out of production engines

 A few out of production engines that could be a collectors starter set.

Electric Ducted Fan Jet

 Designing a Radio Control Jet with electric ducted fan also learning Fusion 360 at the same time.

Ran into my first oops moment when I decided to insert the ducted fan into the model and realized the design will hold a 50mm fan easily however the fan I chose is 70mm.

Lets just say there are bits and pieces hanging out in the airstream.

Time for some creative modelling of the intake so it incorporates the motor mounts.

Antique Radio Control Airplane kits

 

All kits have spent 25 years in storage and need a new home.

Cessna 310 on RC Canada forum

 My side hobby is radio control aircraft and with a bit of good fortune was able to purchase a Pierce Aero Company Paramount glider.

1 kit of 36 sold back in the 80's 

Barry King Tools - Swivel knife Blades

Been experimenting with hollow ground blades on a swivel knife and so far I really like them. Far less cutting resistance when compared to a regular blade.

Also easy enough to grind you own if you have a small wheel attachment and want to experiment or you can get the Barry King version which is well known for quality.

I also have these available if you prefer purchasing and saving some time.

Barry King Tools - Swivel Knife Blades

Round Knife Jig Information

Created a couple of basic pages for the round knife sharpening and grinding jigs I made in the last month.
See column on left side

Belt Grinder - Blade Holder

Making an ULU that has no straight edges and tricky to keep knuckles away from the grinders belt gets interesting. Plan on making several knives and decided time for a rebuild on the grinder.

Old set-up only a flat platen
with recycled stainless work rest.

Contact Wheel mounted with an adapter from 3/4" bolt

Small Wheel Attachment
Shape of knife I will be grinding

Basic concept worked out

In order to get full range of the joint I had to taper the nuts used for centering the holder. 

Bevel should rest flat against ball race

Upgrade in operation

Belt Grinder Work light

I never seem to have enough light or it is in the wrong place making shadows. Finally fixed that problem with a magnetically mounted LED work light.

I can put it anywhere except the stainless steel belt shield until I get a piece of steel fastened in place.

Before pictures with available lighting

After pictures with LED light

LED Work light sales page

John James Harness Needles

New inventory arriving shortly of my favorite needle for hand sewing. One of those products that you enjoy using and they seem to last forever.

Here is a link to the sales page if you would like a package for yourself.

Sheath Hardware

Brought in some black hardware for upcoming sheaths as well as matching belts and dog collars.

Pictures above are of typical chrome or stainless hardware which is reflective.

moving to black hardware will be much more subdued

Sharpening Stones

A little public service announcement - Check your sharpening stones to be sure they are flat and true and in this case I should have checked when I purchased the sharpening stone.

Diamond embedded steel plate held on the wood block with double sided tape.

The wood block is actually nice and straight however the diamond plate well check the pictures.

Bush-craft and Knife Sheath Tin cans

Been stocking up and having fun with little tin cans commonly used on Bush-craft sheaths also very popular with Youth Groups, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts as first aid kits or fire starting kits

Getting the window tin set up with Fishing fly's and the little slider tin for weights and hooks

Valet tray

Needing a break from other projects so I have been making leather Valet trays using Maker's Leather Supply Templates and pattern rubs.

Easy to do and was an excuse to try out some products I sell online.

I carry the entire lineup of  Templates and Pattern rubs from Maker's Leather Supply

Noon's Knives

A long awaited check-in. Getting my web site set-up for purchasing custom leather goods as well as hardware.

For Canadians there is a Group order page where participants get to save some hard earned cash.

https://www.canadian-artisan.com


Please visit my site Please ...LOL .

Came to the realization I do not have a company logo. Sounds like another project.

Pancake Sheath

Might call this a generic pancake sheath, from bolster down can be drawn in to fit your knife

 

was going to have a drawing file and pdf but that will have to wait until I figure out how to get them here

Wood Sheaths

This question comes up on occasion about making sheaths out of wood. I do not have any step by step photos but essentially
1) Two slabs of wood remove enough wood the blade is a snug fit and glue together.
or
2) two slabs of wood with a layer or three of spacer material shaped to the knife profile and all glued together.

Belt loop attachments can be done in any variety of ways, let your imagination run wild.

 

Block of hardwood shaped to be the belt loop

Sheath has a recess carved for the leather and a leather loop attached to the back like a conventional leather sheath. Forming and sewing wrap around portion done while wet so it shrinks tight.

 

Stabilized maple burl and ebony, boar is carved ebony and family name is dyed epoxy in a groove

 

 



Work and hobby combined

Planning on a new grinder with all the fancy attachments next year so I downloaded the drawings from the "Sayber OSG" Open Source Grinder Project by http://dcknives.com/osg

After spending a day learning a new software package add-on for AutoCad the little light bulb came on, Make a 3D model of the grinder.

No idea what I am going to do with the completed model just yet but practice is never wasted. 

 

Recurve Blade

Having a little fun with making a blade with no straight lines. going to have stainless steel pommel and bolster and hidden pin handle.

stuck at a point of deciding to go with a curved top swage or a straight one. Either way it will be sharpened, Curved with mirror polish would be rather interesting looking.

 

 

Overall length is 15" give or take a bit and made out of 01 steel 1/4" thick

Knife kept looking like it needed a curved swage just a little more freehand grinding and twice as much fun hand polishing.

 

Tried out a older camera, might be time to retire it. Everything is symmetrical and now onto the 400 and 600 grit to flatten out the bevels and prep for heat treating

 

outdoorsman knife sets

Got to thinking it would be nice to have a matching set of knives for various outdoor activities like fishing, camping and hunting or trapping.

Slowly getting from idea to finished concept only finish work needed on the knives and then on to the sheaths.
Fillet knives will have Kydex sheaths with 550 cord for belt loops or tying to life vest the other knives will have leather sheaths with tooling or Kydex if the owner prefers.

Still working on the design for the small knife for the orange/black/wood hybrid handles.

Any combination can include a Ferro rod with matching handle. The rod will be mounted on the larger knifes sheath, smaller knife can have its own sheath or as the lower set the knife will be mounted on the larger knifes sheath.

kitchen knives

An odd assortment of kitchen knives I have made for myself trying out different bevels plus the little guy I got from a fellow knife maker in a draw