No need for hot blue, just get some Birchwood Casey cold blue and do it yourself. Everything is in surface preparation and following instructions on...
I have a very old British open handled backsaw, and the spine is "sway-back" in that it dips in the mid-section, better than 1/8". There is a bit of...
Started in life (after college) as a carpenter's apprentice, 4 years later, with a journeymen's card, I thought I knew everything. Fifteen years later, I left the construction trade to start a manufacturing business-powder metallurgy. Been at the business some 22 years and hope to retire in the next 5 years, if not sooner. Majority of parts we make go into new cars, with virtually every car built today having at least a few parts in it that we made.
Location:
DuBois, PA
Interests:
Woodworking, American history, particularly Civil War and reconstruction era