AusVarmint

very nice jamie,i think a power hammer is in your future [and an anvil] :wink: there might even be a something from up here in september. [if i remember it] :shock: No power hammer but these turned up at work today :-) 50kg knife maker anvil (cubeish one) is for another bloke but the 60kg London pa...

Thanks heaps Ted. For the heat treat process I did a bit of reading and then pretty much followed this guide that Bjorn wrote https://creativeman.com.au/blog/how-to-heat-treating-12c27-stainless-steel/ and the Sandvik data sheet, somewhere in there was a table with soak time vs thickness and that is...

Thought I would chuck up a couple of pics/progress of my first knife from scratch and some of the associated bits of kit I've made along the way. I have been wanting to do this for ages but just never got around to it until my cousins husband who I hunt with asked me if I could make him a decent hun...

Thanks lads, great day made even more special by birthday wishes from my 7yo daughter while I was making breakfast at 4:30am

Cheers
James

Slowly coming together there Mark. What stock did you end up getting? The shape looks good

Awesome work Mark

Do you ever head up Newcastle way? with a little notice I can get you a bunch of steel scrap offcuts from the scrap bin at work if your ever in need

for limited home use stick to stick. I haven't looked into the specifics but a little inverter stick is very portable, nice smooth arc. Just make sure that its 10amp lead if you don't have 15amp sockets at home :lol: Migs are great but with many more moving parts and eletronics there is more to go w...

I will have to double check my load data but I'm using the 20gr nosler varmageddon projectiles and the seem to get the job done and have no reason to change. I'm using 2207 around 11.0 or 11.1 off the top of my head. Rifle is a cz527 varmint

The others have said most of it but also look at different powder, 2208 was better suited to heavies in my 223 - also make sure your barrel twist rate is something like 1:8 or 1:9 if its standard 1:12 you will be slinging them all over the place sideways

Bloody beautiful, love your work Missed

Didn't kicken have a video of 2 bits of steel hand scraped that suctioned together - to do with a front br rest ?????

Glenn wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:00 pm I loaded 75gr V-Max in 6BR target gun for spotlighting and they worked real well!

Glenn

I run the same, bloody accurate, cheap and do alright on filling roo tags

depends how durable you want it, easiest and cheapest but least durable would be some acrylic automotive spray cans, next would be 2 pack auto/industrial paint which I believe you can get in spray cans as well but i am guessing it would be pretty pricey. then you get into the cerecoats duracoat type...

deermasterhunter wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:42 pm

bimbo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:35 pm Beautiful Mick, I may or may not have been sent some sneaky preview photos

What sort of burl is that Bimbo??

Red mallee i think