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Nice Save!

In the knife making world there's a thing...”Nice Save” when someone posts a pic of a knife with a short blade, the implication being it was supposed to be larger but got messed up.

Now, I really can't blame anyone else because I'm the guy who cranked the handle but let's just say I was distracted and aggravated by the one person whom I can neither bar from my shop or ignore, and this person has a real knack for...pushing buttons? Well, enough said.

Anyway, I had a blank, and not a cheap one, I was working on for a guy who wants a specific profile. It started as a 26 inch by 1.250 straight blank. I had finished the profile, exactly I might add, and had a beautiful machine finish on it ready for the belt. When said distraction occurred I was intending to crank the handle and spin the saddle up to the tail stock but grabbed the cross feed instead and cut a deep groove into the barrel before I realized what I was doing.

But hey, now I have a nice 20 inch A1 profile AR15 barrel, a pencil barrel as they call it (it was the only way not to scrap this blank).

Hope you all had a good Thanksgving!
 
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No one , no one is allowed in my small tool room when Im turning . If someone wants to watch I throw it in a 3 jaw and pretend to start . Then double my fee if they ask questions or talk . It ended the visits when working . I had bad experiences when distracted .
I have a “if you watch” fee on my price list.
 

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