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Art of Horse Shoeing Vintage 1922 FA

The Art of Horse Shoeing by William Hunting 1922 VGC 223 pages. Superb copy of this scarce book in lovely condition,abs...
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posted by janeypugh
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First un-suck knife

Strictly speaking this is off-topic since I used stock removal rather than forging techniques to make this knife. On th...
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posted by othrside
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by othrside

newest knife completed

I finished another knife and have pic up. tell me what y'all think. http://www.geocities.com/son_of_bluegrass/recent.htm...
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posted by son_of_bluegrass
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Peddinghaus for sale on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=017&item=270015098792
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posted by raidiniantz
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by raidiniantz

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...
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posted by kopfj
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by kopfj

carbide banding

In the Oct. 06 issue of Blade Magazine, Ed Fowler has an article entitled "The Benefits of Sharing". While the jist of...
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posted by son_of_bluegrass
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by son_of_bluegrass

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 tem...
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posted by son_of_bluegrass
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by son_of_bluegrass

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...
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posted by son_of_bluegrass
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by son_of_bluegrass

Response to journeyman

Chilla, What course are you taking? I am not familiar with any journeyman programs in the States. I learned by working...
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posted by andhi
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by andhi

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...
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posted by charlesanderson
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by charlesanderson

Plans

Anyone know were to get good plans for someone starting out ?
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posted by gramilles
33 comments posted 20yrs posted by gramilles

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 al...
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posted by JohnFlyTn
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by JohnFlyTn

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...
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posted by noone
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by noone

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 ne...
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posted by nospam
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by nospam

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 g...
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posted by troy_honeman
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by troy_honeman