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01-04-2010, 05:41 AM #41Junior Honemeister
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Heat treat done on blade #2
had to play with my torch a bit to get the heat even
brought the blade up to a bright red/orange/non-magnetic
quenched in peanut oil
no flare no warping nice and clean
I couldn't get the tail up to heat in my forge though... Too small
I'll do the other blade tomorrow
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01-04-2010, 01:31 PM #42"My words are of iron..."
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Does it skate a file? Don't forget this blade will need to be tempered yet.
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power.” R.G.Ingersoll
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01-04-2010, 06:24 PM #43Junior Honemeister
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I'm working out of two locations, I have to take it over to my dads house to borrow a file...
I'll check it later today, and temper it...
Planning on tempering the first blade later as well
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01-04-2010, 10:48 PM #44Junior Honemeister
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File skates across, so far so good...
I also did my heat treat on the first blade, also good.
I need to temper the blades and then I'm down to the finish work
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01-05-2010, 01:28 AM #45Member
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Looking like its coming along. I might have to try this down the road.
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01-05-2010, 03:45 AM #46Junior Honemeister
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01-06-2010, 04:46 AM #47Junior Honemeister
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Lots of sanding and polishing by hand...
It's not a mirror finish, but a very shiny satin....
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01-06-2010, 05:55 AM #48Comfortably Numb
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very nice so far mike!
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01-06-2010, 03:18 PM #49< Banned User >
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Mike, you seemed to ahve dissappeared for a while there, but you're back with a vengance!
Awesome project! Thanks so much for sharing so much about your process as well.
For others interested in doing similar projects, www.mcmaster.com also sells all sorts of steel flat stock in various sizes, thicknesses, etc, etc.
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01-06-2010, 05:34 PM #50Junior Honemeister
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Originally Posted by Seraphim
Three deaths in the family, finished my degree and got my RN license, got married moved twice, and my first son is expected in about two months
Hopefully I can stay back.
As for sharing, isn't that what were all about?
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