKnot/TurksHeadKnot.htm - Turk's head knot tutorial

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