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Making Damascus from chain?

What's YOUR process for making roller chain or saw chain "Damascus"? What do you do with it when you finally have a bil...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by spaco
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by spaco

masonry nails

Does anyone know what kind of steel the nails are made from? I have been making small wood carving tools out of them and...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by zwwizard
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by zwwizard

Letter "V" on a huge old anvil

An auction is coming up. It is something unusual, because most of their stuff is huge 1940s machines. I have never seen...
16 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ignoramus18870
16 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus18870

What are car springs made of?

Just to get some comments flowing, here's a comemnt Howard Clark made about this subject yesterday at the Guild of Meta...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by spaco
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by spaco

Differential hardening

Charles, Sorry but my news reader erased your post before I answered so I am writing this from memory. You are correct...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by bpaige125
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by bpaige125

differential tempered EUROPEAN swords

Is there anyone that produces differential tempered EUROPEAN swords ? ( slightly off topic ) And, Would filling the ful...
22 comments posted 18yrs
posted by isprins
22 comments posted 18yrs posted by isprins

Power Hammer

Hello All I am busy planning and will get to building a tire hammer. I woudl like some idea of how to size the hammer....
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by gjn.pub
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by gjn.pub

Propane exercises in frugality ????

My first bottle of propane 5 gal (20 pounds ??) is down so my manifold pressure is less than 5 psi. I need at least 8 p...
19 comments posted 18yrs
posted by footboarder
19 comments posted 18yrs posted by footboarder

Anvil repair

I am in the process of repairing the edges of a Peter Wright 155 lb. anvil I just picked up and need to pick the group...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by johnpattyjohnson
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by johnpattyjohnson

tempering help

I wish to make extended 5/8" dia pins for my HF Hossfeld bench type bender. Simplest plan I have is getting 5/8" dia X...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by footboarder
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by footboarder

coke supplier WA

Nothing like a cold bevy after a day at the forge but can anyone tell me where i can buy a BAG of coke in WA...not even...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by marondesigns
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by marondesigns

Another Tom Latane' workshop!

I am still working on my 16th century chest and lock project, so I probably won't attend this workshop, but I thought I...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by spaco
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by spaco

Power hammer video, Kinyon

Here is video of the Kinyon hammer I recently finished. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkUFgoU_LO0
25 comments posted 18yrs
posted by torin
25 comments posted 18yrs posted by torin