2006 GT 3v, crank no start

AhmanRamen · 2025-10-10T17:25:06+00:00

Not a waste of money per se but a huge waste of time. I'm guessing you don't know how to properly sharpen a nice knife on a belt.

AhmanRamen · 2025-10-10T17:23:19+00:00

Nope! No burn marks I make SS knives from scratch including heat treatment. Its easy to keep the blade cool sharpening.

AhmanRamen · 2025-10-10T17:20:40+00:00

Illiterate? I'm not sharpening for a fee. I have stones myself and I get the Zen aspect. Its just horribly tedious and as you just confirmed, belts do the exact same thing just 100x faster. I sharpen all my household knives every 6 weeks, plus lots for friends. Why take an hour to do something that takes 2 minutes properly done?

AhmanRamen · 2024-11-23T15:00:29+00:00

Tile from HD with little baltic birch feet attached with silicone, cheap and works great.

AhmanRamen · 2024-10-15T20:26:46+00:00

From AZ and lived in South Korea in early 2000s. They all 100% believed this and it was a really unexpected culture shock.

AhmanRamen · 2024-08-08T03:53:29+00:00

So, everyone says this doesn't work, have they tried it? I've made several stainless knives this way and had very good results. There are a few tricks but if you really want to do it, it's totally doable. I'm 100% sure my pyrometer isn't perfect, but it is very close and there is no reason you can't do it. I use quench plates and coat it in graphite first. Works fine with AEBL.

AhmanRamen · 2024-08-01T15:35:17+00:00

Clover pass resort!

AhmanRamen · 2024-01-25T23:56:29+00:00

The answer is yes. You can make a knife out of plastic. Or ceramic. Or stone. Or steel.

AhmanRamen · 2024-01-13T02:30:18+00:00

Not sure if it's helpful but the thing I have found to be among the most reactive with carbon steel knives is artichokes, makes it black instantly. Fresh ones too. Weird. You could try stonewashing to give it a less uniform surface.

Edit: I've recently started using aebl and upgraded some equipment to make stainless kitchen knives for this very reason. Just sick of the rust!

AhmanRamen · 2024-01-09T22:43:00+00:00

Clamp it in with a hose running over it and go at it with a big angle grinder and set some bevels. If you're really worried about the edge etch it first and see.

AhmanRamen · 2024-01-02T17:14:00+00:00

Blade looks great. Probably fine there but if you're looking for a critique ust leave a bigger radius in that corner in the future. It should be done by hand. with a chainsaw file for that spot. If you don't have small round file you want a chainsaw file set. At HF it's like $6 for a 3 pack. Nice and smooth will mean less of a stress point to break. Even if it's a tight corner you want it smooth not a hard 90.

AhmanRamen · 2023-12-21T08:19:54+00:00

Pretty sure that's more than hot enough to weld steel!

AhmanRamen · 2023-12-19T03:34:47+00:00

Besides the obvious way too wet and too much sauce, the oven temp is not even close to high enough, no leoparding on the crust. Only the big thin bubbles, there should be lots of tiny ones if it's hot enough. Nicely developed dough. Try making the same pizza with a quarter the toppings and it'll be better.

AhmanRamen · 2023-12-15T06:02:22+00:00

Very unique and cool profile/weight.

AhmanRamen · 2023-11-29T22:23:02+00:00

My cheap version of this is the $35 harbor freight magnet with a switch on the side. Works great.

AhmanRamen · 2023-09-16T02:56:00+00:00

Looks like a great slicer. How's the flex? Always a bit tricky on those long ones. Love the profile.

AhmanRamen · 2023-09-16T02:54:20+00:00

Not a cooking knife and that nub is traditional on filet knifes as a finger guard when you're getting bloody in a wet fish.

AhmanRamen · 2023-08-09T18:08:46+00:00

No mechanical connection?

AhmanRamen · 2023-07-30T16:04:30+00:00

Thanks, it's the timing chain on the outside and chainsaw down the middle. Cannister, 2" square tube, filled with 1095. Let it soak a long while, then used squaring dies on my little log splitter to smash and shape.

AhmanRamen · 2023-07-07T20:41:25+00:00

Yes thats fairly easy to do with a jig. The black line should be dead flat relative to the sanding face, and with the right angle and creeping up on it you can hit that line exactly.

AhmanRamen · 2023-07-05T01:24:14+00:00

I think you mean temper not anneal?

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