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    Gun building bench

    If you build a free standing bench build it from the heaviest materials you can. Use 4x4 or even heavier for the legs and 2x lumber for the framing and top I'd even put a shelf near the floor and fill it full of solid concrete blocks.Cover the ends and 1 side with plywood this will give you a...
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    Sorta off topic (hand powered drill press)

    I have 3 of these old "post drills" Yup that's what their called because they need to be attached to a post to work with them.The earliest type have round cross section fly wheels like a cast iron steam or water valve would have, Next would be the flat belt wheel which has a slightly higher...
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    getting back on the trail

    Hello all I never know how to deal with these "introduction" things but I'll give it my best shot. I'm from the colony of Connecticut right up in the North East corner I've been a member of a few different groups and mostly I'm a blacksmith.I'm dyslexic and my spelling and punctuation can get...
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    Flint & Steel fire making for dummies

    I have a piece of leather that's about twice the size of the palm of my hand that is in my kit. What I do is place my tinder on the leather place a fair size piece of char on the tinder and then fold this over like a taco shell around my flint.Now when I strike dopwn witrh the steel the sparks...
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    my new throwing knife......

    I tried to edit this but didn't do it right . It should read that a non fixed handle on your hawk is less likely to break hitting on the handle will let it pop loose before breaking but they should still be large enough that when wedged tight into the head atleast 1/4 to 1/2 inch is extended...
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    my new throwing knife......

    All their cast heads are the same BUt those import handles are not!get a new handle or make a new one. Don't water soak your hawk or ax handles or any tool handle you ever want to stay tight! Soaking will expand the wood fibers while wet which crushes the fibers against the tools socket,Once the...
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    got a sheet of leather...FOOTBALL LEATHER

    If you have a torch even a home plumbers torch (Bernzomatic is one brand) get yourself a length of pipe even copper tubing as long as it's fairly stiff clamp that in a vise or some way solid and put the tip of a lit torch in one end let the pipe get heated and try quickly rubbing the leather...
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