/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1504905
I just love that pale grey-charcoal contrast, its really unique timber.
>liner between wood and steel.
Generally I'll put at least a thin, 0.5mm bit of G10 on them as sort of a way of stabilising them and having at least 1 flat surface somewhere on the whole debacle. Just found that it helps prevent warping during temperature/humidity changes and is an impermeable layer between steel and timber so if any moisture sneaks under there its not going to fester as much. Brass, bronze and copper also make nice liners if you've got some sheet of it around. Titanium and 300 series SS works real well too and adds a lot of stability, but you'll be in for some fun times trying to cut it, I swear I've been sitting on these half-mil titanium liners for a year now and after doing one a long time ago just threw that shit in the art bin. Fucking crazy white sparks all over the place and it takes no shit from grinders.

Been working on these thicc boys for last week or so, they where going to be paring knives but I figured out the little shits just too thick and went instead for some old timey sabre grind final bevels which aren't insanely sharp. They'll shave hairs ok, but they'll do as cheap, small fish-game, outdoor fuck-arounds for someone. They also passed the 'fucking idiot' test as I had them clamped up on the table and one of them had like 2 x half kg clamps hanging on it, fell off the bench and went bam right into my concrete floor tip first.
>well fuck my life face
Huge chip out of the concrete, tips fine, no cracks, no bends... wew!

>>1508905
Good job for a 1st go. The spikes are good for practice and cheap enough you're not going to bust a budget on more expensive metal.