"Virtually effortless" my left foot.

clearly none of these liberals have used a milling machine. it takes years of skill to cut something with that much detail

Yes

As someone who works in manufacturing, I can confirm

What about 3d printers? What about that pipe gun kid who makes all kinds of guns from black iron pipe?

It's just another way to trample on our liberties

control the means of production...by limiting it to programmable devices...obey, get a device created, disobey..lose rights to create

dan and bros and at least 1 friend were skilled on milling machines ..i never really got much into it ..it takes yrs to learn skills such as that effectively to do just about anything with a lathe and other milling type machines

Yep

tho the wood working i didn't mind so much til i got allergic to some types of wood dust

Ouch

hmm...flintlock

Percussion cap

u know technically potato guns are basically a form of flintlock...except they use spark to ignite gas to propel a potato

i used to have fun with percussion caps or 22 'blanks' ...i used them to make other things

til the bros found out i was hitting up on their supplies

i used them to make warheads for hobby 'missiles'

@Deleted User Machining with manual machines is more than a skill. Its an art.

Oh nice. Yeah this is a .45 Spanish percussion gun

ironman, some things need love to make it an art

anybody can be skilled...but to create, one must love the skill to create art

And I love metal

Lol

I dont make a Katana because Im skilled. I make blades because I love to make them. It takes alot out of me to sit there for weeks with a hammer in front of a hot forge. Its not something people do to make a living these days.

Katanas are overrated as hell

Anyone can sharpen a piece of steel, but it takes passion to make it an art

if i were to go back to forging, i'd need a plasma furnace rated 500 amps

my 'dagger' i made in welding shop needs some re-forging

I forge my stuff in a hole in the ground

Make my charcoal in a 55 gallon drum

well this shit is tungsten alloy ...so i don't have a hot enough furnace to get it to even red

Charcoal can get over 3000F

I make my own steels

when made it, i rigged up some 100amp welding stations into a 300amp unit just to blend the metals via welding rods

A friend of mine at work does commissions for swords and knives. Such a cool thing to watch and see the end product

and my teacher tried to destroy it ...he broke his 30ton cutter on it

I just melt everything into a bloom and go to town. Tungsten and Vanadium make their way in on occassion.

left a line on the dagger...from the cutter...

well i didn't exactly write down the formula for this 'dagger' so ..

i blew out the welding stations breaker trying to get it to white hot