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Blackbear's Cave: November 2012
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Sunday, November 25, 2012. The Amateur Crafter: Project 3.0 - Chillin' and Drillin'. To lighten the weight of my knives I intended to drill out some holes along the handle. This is a common practice by all professional knifemakers. I knew that removing material from the blade when I grind it would make the knife heavier in the handle. I want these knives to be balanced more at the choil, just behind the back of the blade. Next I center punched each location with my automatic punch. Here one can see the s...
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Blackbear's Cave: June 2010
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Thursday, June 17, 2010. Your next task will be to prepare the stall or work area for equipment, proper tools, or materials needed to complete the work. So, be sure to go to the supply section and order up several yards of flight line. This will allow you a solid working surface area to work on. Can’t have our creepers roll around underneath vehicles in mud now can we? You may also need to pick up some camouflage paint, just in case you needed to do any body work that you’ll have to touch up. N...Also, t...
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Blackbear's Cave: October 2012
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Sunday, October 21, 2012. The Amateur Crafter: Get A Grip! Been a bit under the weather lately, most likely from either the recent flu shot or from some of the students showing up sick at school. So, not much shop work going on this week except for just drilling some holes. But what matters is that the material with the epoxy in between is pressed together and allowed to stay like that while the resin is hardening. This creates a very strong but easily worked block suitable for handle (scale) materia...
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Blackbear's Cave: August 2011
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Thursday, August 11, 2011. Why exactly are you here? Whenever I'm alone and in a quiet place, I'll go deep into my thoughts and think back about decisions that I've made where I may have done better, not as a form of self-torture but rather as a mental note for the constantly updating self-guide to my life and profession in case I ever come across a similar situation like that one decision again. I welcomed this person into the program. What could have I done different? Engineering degree, yet the only k...
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Blackbear's Cave: November 2010
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Sunday, November 21, 2010. All Work and No Play. Long to write anyt. Hing at all. I’ve been dealing with a heavy course load at work as well as personal health issues. It seems that I am suffering from sleep apnea. This would explain a lot of symptoms I’ve been dealing with lately. If you’re not sure what that is, it’s when the body stops breathing for several secon. Ds while sleeping. At least, that’s. One of the types of sl. D It turns out that I’ve been averaging. I forgot the keys! BB literally flyin...
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Blackbear's Cave: June 2012
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The Amateur Crafter: Project 3.0: First Design! I’ve decided to try and make a fixed blade, full length tang, drop point, possibly a convex grind, small neck knife. Whew! The altered design. I felt that the height of the blade from edge to spine was a bit too much so I made it more subdued. I think that the final design looks quite good. My super-awesome DeWalt portaband saw. I’m using a 1/2”. Blade 24 TPI (teeth per inch). And it cuts great! The template so far. Because I&#...
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Blackbear's Cave: April 2012
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Sunday, April 15, 2012. The Amateur Crafter: Project 2.0 – Tools: Chuck This File in File Under Chalk. El mucho cheapo. My Craftsman file set for general shop use. A Nicholson 6" Single Cut Slim Taper. Sometimes this is referred to as a "tri-square" file. An 8" Single Cut Flat Bastard file. This is meant for medium to fine cutting. An 8" Double Cut Flat Bastard. An 8" Double Cut Half Round. The file looks like it's covered in spackle dust but it helps prevent shavings from gumming up the teeth. While it ...
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Blackbear's Cave: April 2010
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010. The King is Dead! Long not-live the King! In fact, stay dead this time! The following post was true yesterday when it was partially completed and now only partially true when it was completed today. So let me just give a shout-out to my fellow Kingslayers! Matheo, bear druid and probably losing hair thanks to my threat levels. He’s an at-large (or is it a large? Forehead-tank that’s been wonderful enough to endure my swearing and my occasional aggro spike. However, I feel her nam...
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Blackbear's Cave: The Amateur Crafter: Project 3.0 - Chillin' & Drillin'
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Sunday, November 25, 2012. The Amateur Crafter: Project 3.0 - Chillin' and Drillin'. To lighten the weight of my knives I intended to drill out some holes along the handle. This is a common practice by all professional knifemakers. I knew that removing material from the blade when I grind it would make the knife heavier in the handle. I want these knives to be balanced more at the choil, just behind the back of the blade. Next I center punched each location with my automatic punch. Here one can see the s...