OK....so you're working with a steel that somebody else welded.... that makes things difficult, simply because there's no way to know just how good of...

At few questions in order to give you a decent answer... 1. The exact steel types you're using 2. The laminate process you're using (IE: w...

Generally on correctly thought out/designed grinders, drive wheels tend to be flat, and idler wheels are the one with a crown. If both have a crown...

Great News Steve! Glad you're better!

Karl..... What?! You don't like the shop rag/iphone pic?..... and I even left some Ti chips on their for character! I'll get "goo...

Prayers for Steve and his family! I've been down that road (pancreatitis).... it's not a fun ride at all.

Thanks Brion! That answers a couple of major questions for me..... Foredom offers 3 different motors, but only one of them is reversible. ...

Hi Geoff! I have to believe that all of the "pencil" type die grinders must come out of the same factory in China..... I've had both the Si...

I suspect the main reason you prefer grinding in a horizontal position, is because that's what you know, and have learned on. Long ago, when I first ...

I've taught Bladesmithing in Germany..... be aware that there is a much different attitude there, then we see in the U.S. when it comes to sharing. ...