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newest knife completed
I finished another knife and have pic up. tell me what y'all think.
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Peddinghaus for sale on Ebay
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Piano wire
What kind of steel is piano wire? I can go into a hobby shop and buy a 3-ft (streight) length of 1/4" piano wire (used for making model airplane landing gear!), and I suspect it would make a good edge...
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carbide banding
In the Oct. 06 issue of Blade Magazine, Ed Fowler has an article entitled "The Benefits of Sharing". While the jist of the article is about the downside of trade secrets there is a bit about the...
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differential temper and full hard 1095
Contemplating the graph that shows 1095 has a peak on torsional impact when tempered to 325 F and that drops off at tempertures from there to 600 F or more (don't have the graph in front of me), I got...
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Thought y'all might find this interesting
I ran across this thread over in swordfourms. Since we discuss steel in reference to blades a lot here I thought y'all would find this interesting. Hope this works...
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Response to journeyman
Chilla, What course are you taking? I am not familiar with any journeyman programs in the States. I learned by working my way up through forge fab shops and then starting my own business. You can...
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Journeyman course
Hi Guys, I started the course last night, and I have a lot in common with a few other people in the class, except I'm a little further along, but that's cool it means I can help out. I was asked at...
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Plans
Anyone know were to get good plans for someone starting out ?
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Steel used for lawn mower blades?
I've come across a number ~10 old lawn mower blades, before pitching them I thought I would see if anyone knows what alloy is common for them.. I might use them to make some knives. They are most...
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OT: Please Boycott technicalvideorental.com
I quote some earlier maillist correspondence that may be relevant to some here: I've been meaning to post here on this subject for some time. Especially, video authors should beware of selling your...
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Welding Little Giants power hammers
I have an old style 50lb Little Giant that needs to have some welding repairs done to the die cavity in order to fit new dies. Does any one have any experience with this? any recomendations ie: type...
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Steel in forklift forks/tines
Gday all, today I aquired the tines from a forklift. I'm assuming that this is a high quality steel. Anyone know what grade or type of steel this would be? I was thinking of using it for the plate on...
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Unluck Flux accident
Hi Guys, I was working on the first weld of some damascus billets yesterday, had gotten to billet number 5. Whack, molten flux goes splat, one tiny piece of molten flux went past my ear and down the...
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Call me ignernt I guess
to article about local blacksmith) Cheers! http://www.oxfordeagle.com/archives/2006/0506/052206-052606/052506/news4.html
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