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Time passes and so the story continues. 2 vids this time. Heat treating the first 5 RSO's .

The set up.
https://youtu.be/Sm-uiXG2kKE

The Quenching .
https://youtu.be/SIdrZn7EBdo

The rack...

End of the day shot, more tomorrow.

Tangs are still fat and I am sneaking up on the other details. I put a 1/16 sway in the spine of the 1 on top and the material is 1" wide soooooo... If I...

I got up this morning and a few commitments cancelled , Yeeaahhhhhh!

So I got 2 bars of O1 yesterday and put some Dykem on em and started scratching away this morning. I asked for some design help...

Made 24 chocolate chip cookies in 3 seconds @ 2,000 degrees :<0)

Okay so I AM BACK :<0) It has been a long time since I visited this thread but circumstances beyond my control have held me back. There is a lot of info in this thread and I want to thank everybody...

I like it here . I am not getting confused and actually getting what I need out of it. Mike's posted a chart (and 2 tons of other valuable knowledge) and Bruno and everybody is chipping in. I have...

Soooo, a Co2 bottle and regulator dropped in my lap today. I also have argon but that would be an expensive way to go. I think there is a fitting already incorporated into the oven.
I do have some...

I can find a piece of pipe that will stick through both sides of the forge but I will have to check on accessibility to the razor before I fire it up. I should be taking notes on all this. Then again...

Makes a lot of sense to me. More control is better :<0) I have yet to buy the pipe but I do have a nice temp gauge for my LP forge. I have decided to go for the heat treat on this RSO in the forge....

The fact is, it's the edge that is the main concern. A spine need not be perfect anything if you use tape :<0)

It is 01 I am concerned with. I decided to use this for my first 10 or so razors because of the ease of use and still get a good razor while I learn.
For all intents and purposes this is an 01...

At first I thought you meant I said.... But, I see your talking about Skip. I took what he said as critical even though I read what he typed. This type of mix up is exactly why I am going with an...

Well I was messing with the tongs and thought about the razor. I heated it up pretty good to punch the pivot hole. I let that cool down in the planter. I picked it up by hand and then put it back in...

This story is actually longer than 1 year. I bought the N.Mills back when I first developed RAD. I started to learn restoring with it and side tracked into that for some time. As the shop grows the...

Thanks for your input JDM61. What's done is done so, what have I done then ? I do know it is possible to file it now were as before the file just slipped across the metal surface. I am going to do...

I took a break from restoring Sunday and fired up the forge. I got a deal on 4 pairs of tongs at the bay. 2 are long and a little heavy, 1 a little small and a pair of champions for holding 2 sizes...

I do believe that would be best for the rough work. More banging less hanging on. Going to need tongs anyway. I probably have my first few heat treated by a pro but if I don't I will need them by...

Well Bruno : it looks like peanut oil then. I know peanut is more but as much as I like occasional excitement I hate cleaning up after fire extinguishers .

Steeleback : yes I will be trying it...

Well I would rather do it right as long as this experiment is going good. I mean that's the purpose of it. To see what happens before I make a few at once. I still may try to punch the hole just to...

Yeah that bit you gave me barely made a scratch. It's either normalize then drill or punch the hole before heat treat. Coin is in the air :<0)
And the grinder practice blade still looks the same at...

Thanks for the tips, comments :<0) I figured I work hardened it when I shaped the tang and I have seen all of Charlie's vids a dozen times at least. I may go ahead and normalize but I was just...

I bought some 1/4 by 3/4 01 to play with and learn the forge and grinder. The first piece I used (and let others use) to get acquainted to the grinder. This piece turned into something after forging...