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tcmeyer replied to the topic Great new USB 'scope, but I need some WiFi help in the forum Off Topic 1 year, 6 months ago
Well that explains it!
Hmm… I can mirror my smart phone to my smart TVs, so I wonder if… No, probably not, but maybe I can find a cheap smart TV about 31″ to replace the monitor…
Thanks, guys!
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tcmeyer replied to the topic Great new USB 'scope, but I need some WiFi help in the forum Off Topic 1 year, 6 months ago
Thanks for the quick reply, Richard. I’ve got about ten other WiFi or LAN devices which are showing up on the device and network lists, but not the camera. I recently switched over to a new hughesnet modem/router and it’s not letting me get direct access to the WiFi data at the modem. I’ll call Hughesnet this afternoon to see if I can get a p…[Read more]
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tcmeyer started the topic Great new USB 'scope, but I need some WiFi help in the forum Off Topic 1 year, 6 months ago
I was watching some TV show with my wife which was about helping people with hair problems and saw them using a WiFi handheld ‘scope to examine some hair. I snapped to attention when I realized how quickly and how easily the hair shafts came into focus – not easy to do with a few free-standing hairs which aren’t in a fixed plane of reference. A…[Read more]
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tcmeyer replied to the topic Angles not wide / large enough? in the forum Basic Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 1 year, 7 months ago
It only takes a very few strokes with an 800-grit stone to flatten an edge. I think using a regular file is a bad idea.
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tcmeyer replied to the topic Angles not wide / large enough? in the forum Basic Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 1 year, 7 months ago
Ribstabsheart: To save time and excessive stone wear, I file the edge flat, down to the bottom of the deepest defect, using one of the finer diamond stones – like the 800 grit. How long you need to work and edge is directly related to the amount of steel you have to remove and this process very quickly removes a lot of that steel. Having do…[Read more]
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tcmeyer replied to the topic Calculating the Sharpening Angles for Blade Positioning in the forum Thoughts/Theories/Science Related to Sharpening 1 year, 9 months ago
My method is a form of “finding the sweet spot” except that I don’t try to match any existing bevel – which is what the sweet spot is originally intended for. I pick a mounting position which matches the sweep of the stone to the belly of the knife. Another way of looking at it is to imagine a line forming the radius of the edge’s belly and p…[Read more]
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tcmeyer replied to the topic MODS!!! Lets see em!! in the forum MODS 1 year, 10 months ago
Billabong: My question to you is what possible advantage to you see in a press-fit threaded stud as opposed to a dab of epoxy? Wicked Edge either buys their rod-end couplings with a special stud mounted by the manufacturer or they very precisely fabricate studs of their own design. Try to fabricate your own press-fit version and take the ri…[Read more]
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tcmeyer replied to the topic MODS!!! Lets see em!! in the forum MODS 1 year, 10 months ago
Rod-end couplings are available at my local farmer’s outlet for about $8US. I buy 12-inch lengths of 1/4″-28 threaded rod (sometimes called “all-thread”) and cut it into 3-inch segments. Grind the ends flat and set them upright in the bore of a rod-end coupling with a dab of epoxy. Perfect alignment is not necessary because alignment lat…[Read more]
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tcmeyer replied to the topic Bevel Angle Change Question… in the forum Getting Started 1 year, 11 months ago
After a few attempts which produced a lot of blather, I decided to leave out a lot of the details, so I hope the final result is clear enough. I chose to name it “The Wicked Edge Files.”
If there’s enough interest, maybe we should move to a separate thread.
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tcmeyer replied to the topic Bevel Angle Change Question… in the forum Getting Started 1 year, 12 months ago
Hi Timm:
Well, I’ve done it. File mounted on Wicked Edge system with at least some success! Video to come soon.
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tcmeyer replied to the topic New Guy here looking for info on a USB scope in the forum Main Forum 2 years ago
Regarding bugs and stuff…
The first time I started up my first USB ‘scope, I looked around for stuff to look at. The videos and ads show coins and insects, so I picked up a fly I’d swatted earlier in the day. I quickly called my wife to show her that the fly was actually still alive. His (or her?) abdomen was pulsing as though it were br…[Read more]
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tcmeyer replied to the topic Dual Vise "Big Rig" setup on a difficult knife in the forum Advanced Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 2 years ago
Very impressive, Marc: Do you mean the thickness of the blade where it enters the handle is 1.5mm? Is it fairly constant along the spine? What is the thickness at the shoulders?
I made a couple of simple kitchen knives out of 0.093″ steel with the blades about 7″ long and 0.015″ across the shoulders and I think they’re way too thick. I’m reg…[Read more]
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tcmeyer replied to the topic New Guy here looking for info on a USB scope in the forum Main Forum 2 years ago
I’ll take a stab at the actual screen image width being actually about 5.25 mm wide. If your laptop screen is 13″ (330mm) wide, then the magnification is about 63X (330/5.25).
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tcmeyer replied to the topic ID A Japanese knife. A learning experience. in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 2 years ago
Hi Timm: Actually, your photos are looking real good. I guess my only question would be if 12 dps matches what the factory had done, although I’d suspect that someone had subsequently installed the straight bevels. I’m under the impression that all handmade Japanese blades are hand-sharpened to a convex profile. The one knife I have came wit…[Read more]
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tcmeyer replied to the topic New Guy here looking for info on a USB scope in the forum Main Forum 2 years ago
I’ve got a couple of the very inexpensive ‘scope and have not been happy with them. The first wouldn’t hold focus and the software for the second wouldn’t work on my older laptop – or I’m too dumb to make it work. The third was a Carson and wouldn’t let me rest it on the edge without a clunky adapter. My first ‘scope was a 5MP Celestron wh…[Read more]
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tcmeyer replied to the topic This is a knife! in the forum Knife Photos 2 years ago
Here are the Amazon links. For the arm and clamp, you have to select the size:
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tcmeyer replied to the topic This is a knife! in the forum Knife Photos 2 years ago
The black plastic clamping schemes are from the “RAM” family of mounts. You can find most of their stuff on Amazon. I have the vacuum mount part numbers somewhere if you’re interested.
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tcmeyer replied to the topic Holy tomato slicer, Batman! in the forum Knife Photos 2 years ago
I’ve been sharpening my Victorinox to 17 dps @ 1500, then convexing the bevels to 13 dps (4 steps). I don’t recall if I’d added a microbevel this last time, but if I did, it was at 20 dps and 1000 grit.
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tcmeyer replied to the topic Anyone else use a poishing/burnishing steel? in the forum Techniques and Sharpening Strategies 2 years ago
In my experience, honing and sharpening have been used to describe the same thing, although I think that maybe honing has evolved to mean the final stages of sharpening.
I think of burnishing to mean a process which treats the surface of steel by using the malleability of the steel to smooth out surface scratches and burrs as a means of polishing…[Read more]
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tcmeyer replied to the topic Gen 3 Pro Vise Tension in the forum Sharpener and Accessory Maintenance 2 years ago
Doesn’t sound anything like my Gen 3 Pro. My cam follower is a flat plate. You might try taping off the exposed areas of your vise. Here’s what I did:
If you are a reloader, you might also try lubricating the cam and follower with resizing lube. Other lubes will help, but will lose their effectiveness fairly quickly. Resizing lube is desi…[Read more]
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