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Wow, that’s a beautiful knife and sheath!

Sold!

IMG_9266.jpg IMG_9697.jpg I bought these jaws new a few years back and have used them very successfully since then. However, I wanted a larger set of jaws and have since acquired a milling machine and have made myself a new and larger set, so these are up for sale. As you can see I have made some m...

mikecouch wrote:Jake, where in North Idaho are you from? I’m in Rathdrum, but work in Post Falls.
Good to see some Idaho boys on here.

Hey Mike! I’m up in Sandpoint, but let’s not let anyone know about our knock of the woods, we don’t want it getting too crowded here

On a side note for those who are looking at this sander that I built. I designed it so that with my favorite shop chair the center of the belt is at the exact working height for me. As with many such things, this is an individual thing. Like counter heights or work table heights. My entire shop is w...

What would you say cost would be if someone wanted to build something similar? Good question. I had a lot of the aluminum on hand from another project, so what I saved is hard to quantify now. But for what I did have to buy I know that I am out about $700-$750 dollars. Now I did buy a new VFD and m...

Pillichody wrote:wow! That is really nice. Mine is very amateur. I made the frame out of wood.

I had most of the aluminum as left over from a project making a custom cover for my truck bed. It's overkill for this application, but I had no other use for it

Pillichody wrote:I would like to see your long belt sander.

So let's see if I got the image upload process right yet:

Real name: Jakob (Jake) Age: 60 Location: North Idaho Years a pipe smoker: 1 How you got into pipe making: Well, now that's a good question! :) I started smoking pipes because I had my grandfathers old pipe which was given to me by my mother many years ago. It had been sitting in a box with some col...