Thanks to everyone for letting me know that chamfering or dishing out the holes would make it easier to weld them full again, I will know for next time! -A

@samuraidriver4x4

3 жыл бұрын

Tig welding would have been my preferred way of doing it however you are putting more heat into the fixture that way.

@ITUMBLE4U

Жыл бұрын

I have the same welder....absolutely feel the same way about it. Cheers!

@trumanhw

8 ай бұрын

AWESOME dude. You have the first knife making channel that combines 'custom' with CNC. Which ... having never messed with machining I still watch enough of to have said "he needs a reamer in there" ... (thanks to This Old Tony, Cutting Edge Engineering Australia, et al) ... keep up the GREAT work.

It is a lot of work making videos for us, but we enjoy them so much, thanks and I hope you'll be able to keep em up !

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much mate! Yeah it's a little crazy how much work it is to make a video, I do enjoy doing it though and I'm glad you enjoy watching!

@xavtek

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom i have been since you’ve been hand filing in you basement. You came a long way and it is very inspiring !

Hey mate, firstly as you are already aware I absolutely love the knife, it exceeded my expectations in every dimension..... Secondly, just letting you know i finally got to go deer hunting with a friend of mine, we both bagged a deer each and used the Resolute MKIII to process both deer. Being an amateur at deer processing I hit bone with the blade on countless of times and to my surprise on returning home and cleaning it, it was still hair shavingly sharp... Cudos brother for making an absolutely beautiful and at the same time beastly knife..! Always happy to recommend it to friends/associates when they ask..! Cheers.. 🙂👍

@GoughCustom

Жыл бұрын

Awesome Goran! I'm so glad to hear that your knife is still treating you so well!

The use of the diamond pins is something I've never heard of. Great tip!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jack! Glad the video brought them to light for you mate! They are a VERY useful concept!

Saw this video, went straight to your site and bought one of your knives. Very happy to support anyone who puts this kind of attention into their passion. Excited to get my hands on it.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you very much for your support! I really appreciate it!

Glad to see you started uploading again. I used to watch your old videos years ago and they were really good.

@GoughCustom

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! I am hoping to keep uploading more consistently going forward, but sometimes it is hard to find time while also doing everything else!

Diamond pins, that is some good GD&T right there!! I've always liked your fixturing, they always seemed very well engineered. Thanks for sharing!!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching mate!

Optimize, Optimize, Optimize! I remember when you made your own jig and used the lansky to sharpen.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir! One little step at a time and I went from that filing jig to here! Seems like a crazy journey looking back...

Always a treat watching you make your knife design just a little better in form or function. You NEVER stop improving yourself, your equipment, your product. You never cease to be inspiring. Hope to see you real soon.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Robert! I am definitely still learning a lot and I love the process of improvement that's for sure! I have made big changes this year to allow myself more time to work on improving things, and to work on new things! Kitchen knife and folding knife are in the process of being made with the kitchen knife leading the way! Should be an exciting year and I will definitely see you again soon with more videos!

Any day you upload is a good day.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott! Hope you enjoy the video!

The attention to detail is impeccable, great fix. My dad, who’s a retired engineer who design and developed weapons systems for the A-6 Intruder and the F-18 Hornet used to always say “there’s no such thing as problems, only solutions” I can’t wait until my wife gives me the ok to buy one of your knives, I’ve only heard the absolute best about your work.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much mate! Sounds like I would get along well with your Dad, I love fighter aircraft of all types! I actually have a pair of turbine blades from an A-10 that I need to hang up in the shop soon! I will very much look forward to making you a knife mate!

My several (now defunct) First Edge knives have the best handle-to-tang fit of all my knives with removable scales. They’re pretty much perfect, including one that’s dlc coated. Each blade and scale set have matching numbers written inside indicating they were profiled together for a perfect fit, then separated for the remaining work and coatings, then finally matched up and reassembled. That method side-steps typical pesky variables and all tolerance stacking, versus seeking a perfect fit from 3 parts machined separately.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Dash! That is definitely a relatively simple way of achieving that end result! The issue for me is that it would make my production process more complicated... I would have to have every handle made and fitted to the blade before I send the blade off for DLC coating which creates a large bottleneck, then if the customer changed their mind or canceled their order I'd have a blade/handle pair that I have no use for! I am working toward getting 'perfect' fit just by eliminating as many variables as I can... The next version of the fixtures for this process will be VERY different!!

I like seeing your process of creating and how you work through your previous errors.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! It's always fun to share this stuff!

Aaron, an alternative way to fix the location of your pins without welding is helical mill the holes to a slightly bigger size for a press fit of a bought hardened pin. Turn the protruding end of it to the diameter of the original pins with carbide tooling and press the stepped pins in. In my opinion a more safe way to do it. No heat deformation of your setup and reversible for a next set of pins. Thank you and best regards, Job

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Job! Thanks for the suggestion! At the time this was filmed I didn't have a lathe, but I could certainly have machined the oversize pins in-place on the mill... I will definitely keep that in mind as an option for next time! Cheers!

the king of knives good work

@GoughCustom

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much mate!!

Always a lovely day when you open up KZread and theres a new video by you :-) I'd probably chamfer those small holes before welding them shut. Just a suggestion.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Tony, hope you enjoyed the video! I will definitely think of chamfering for next time!

I really enjoy watching these videos. You are clearly a perfectionist and I think the pursuit of that philosophy is how really good quality products come into existence. I'm definitely here every time for this type of detailed content.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul! Really glad you enjoyed the video mate, hopefully I will have more coming sooN!

If you can’t weld to the bottom, come in with a chamfer tool and open up the top of the hole so you can weld from the bottom up. Looks like it worked fine here but If the hole was deeper it would work better to make it an inverted cone instead of a hole. And easy to do on the mill! Great videos!!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good suggestion Bill! Thank-you! Now I will know for next time!

You are a true perfectionist.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Frank! It's definitely something I struggle with at times... Being a perfectionist is good in that it helps me keep pushing for improvements, but sometimes polishing things can get in the way of just getting work done! I think I am getting better at finding the balance...

I really shouldn't watch your damn videos when I'm drunk. I reckon I'm about 2 beers away from ordering my SECOND Gough Custom Knife ffs. You are a master craftsmen Sir.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Haha should I add a sobriety test as part of the checkout process on my website?? Thanks for the kind words mate! I will hopefully be releasing my kitchen knife in a couple of months, so might be worth waiting until then if that's something that will interest you!

@TheWtfnonamez

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom I did see your kitchen knife project, and I'm confident that it will be impeccable, but I'm in love the Resolute Mark III mate. Hands down the best survival knife on the market. Very interesting video btw. I actually spotted the incredibly slight misalignment between the tang and scales, which was barely detectable unless you were looking for it (microns). Then again, I am the asshole who emailed you about the rubbing on the bevel that I only spotted using a microscope so I guess its fairly safe to say Im a pedant. Keep up the good work and dear lord dont introduce sobriety tests... at some point I want to buy another one.

Gough uploaded. It is a good day.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mr. Bananapants! I will have another video coming soon!

@paulwilson2204

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom this is just the best news.

Every little improvement adds up over time, I love your attention to detail!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Very much agreed William! Thanks very much mate!

You are doing what you do ,my friend

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

That is definitely true! 🙂

phenomenal as always Aaron! you can see the utter joy on your face at the achievement of this improvement. Testament to the dedication you give to your products. Thanks Mic

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mic :)

The trick I use and I find it works every time is to keep my head from in the front of the camera and I never have any problems! Keep up the videos they are excellent.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Haha you gotta love how I did it every time, and not just the first time! 🤣

Awesome! Great repair. Thanks for sharing.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Russell!

To fill the holes better, you could have drilled them out a little more, then added a countersink. Use some pins to fill the hole, then weld the pins in place, filling the countersink with weld material. Another option, tap the holes and use a screw with some green thread locker. File/mill the heads of the screws off (seen this method done to fill in old screw holds in gun barrels/receivers). Regardless - it looks like you did a good job!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions mate!

Thanks for sharing your passion.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing it with me Doug!

We need more vids bro we love you

it's kinda hilarious how excited you are about such a minor improvement. I've bought a knife from you before but I've come to learn that what I really bought is your enthusiasm.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Well I gotta stay enthusiastic otherwise all the hard work would definitely not be worth the paycheque lol! I think it's the only way to keep improving as well!

Amazing stuff as always, I love seeing your vids but understand they are a lot of work as well, thanks.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Yeah they are a lot of work, but I do enjoy making them! I will have another one coming shortly!

Thank you for the video, I didn't know about diamond pins

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

No worries at all, thanks for watching!

Your perfection always satisfy the perfectionist in me 👍❤️

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bibin! :)

I forgot about the diamond pin solution. I'll be stealing that, thank you.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

No worries Russ! It works amazingly well, simple and effective which is how I like it!

Nice job done! Good solution for resolve the situation. All best 👍

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Zoran! Hope you enjoyed the video!

@zornalo185

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom o yes Aaron! I'm sure that will come day when I order your product. Watched all your video!!👍

Awesome work Azza. Excellent repair and work around. You are braver than me, I would be to chicken to weld inside the machine. Cheers buddy 👍🍻. Aaron

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Az! I'm just too lazy to weld outside the machine! 🤣

Never stop learning, never stop improving...rules to live by. Better and Better Jigity Jig! ;-P Nicely Done Aaron, Thanks for the treat!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks PJ! Really awesome that you're still watching and commenting on every video, I appreciate the support!

@pjhalchemy

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom The Pleasure is mine!

Chamfering the top edge of a blind hole will allow the expanding gasses to escape. Make it deep/wide enough that the puddle can't block it.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Darryl! I will definitely do that next time, it was a pain doing it this way!!

Another great video, I love it when people strive to make a great product better..! Just in time too as I have recently put in my order for a custom gough masterpiece..! Now for the hard part..... the wait for it to arrive.. ;-)

@GoughCustom

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Goran! I am looking forward to finishing your knife for you!!

Just found your channel. Fantastic!

High precision knife making is a beautiful thing.

@GoughCustom

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Maxime!

@maximeb190

2 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom Been hooked ever since your first video came out. Back then I was in the middle of my mechanical engineering degree and I've always been a sucker for knives and their making, so I was truly mind blown by your process and attention to details. Soon enough I'll have the means to purchase one of yours! :)

@GoughCustom

2 жыл бұрын

@@maximeb190 Awesome! I hope you're enjoying engineering, and I'll look forward to making a knife for you when the time is right! I really appreciate you following along with my journey!

@maximeb190

2 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom For sure! Discovering your channel on KZread really inspired me in many ways, I've always dreamt of one day owning my own little shop where I can build things, help friends and family out with repairs and eventually try my hand at knife making. I feel grateful to even be able to write this to you directly and get replied to. Godbless!

@GoughCustom

2 жыл бұрын

@@maximeb190 Of course! I try me best to respond to all comments, though sometimes it can be hard to keep up! I hope you get your dream of having access to a workshop!

Definitely enjoyed the video!!!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Really glad to hear that Tim, thanks mate!

I'm just learning so it's always good to see these fixes. Fixturing is a pain.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

I have learned that knowing how to get stuff fixed or dialled in is usually more important than the initial making! There are always things that go wrong that's for sure!

Such a perfectionist. !!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

I try to balance it out with being practical, but I really want to work to improve continuously as well!

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome mate! Thanks for watching!

Awesome work

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

For welding the holes, I would have probably used the mill to create a wide dish shaped hole and then welded that up. That much heat might have warped the fixture, which would have to be decked flat again. Not a problem since you’d deck the welds flat anyway.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Makes total sense in hindsight, not sure why I didn't think of that! Thanks mate!

@c0mputer

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom Worked in the end so no worries! you might have bored out any voids anyway. cheers!

Nice work! The knives look very well made and comfortable.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! I do my best and will continue to improve them when I can!

Hi love your channel, try drilling a smaller hole all the way through the jig to let the hot gas to escape.. also grind a very small flat along the dowel pin , stops the vaccum holding the pin in..

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions Dean!

That setup is top notch! Some day I hope to make one in a similar way some day, but for now I'm just going to swipe that pin idea for fixturing at work. Keep up the good work, my dude!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt! Yeah that fixture has worked out really well, it's made a lot of knives that's for sure!

Love it, thanks for sharing!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Max!

this was really interesting and so well explained, very cool! Love your videos man

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Very glad you enjoyed it Remi!!

More More More!!!! Great content and love the detail that you put into your video's!!!! Bravo!!!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much mate! Really glad you liked the video!

Well done perfection can be a head ache . Happy trails

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very Mike! I definitely learnt long ago that perfection is impossible, it's still fun to try though! 😀

Yes, please share more debugging videos if you can.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Will do mate! Lots of interesting stuff is happening at the moment!

Very nice! Perfect fits are so satisfying. Probably would have helped to countersink the holes open before welding them full, but you got it fine.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, widening the hole first makes a lot of sense, not sure why I didn't think of that lol! 🤣

Nice, looking forword to more videos!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Awesome job Aaron! It’s always great to see your videos… Can we hear you on a podcast? 😎😎✌🏻

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much mate, glad you enjoyed it! I actually do have a podcast called XYZ where we talk about CNC, automation and the business of making things, you can find that here: redcircle.com/shows/67a8f6e5-6129-4963-9386-67922aefe0c7 I also recently did an interview on the Rewild Gear Podcast which was a lot of fun! rewildgear.buzzsprout.com/1412701/8526156-ep-10-aaron-gough-on-quality-sustainability-in-knife-making Hope you enjoy the listen! -A

@sudo_nym

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom Awesome 😎 Thanks for sharing, Aaron! 🙏🏻👍🏻

I used to use a tig welder to pull out pins , broke taps .

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Makes sense! I really want a TIG but haven't quite justified it yet given I have the MIG working well....

Well done 👍👍 keep making these videos 🤘 and i'm huge fan of your knives and one day i order one 😀

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much mate! I'll look forward to making you one!

Suggestion for this kind of job. Mill out a big hole. Like 1/2 inch with funnel shape to a point if you want at the bottom. Use tig to fill then machine out.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah widening the hole makes total sense in hindsight! I will know for next time now! Any reason you'd choose TIG over MIG for this? I have wanted a TIG for ages, but never quite managed to justify it lol

@repalmore

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom Yes, in order to create heat whit a MIG, you consume the wire and deposit it. With TIG you create the heat then add the filler metal when you decide that the base metal is ready to accept the filler. On a big chunk of metal as your jig, you would have to go full pedal down at the beginning of each fill but then can adjust as needed once the parent metal is ready to weld. I guess it boils down to greater control.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

@@repalmore Makes sense mate! I will think of this next time I'm ogling a nice TIG welder :)

@repalmore

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom When I started welding TIG machines were out of my price range. Now days, you can get them off Amazon at a reasonable price. My suggestion would be wait and keep an eye on local "for sale" and see if a good sized one come up for sale. I strongly suggest get one bigger than what you think you need. So much easier to not go full power than have it at full power all the time. Once you get the hang of TIG, you find more things that need fixing and what do you know, there's this nice TIG machine of yours ;o) Best of luck with it.

Ha sorry, I should have watched the whole video before commenting..love your solution.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

All good Dean! I still appreciate the suggestions!

You could overbore the dowels and turn down a larger dowel to size, instead of welding. That's probably how I'd recover a fixture with incorrect hole placement.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Might consider that next time! I think if the fixture was smaller I'd definitely want to avoid welding & possible distortion, figured in this case I was probably safe...

Ah good! I love this channel. Reminds me that people still do give a shit about there work.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pete! I definitely give many shits! :)

SPACE TEC ACCURACY!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Getting there! 😀

Yeah, I noticed that too. There also seems to be the most miniscule of gaps between some parts of the handle scales and the tang of the knife, but that isn't as much of a concern to me

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey mate! That doesn't sound ideal, maybe there's an issue on that knife that I missed? Sometimes there's a tiny gap under the handle scales at the ricasso because of the way I machine the ricasso but that should not be noticeable unless you're me! Want to send me an email with some photos and I'll have a look?

@edanpino5035

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, it should be fine. I've tried fitting feeler gauges and shim stock into the gap, but I either do not have the coordination I thought I did, or the gap is a product of that part of the tang being very rounded. Either way, the knife has held up fine, and given the fact that I don't get a lot of rain here, it isn't a big concern

Just a heads up, they make special endmills for putting holes in fixtures for locating pins. www.lakeshorecarbide.com/pre-reamendmills.aspx The idea is to drill the hole undersized for metal removal, go in with the "pre ream" endmills to ensure location, and then ream to final size.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! Yeah I've seen those before, but honestly for onsie-twosie stuff like this it seems easier to just interpolate the holes with a single tool, rather than setting up 3 separate tools! For production that solution would definitely make more sense though!

With your roughing and finishing passes do you vary where on the endmills flutes do your cutting as the endmill wears? Also you could try countersinking your dowel holes out a bit to aid in rewelding them for next time so you can weld in one step? I’m guessing the welding didn’t warp your fixtures either or it was so minimal that it obviously isn’t affecting what you where looking for.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey mate! I vary the sections of the endmill that I use for the different passes at each stage. The roughing endmill makes the first spine cut with the tip of the endmill, then steps down to do the second rough cut, then steps down again to do the first cut on the edge, then steps down to do the second cut on the edge. Spreading the wear out seems to extend the tool life a fair bit! For the finishing endmill I do the same thing, taking spring passes to make sure the machined surfaces are as nice as possible...

Damn dude, i love your videos, it is a shame that my third world economy wont letme buy a piece because they cost a fortune here, but i always follow your work

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Roberto! No worries at all mate, I just hope you enjoy the videos!

@robertoberserker3138

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom omg you answerd!! Of course i enjoy and i will enjoy the following videos, keep up and best of the lucks!!

great video! loved it :)

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much mate!

👍

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I know you! :)

@TheOutLawPickle

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom you bet

I love the attention to small details. One question: why fix the locating pin locations instead of just updating the CNC instructions to match the pins' as-built location?

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Matt! That would certainly work, however measuring the exact location would be a little painful, and would then require that I have multiple offsets calibrated for that single fixture... Right now I have one offset (exact middle bottom of the fixture) that I use for this fixture and also any other fixture plates that I swap out, there are dowel holes on the machine table that locate the fixture. If I had used different offsets instead of fixing the pin locations then I'd have to move those extra offsets to any other machine I might use the fixture on, as well as remembering that extra detail about the fixture. Either way would certainly work, I just generally try to keep things as simple and idiot-proof as I can! There's are lots of days where I'm the idiot :)

Aaron, man, you are amazing! I have a small question. Does it matter if the diamond pins are oriented in the same direction, or it's better if they are rotated on 90*?

@GoughCustom

2 жыл бұрын

Hey mate! Sorry for the slow response! The diamond pin (there should only be one per workpiece) are oriented so that they are tangential to a circle drawn from the solid pin... It's a little hard to explain with only words! Check out this article: www.carrlane.com/engineering-resources/technical-information/manual-workholding/locating-devices/locating-pins

Have you figured out a way to mill the bevels in?

@GoughCustom

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir! I have been milling bevels for many years! You can see this process in action on several of my recent videos.

Would drilling, reaming the holes out and press fitting a plug in be an option?

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

I think if the plug was larger then yeah that would totally work! Press fit the plug, machine it off flat and then re-bore the holes. I think that would work just fine!

Great video and dedication. Instead of filling the holes of the pins i would have made a pocket of 10mm diameter (sorry, i'm european) and 10mm deep. and then welded in a 10mm diam cylinder. In this way you would have a fresh new material in which making the pins holes. Also i wouldnt reccomend super glie for the pins. Just in case one day you want to change them. A drop of threadlocker is perfect. Bye!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Marco! I have wondered about using threadlocker, I will try that next time!

Perfeito !

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jesse!

How about grinding the dowel pins flat, welding them over, then machining everything flat?

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

My main concern doing that is the weld joint with the pin would be pretty superficial, I'd be worried that I'd end up machining away most of the weld when boring the new hole and the old pin might come loose or something!

@ZPositive

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom I agree, that's the concern. Crank the piss outta the MIG and give 'er all the heat she's got! It won't be welded all the way through, but you can guarantee there won' t be any voids.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

@@ZPositive True story!

Is that water cooled platen on a grinder any good? I was thinking of making one for personal use.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly I don't even have it hooked up... I think they are really useful if you're using a radiused platen, but for a flat platen I think they're unecessary!

Tipp: Make a new one but repairing was well done.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, making a complete new fixture just to fix this one little problem would be a huge waste of time and money!

Next time leave the pins in the holes, grind them off flat, then weld and finish as needed. Then you won't have to deal with the trapped air problem.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Robert! Won't that mean that the weld joint with the pins is very superficial though? Wouldn't boring back out potentially cause the pin to come loose?

@TrojanHorse1959

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom, Yes, it could. I guess I wasn't thinking clearly. I thought I had a fix for you, but I evidently didn't think it through enough.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

@@TrojanHorse1959 All good mate! Considering every option is always a good idea!

*kitchen knife update pls*

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Short version: it's coming! Long version: it's coming slowly! I am working on the fixtures for making the kitchen knife at the moment actually! I hope to have the first CNC made versions ready within a few months!

One of these days, I will own one of your blades but my bank account says otherwise :D

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

I totally understand Chris! Honestly I don't but knives in this price range either! Seems every craftsman I know is unable to afford their own work, curse of the industry!

Thanks meat popsicle!

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Haha someone has been listening to the podcast I see! :)

I liked most when U made these knives by hand, not by machines.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

I understand... However if I had continued making knives by hand I definitely would have gone out of business by now and not be making any knives at all! Or it possibly might have remained a hobby forever which might have been ok. I really enjoy how I make knives now, so for me it's mainly about making the best knives I possibly can, and enjoying the process as much as I can!

@micharoman9188

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom it is ok. thanks for the answer

Wouldn't it just be easier to use wear offsets?

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately a wear offset would not necessarily have fixed this problem, because I'm not sure in which direction the blade was offset! I don't think it was perfectly at 90º for instance. I do still use wear offsets to comp for endmill diameter when changing tools, but I wanted the fixture to be right before anything else.

Oh no. More work and improvement. Does that mean your knives price is going to go up? Lol

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Nope! Though honestly I probably should raise prices... I'm trying to simply make more knives instead.

@sirsir9665

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom I wouldn't raise prices. It wouldn't be fair to the customers. It's a very beautiful knife and made with precision but it's only A2 steel. Honestly before doing anything else I'd switch to a bettet steel. CPM 3V. Way more durable and has a way bettet rust resistance, even with that dlc you still have to watch. 3v is just a god steel. I don't think people could justify the cost to buy the knife at any higher of a price. I've been saving up for your knife but I won't be able to buy it if the price goes up and the steel while decent is mid range. No offense

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

@@sirsir9665 The idea of an individual steel not being good is a bit of a myth. So saying 'It's only A2' is a generalization that does not apply to my knives, or really any knives. Any steel can have drastically different performance based on how it's heat-treated... You can take a 'super steel' like S30V and heat-treat it poorly and it will have low toughness and terrible edge retention. I have worked very hard on my heat-treatment for A2 and in my testing it happily out-performs S30V and S35VN from other companies in terms of edge retention and toughness. I have tried/tested 3V in the past and while it is very tough, I found it tended to dent and roll at the edge much more easily than A2, which had large negative effects on edge retention. Additionally the lower maximum hardness of 3V works against it. My A2 at 62.5HRC is very tough and holds a great edge, I have had LOTS of positive feedback from customers who own knives made in many other steels including 3V saying that the edge retention of my knives is better than any other knife they own. With that said I am not content to rest on my laurels. I am currently investigating a stainless steel as my potential main steel going forward. It's not a fancy powder steel, but it is extremely tough (tougher than any other stainless steel) and with careful heat-treat I can get it up to 64HRC which gives it excellent edge retention while still being tougher than A2 at a lower hardness, and also being stainless.... All of the above examples are meant to illustrate the point that saying a particular steel is 'good' or 'bad' is not really valid unless you have a lot of information on how that steel was heat-treated, as heat-treatment plays a vital role in how a steel performs. Regarding fairness to customers: If my knives cost so much to make that I don't make any money off them and then I go out of business, then that is a worse outcome for my customers than raising my prices! I am doing everything in my power to not raise my prices, but a business has to be able to continue to exist in order to look after its customers! I appreciate that you've been saving up, and as I said I do not have any short-term plans to raise my prices. I think once you get one of my knives you will be very impressed with what A2 can do! I'm looking forward to making you a knife! -Aaron

were you at all worried that the heat from the weld would warp/distort parts of the metal (of either the jig or machine), or did you control for this in some way? great video as always, can’t wait for the next! :)

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey mate! I wasn't worried about distortion as the welds are so small, however that could be blissful ignorance rather than knowledge lol! It seems to have worked out well, no issues with the fixture that I have found so far!

I was wondering if you can make me a set of knifes?

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jason! I'm happy to talk about making a set of knives for sure! Worth noting at the moment I'm not taking any 'full custom' orders, so the knives would either look like my Resolute knife or my new Kitchen knife. You could customize all the colors and details though. If you're still interested shoot me an email: aaron@goughcustom.com

Can i send in my blade for an "improvement?" :)

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

I wish that was a thing! I come from a software background so it's pretty normal to push out updates... I wish that I could do the same thing for knives!

Preheat your welds

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Would you recommend just running a propane torch over it for a while? What kind of temperature would you be looking for when preheating a part like this? And I'm curious what the largest benefit is? Less distortion? Thanks!

@p38pilotdk01

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoughCustom aluminum fixture right? You get better weld quality if welding aluminum. Not a welder myself but a manufacturing engineer.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

@@p38pilotdk01 The base is aluminum but the part I was welding is actually just 1018 steel!

He sounds like a Australian hiding in Toronto.

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Bingo!

Couldn't you just bury the pins completely into the fixture body instead of taking them out?

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Yan! The pin holes are actually blind (ie not through-holes), so they couldn't be pushed down further...

Hello my friend it's me Joseph again from Uganda have been off do you have a Twitter handle

@GoughCustom

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Joseph! No, sorry mate I don't use twitter. You can find me on Instagram though @aaron.gough