Thread: web site and learning

Originally Posted by Chimensch

The first line in the post is a link to everything.

That's right, and there's no pictures showing up at my end.

So I gather I still got some serious pc issues. Coz Webcast didn't work the other day either.

Fantastic Charlie !

Really generous of you to take the time to share what you've learnt...

You've come up with some innovative solutions there too mate... great stuff !!

Greg Frazer

Thanks, Charlie - this really does inspire me to hopefully make a razor from scratch one day! Way to go! What would you do differently with regards to heat treating next time?

Thanks again,
Mark

That's great stuff, thanks for sharing your knowledge. It just goes to show, beautiful things can be made with simple tools.

Mike performed the same eye-opening hardness testing for me. I hit 54 HRC, but I was using a steel that I had a pretty good heat-treating recipe for. Another razor from that batch turned out to be a great shaver, so I concur with your conclusion that a blade doesn't have to be ultra hard to work well.

Heat-treating is about knowledge first, with control a close second. You need to know what you have to do, then you need the tools to help you to stick as close to the recipe as possible.

The first piece of knowledge you need is what results you're getting with your current process.

Josh

Beautiful razor, by the way.

Josh

Charlie (Spazola) does some really nice work! I know that both Mike Blue and I were quite taken with his design, workmanship, and ingenuity.

The results of the hardness tests were surprising because they said that a shaving edge can be attained at other than 58-65 HRC.
Mike also suggested an approach that will probably be useful for the both of us since we do not have a Rockwell testing machine.

More posts on Charlies visit to come.

Originally Posted by Milton Man

What would you do differently with regards to heat treating next time?

After talking to Mike B, I think that I will start tempering at a lower temperature, and let the blade soak for a little bit longer at critical temperature. I will also pay closer attention to the time getting from the forge to the quench.

I felt that the file did not bite into the metal last time, so I think that the problem is the tempering.

I am still in the process of trying to figure this out and perform the task with the tools that I have.

Charlie
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OLD_SCHOOL

I am not sure why the pages are not displaying right, I am not very tech savvy. I they seem to display right in Opera and Firefox.

If any computer literate people have any ideas about the page it will not hurt my feelings tell me what is wrong.

Thanks

Charlie

Thanks!

C utz

fantastic job, and thank you for showing us you process. save the monkeys?