Old Grinding Wheel

I picked this up a couple of weeks ago from Craigslist.  It's an old 12"x2" grinding wheel.  I can imagine it sitting on a farm at some time in its past.  The stand was angle iron held together with bolts.  As a result, it was a little lopsided.  I went ahead and ground down all the joints and welded them.  In the process, I attempted to straighten it out.  I cleaned all the parts and put it back together.  One last remaining thing to do is to mount the motor and put a switch on it.

Drum Sander Drill-press Attachment

I've been thinking about this for a while.  I think that oscillating drum sanders cost more than I'm willing to pay at the moment.  I thought I would try to make an attachment that I could put on to my drill-press and do something similar.  Here's what I came up with.

It has two different size holes to accommodate two different sanding drums.  Just flip it over.  There's a port hole for the shop vac to keep things clean.  I added a door in the back to clean out anything that may get stuck inside the box.  As cheesy as it sounds, I was thinking of rigging up a foot pedal to work the press up and down so that both hands are free to hold the work piece.

Birch Handle Knife - Continued

Back to finishing the Birch Bark Knife.  I just need this thing done.  It's been sitting on my workbench for months and I just decided I needed to do something about it.  I ended up welding the but on rather than trying to get another one.  It worked reasonably well.  This knife is not pretty but that's okay.  It was an experiment.  It seems to me that it would be a decent knife for camping...  It could be abused and it wouldn't matter...

To see how it started, go here.

 

Camping Knife III

Here's the latest knife project.  I purchased some 01 Tool Steel for this project.  I shaped the blade, ground the edge, sanded for hours, heat treated, tempered, sanded some more, affixed handle, sanded and shaped, oiled and sealed, and polished.  I then made a sheath out of birch bark.

Here are the pictures.  I will be adding more pictures from the build stages shortly...

Here's the build:

Heat Treating the blade.

Tempering the blade for 2 sessions of 2 hours each:

Sanding, sanding, and more sanding:

Made a new Kydex Sheath...