Recent content by davsgold

yes I think alot reckon the gold is all gone and don't bother

well gold had a dose of Red Bull over night and grew wings again, up nearly $100/oz and at $4750 an oz now

well there ya go, two new ML dealers, one in Bathurst NSW and one in Bendigo VIC "Welcome to the Minelab Family." "Minelab Australia is proud to welcome our 2 newest Minelab Certified Dealers...

you can heat and oil quench (take it to non magnetic red heat) and then temper in oven at 200 deg C for 2 hours, before you get it fully shaped, it will help with not over heating the very thin part at the point then finish shaping and sanding etc

interesting to see who is buying gold and who is selling gold 🤔

Getting ready by making another Octagonal handle before I have the blade made this time 😁 Making it out of the Beefwood and Ebony with a Brass spacer, it's all sanded to 600 grit and finished in beeswax and mineral oil mix 50/50 polished into the handle The Beefwood has a nice fiddle back...

If you write 0.0025 as 0.XXXX then The first X = a tenth of a gram ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, which is 10 bits to the gram, yes we find plenty like that with a 6000 The second X = a hundredth of a gram ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, which is 100 bits to the gram, good for...

apparently they like to risk it for the biscuit

I got another steak knife finished, I used Beefwood for the handle with ebony and brass spacer, Blade is same as before, Hitachi SLD stainless damascus clad, heated and oil quenched and tempered in the oven cheers dave

that is awesome Baz, and a great time lapse video of the build

things like the WA miners right should be first on your list, and then something like Trilobite satellite mapping system on you mobile phone so you know where the leases are that you can and can't go on https://trilobite.solutions/maps/ and learn to use the Western Australian Tengraph system...

haha the old magic smoke and mirrors trick ay

well gold did hit $4700 per oz in Australian dollars a short time ago, pulled back a bit from that right now

Got this one finished today, blade is made from Hitachi SLD Stainless Damascus Clad steel. From the last post above. Handle is Made from Rosewood and Ebony with a brass spacer, all finished to 600 grit and a Beeswax/Mineral Oil 50/50 mix applied Now a matching pair