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03-05-2016, 04:19 AM #1
Been a busy week or two.....
Thanks for looking....
Ed
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03-05-2016, 04:21 AM #2Senior Member
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Beautiful,,,what else is there to say?
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03-05-2016, 04:27 AM #3
THANKS!
It took a while to get it from here to there:
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03-05-2016, 04:53 AM #4Senior Member
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Holy
! So SHINY!
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03-05-2016, 05:02 AM #5barba crescit caput nescit
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Wow - beautiful...my first reaction was what the f**k type of Dubl Duck is that!!!!
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03-05-2016, 05:08 AM #6
Thanks!
Originally Posted by dinnermint
Holy! So SHINY!
Phrank... I literally spit out my drink reading this! Originally Posted by Phrank
Wow - beautiful...my first reaction was what the f**k type of Dubl Duck is that!!!!
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03-05-2016, 07:34 AM #7Member
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Wow. Did you just shape/finish/sharpen it or does it require heat treatment and the like too?
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Chevhead (03-05-2016)
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03-05-2016, 12:39 PM #8
Thanks everyone!
It was a fun learning experiment.
I started out with a leaf spring from an old Chevy, cut that into slabs (plasma cutter) then flattened it as best i could to take the arc out of it on my belt sander.
Then I made a jig to hold it to put the wedge shape into it.
Tried to hollow it out a bit on my belt sander edge, then went to the dremmel.
I KNOW....I KNOW.... I had no choice, I don't have my 2x72 sander yet!
Tried to set a bevel and then removed material that was in the way...lol
Finally got a decent looking edge and spine wear pattern and then did a LOT of hand sanding!
I did not heat treat it.....but.... I never got the blade to hot to hold in my bare hands. My thinking is this will be okay as it is a wedge "grind" so it is relatively "thick" on the edge.
I could be totally wrong but it took and held an edge that was comfortable to shave with. Time will tell I guess.....
Oh yeah....you need a REALLY GOOD drill bit to drill hardened steel...
Ed
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03-05-2016, 02:18 PM #9Str8Faced Gent.
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Very nice creation Chev! Great repurposing of the ole leaf spring. Makes me wish I could have kept some of my old goodies from some special old rides to try something similar.
Very nice metal work achieved with very basic tools.
Nice job sir!
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03-05-2016, 03:23 PM #10
Thanks Mike...I appreciate it! Originally Posted by MikeB52
Very nice creation Chev! Great repurposing of the ole leaf spring. Makes me wish I could have kept some of my old goodies from some special old rides to try something similar.
Very nice metal work achieved with very basic tools.
Nice job sir!
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