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HOW TO SETUP YOUR KNIFE MAKING WORKSHOP ON A BUDGET in 2021 If you want to start knife making you need a work place and a handful of tools. That’s it, its very simple to begin, but we don’t always know where to go once we’ve started. I’ll give you a road map to help avoid the costly tools that you wont use so your adventure in knife making is more enjoyable and cost less. Knife making on a budget. There are four levels I’m going to write about. In the first set I’m going to cover both forged equipment and stock removal. Location often determines which route you go, for myself, I’ve done both. LEVEL ONE: KNOWLEDGE. This is what I would call education, and there are a few ways to gain this. THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS. Get right into it, start hammering or grinding out blanks and don’t stop until you have a knife. Which isn’t always the best and now days with social media, YouTube and the many books in print its not worth spending your time going in circles. Its goo...

Begin your beekeeping dreams with your very own Langstroth beehive. How to build a beehive, that’s easy to make (no box joints or complicated cuts) and has a minimum start-up cost. This video will show you techniques to make your own boxes complete with proper sizes. Also covered in the video are detailed examples of building techniques that are easy to learn so you can focus on tending to bees rather than making the beehive. The  FREE  plans are saved throughout the article along with a write up on how to. This beehive is designed around the standard Langstroth 8 frame. In the links I also provide plans for a 10 frame beehive, as well as lids and plywood sheet cut lists. If you wish to review or re-watch the videos here are the links to YouTube where I cut and build them. Latest video and using the same techniques 5 frame Nuc, to do splits, shaking packages or mating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhpDs_BdEWM FOR THE VISUAL, I HAVE VIDEOS: Here are the two link...