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Posted: 12/2/2011 7:45:30 PM EDT
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Quoted: This arrived via the UPS man today http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/Klaurie13/IMG_4409.jpg Ben - you did a great job on it. the only thing I would like to see different would be black chain (if they make it) the box said 6 pounds and it certainly feels like that - overall length is 26 inches I haven't decided if i'm going to wrap the handle or not might try some of that dip on rubber stuff if the weather is decent here this weekend, i'll try bashing apart some stuff around the garage with it  Thanks again Ben - I really appreciate it and will do a further write up in the coming days on my web site Peter I'm glad you like it.  I'll keep an eye on your website.
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Posted: 12/2/2011 7:47:19 PM EDT
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Quoted: Not nearly as awesome as the ones in this thread but here is my submission. It's a foot and a half rebar tent stake with a paracord wrapped handle. I'd try to pound it out into a blade if we had a metal shop, but I’m in Kuwait and the don’t let us have nice things  http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc391/rev68/iphone193.jpg I like it, stay safe.  |
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Posted: 12/3/2011 8:45:40 AM EDT
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Not nearly as awesome as the ones in this thread but here is my submission. It's a foot and a half rebar tent stake with a paracord wrapped handle. I'd try to pound it out into a blade if we had a metal shop, but I’m in Kuwait and the don’t let us have nice things
http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc391/rev68/iphone193.jpg I like it as well, It'd kill a zed sure enough! And it's be some good cardio man!
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Posted: 12/4/2011 2:15:12 PM EDT
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Busy day...
War Hammer  Thanks for the support. |
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Posted: 12/4/2011 5:22:10 PM EDT
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Now thats cool
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Posted: 12/5/2011 10:43:29 AM EDT
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Two handed kukri.
 I like this Ironwood a lot..  |
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Posted: 12/5/2011 2:05:25 PM EDT
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Badass.
Subscribed for updates, you selling these yet? |
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Posted: 12/5/2011 3:48:57 PM EDT
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Busy day... War HammerThanks for the support. Do want. |
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Posted: 12/5/2011 4:17:26 PM EDT
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As soon as one of those Gladius goes up, I'm bidding on that, it's mine bitches!!!!!!!
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Posted: 12/5/2011 5:40:43 PM EDT
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A kopis would be tits
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Posted: 12/7/2011 8:54:40 AM EDT
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Quoted: As soon as one of those Gladius goes up, I'm bidding on that, it's mine bitches!!!!!!! A lot of time goes into those..  Pictures don't do them justice, I don't know if I'll be putting one up at my shop. They are more of a special project.
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Posted: 12/7/2011 8:56:51 AM EDT
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Quoted: I could try that...A kopis would be tits |
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Posted: 12/7/2011 9:02:40 AM EDT
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Yeah it might be heavy but skulls are thick...
   As always enjoy the pictures. BTW it's not that heavy.. |
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Posted: 12/7/2011 10:08:40 AM EDT
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You must work in a junkyard thats near a harbor freight...?
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Posted: 12/7/2011 10:50:21 AM EDT
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I don't know why but I always make things in pairs. Maybe I have in my mind that I'll dual wield these things some day... Same blade different view, still playing around with the settings on my camera.. Thanks for the support guys.. Want. Hrm. |
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Posted: 12/7/2011 11:15:01 AM EDT
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Quoted: You must work in a junkyard thats near a harbor freight...? No, but that would make my life a lot easier. |
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Posted: 12/8/2011 7:17:05 AM EDT
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I could try that...
A kopis would be tits I call dibs on the first one you sell
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Posted: 12/12/2011 4:36:08 AM EDT
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Quoted:
Not nearly as awesome as the ones in this thread but here is my submission. It's a foot and a half rebar tent stake with a paracord wrapped handle. I'd try to pound it out into a blade if we had a metal shop, but I’m in Kuwait and the don’t let us have nice things
http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc391/rev68/iphone193.jpg Go to self help and give a TCN 10 bucks to work on it. |
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Posted: 12/12/2011 8:31:44 PM EDT
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Now if i only had a welder! inspirational
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Posted: 12/15/2011 1:12:09 PM EDT
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For close up zombie action.
  Little Stubs...  Enjoy the pics...
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Posted: 12/15/2011 1:47:12 PM EDT
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That is very nice. What did you start with to make that. Leaf spring? |
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Posted: 12/15/2011 2:08:55 PM EDT
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Quoted: That is very nice. What did you start with to make that. Leaf spring? Thank you. Nah, it's 1095 high carbon left over from some larger stock I had. I usually save the leafy 5160 for swords and such. |
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Posted: 12/21/2011 9:57:03 AM EDT
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I don't know what to call it? It's like a Gladius only smaller.
12" blade 18" overall. My first try at Homebrew paper micarta.  Let me know what you all think about it. I'm still not sure about the end of the blade being fatter, it's growing on me though.
Enjoy the pics.. |
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Posted: 12/21/2011 2:24:09 PM EDT
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love the handles..it looks bigger than 12" blade....nice work sir keep it up...
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Posted: 12/21/2011 2:49:06 PM EDT
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I don't know what to call it? It's like a Gladius only smaller. 12" blade 18" overall.My first try at Homebrew paper micarta. Let me know what you all think about it. I'm still not sure about the end of the blade being fatter, it's growing on me though. Enjoy the pics..that is wicked cool |
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Posted: 12/21/2011 3:25:39 PM EDT
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That fatter end blade will cut some shit up I'll bet! The handles look great! Can you show us some of your tools or work space? How the hell do you do this stuff???
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Posted: 12/21/2011 5:12:17 PM EDT
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Quoted: love the handles..it looks bigger than 12" blade....nice work sir keep it up... Thank you, When I started to work with the paper micarta I was amazed when I got almost a wood grain look coming through. The paper was a lot easier to sand than the canvas micarta, which equates to easier for me to screw up. At 3/16 thick and 2" at the widest this 1095 is really light so I'm pushing the limits of blade length for sure but she'll do the job. I keep thinking about the shield, have you gotten anywhere with it?
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Posted: 12/21/2011 5:16:58 PM EDT
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Quoted: Thanks for the feedback.Quoted: I don't know what to call it? It's like a Gladius only smaller. 12" blade 18" overall.My first try at Homebrew paper micarta. Let me know what you all think about it. I'm still not sure about the end of the blade being fatter, it's growing on me though. Enjoy the pics..that is wicked cool Sometimes it takes another set of eyes you know? |
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Posted: 12/21/2011 5:26:38 PM EDT
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Quoted: That fatter end blade will cut some shit up I'll bet! The handles look great! Can you show us some of your tools or work space? How the hell do you do this stuff??? Today I found out that ledge on the fat end acts like the sweet spot on a baseball bat wack... I'll take some pics of my tools soon, you'll be unimpressed, it's mostly just modded stuff that I've made to make blades. How do I do it? I have these things called elves, I crack the whip and tell them what I want and it appears the next day, got any orders?
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Posted: 12/21/2011 5:56:54 PM EDT
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That fatter end blade will cut some shit up I'll bet! The handles look great! Can you show us some of your tools or work space? How the hell do you do this stuff??? Today I found out that ledge on the fat end acts like the sweet spot on a baseball bat wack... I'll take some pics of my tools soon, you'll be unimpressed, it's mostly just modded stuff that I've made to make blades. How do I do it? I have these things called elves, I crack the whip and tell them what I want and it appears the next day, got any orders?Orders you say??? Hell ya! I sent you an IM a few weeks back my man. Did you get it?
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Posted: 12/21/2011 6:25:29 PM EDT
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Thanks for the feedback.Quoted:
I don't know what to call it? It's like a Gladius only smaller. 12" blade 18" overall.My first try at Homebrew paper micarta. Let me know what you all think about it. I'm still not sure about the end of the blade being fatter, it's growing on me though. Enjoy the pics..that is wicked cool Sometimes it takes another set of eyes you know?
If it need a new home I'll take it |
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Posted: 12/21/2011 6:59:02 PM EDT
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Quoted: Negative, never got it I just double checked too, I would have responded right away.Quoted: Quoted: That fatter end blade will cut some shit up I'll bet! The handles look great! Can you show us some of your tools or work space? How the hell do you do this stuff??? Today I found out that ledge on the fat end acts like the sweet spot on a baseball bat wack... I'll take some pics of my tools soon, you'll be unimpressed, it's mostly just modded stuff that I've made to make blades. How do I do it? I have these things called elves, I crack the whip and tell them what I want and it appears the next day, got any orders?Orders you say??? Hell ya! I sent you an IM a few weeks back my man. Did you get it? Re-send it when you get a chance. |
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Posted: 1/9/2012 12:34:23 PM EDT
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Okay, I got off my butt and started this today. I'm calling it the Reverse Tanto Workhorse. 5" blade 10" overall 2"wide at the widest part of the blade. 1/4 thick High Carbon 5160. It's a little dull right now.
 I'll keep the updates going as I build this one. Darn... Grinder got away from me today while grinding the back bevel. I tried to fix it but I'm not happy, I ended up having to take too much off of the back to make it work. The tip is too thin, thickness wise. I might turn this into a small seax to save the material. I'll post pics of my screw up later. |
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Posted: 1/10/2012 4:43:38 AM EDT
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That would actually make a nice kitchen knife/ veggie slicer.
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Posted: 1/11/2012 4:14:23 PM EDT
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 It's a little hard to tell but it got really thin at the tip.  I think I'm just going to go with it as is, I really like the design and I was making this for myself. As far as a slicer I don't think it could get much better. A stabber? I'm sure going to find out. This should be a good test of the material. |
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Posted: 1/13/2012 9:15:45 AM EDT
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Quoted: That fatter end blade will cut some shit up I'll bet! The handles look great! Can you show us some of your tools or work space? How the hell do you do this stuff??? After going through about 3 harbor freight cheapo buffers I decided to make this beast. I had this nice little 5hp motor sitting around from a compressor that threw a rod. A little lathe work, welding and some elbow grease netted me this little machine.  I'll put up some more tools later. |
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Posted: 1/14/2012 3:05:37 PM EDT
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Quoted:
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That fatter end blade will cut some shit up I'll bet! The handles look great! Can you show us some of your tools or work space? How the hell do you do this stuff??? After going through about 3 harbor freight cheapo buffers I decided to make this beast. I had this nice little 5hp motor sitting around from a compressor that threw a rod. A little lathe work, welding and some elbow grease netted me this little machine. I'll put up some more tools later. I'll bet that thing buffs things up quick!
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Posted: 1/14/2012 3:22:00 PM EDT
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Quoted: It'll throw a blade across the shop in about 2 seconds flat.Quoted: Quoted: That fatter end blade will cut some shit up I'll bet! The handles look great! Can you show us some of your tools or work space? How the hell do you do this stuff??? After going through about 3 harbor freight cheapo buffers I decided to make this beast. I had this nice little 5hp motor sitting around from a compressor that threw a rod. A little lathe work, welding and some elbow grease netted me this little machine. I'll put up some more tools later. I'll bet that thing buffs things up quick! Btw... Damn man, your mailman comes late!
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Posted: 1/14/2012 3:31:48 PM EDT
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Do perform any hardening operation on the blade?
http://www.keytometals.com/articles/art12.htm 1055 or any other 1000 series steel is soft unless it is hardened through heating and quenching. Anyway, that is some really cool stuff. |
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Posted: 1/14/2012 4:27:30 PM EDT
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I think I'm going to put these up on Etsy.. 16.25" around 2lbs very nice handling. Black. Chrome. Here's an old friend I refinished. Too much fun.. I like the first black one. Probably like it the most out of anything in this thread so far. That is saying something though because all of these you are posting are awesome!! |
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Posted: 1/14/2012 4:30:23 PM EDT
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Quoted: Do perform any hardening operation on the blade? http://www.keytometals.com/articles/art12.htm 1055 or any other 1000 series steel is soft unless it is hardened through heating and quenching. Anyway, that is some really cool stuff. Absolutely, All my 1055 and 1095 etc.. is sent out for heat treat. The 5160 I use is easy enough to harden and temper at my shop so I handle that. I will send out a sample from time to time to make sure I'm getting the hardness I want with process I use. Thanks for the link though I enjoy reading everything I can about steel and how to make it perform better. |
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Posted: 1/14/2012 4:36:31 PM EDT
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This thread is sweet.
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Posted: 1/14/2012 5:05:47 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Do perform any hardening operation on the blade? http://www.keytometals.com/articles/art12.htm 1055 or any other 1000 series steel is soft unless it is hardened through heating and quenching. Anyway, that is some really cool stuff. Absolutely, All my 1055 and 1095 etc.. is sent out for heat treat. The 5160 I use is easy enough to harden and temper at my shop so I handle that. I will send out a sample from time to time to make sure I'm getting the hardness I want with process I use. Thanks for the link though I enjoy reading everything I can about steel and how to make it perform better. Cool. You should try to find some bars of 9254 spring steel. That would make an almost indestructible weapon. |
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Posted: 1/14/2012 7:50:59 PM EDT
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It'll throw a blade across the shop in about 2 seconds flat.Quoted:
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That fatter end blade will cut some shit up I'll bet! The handles look great! Can you show us some of your tools or work space? How the hell do you do this stuff??? After going through about 3 harbor freight cheapo buffers I decided to make this beast. I had this nice little 5hp motor sitting around from a compressor that threw a rod. A little lathe work, welding and some elbow grease netted me this little machine. I'll put up some more tools later. I'll bet that thing buffs things up quick!
Btw... Damn man, your mailman comes late! Oh ya, he comes in the dark man! But, how did you know that? 
Edit: to keep this thread on track. Are there other ways of heat treating metal? Other then the heat and quench method? |
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Posted: 1/14/2012 11:46:48 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: It'll throw a blade across the shop in about 2 seconds flat.Quoted: Quoted: That fatter end blade will cut some shit up I'll bet! The handles look great! Can you show us some of your tools or work space? How the hell do you do this stuff??? After going through about 3 harbor freight cheapo buffers I decided to make this beast. I had this nice little 5hp motor sitting around from a compressor that threw a rod. A little lathe work, welding and some elbow grease netted me this little machine. I'll put up some more tools later. I'll bet that thing buffs things up quick! Btw... Damn man, your mailman comes late! Oh ya, he comes in the dark man! But, how did you know that? Edit: to keep this thread on track. Are there other ways of heat treating metal? Other then the heat and quench method? When you say heat treat do you mean harden? Blacksmiths have cold formed steel armor for hundreds of years. The process of repeatedly pounding and shaping actually changed the hardness of the steel without heat. For Blades at least as far as I know heating and quenching then tempering is the only way to go. If you ever want to try to make a knife I can certainly get you started in the right direction. |
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Posted: 1/14/2012 11:51:58 PM EDT
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Quoted: I'll check it out but I have yet to break anything I have made out of 5160, and I have really really tried...Quoted: Quoted: Do perform any hardening operation on the blade? http://www.keytometals.com/articles/art12.htm 1055 or any other 1000 series steel is soft unless it is hardened through heating and quenching. Anyway, that is some really cool stuff. Absolutely, All my 1055 and 1095 etc.. is sent out for heat treat. The 5160 I use is easy enough to harden and temper at my shop so I handle that. I will send out a sample from time to time to make sure I'm getting the hardness I want with process I use. Thanks for the link though I enjoy reading everything I can about steel and how to make it perform better. Cool. You should try to find some bars of 9254 spring steel. That would make an almost indestructible weapon. |
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Posted: 1/15/2012 6:39:36 AM EDT
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Godrilla47, I'll just answer this way to eliminate all the boxes.
Ya, I meant harden. sorry. I took 3 years of metals shop in High School, you think I'd remember some of this stuff. I didn't know that the working of the metal made it harder, I thought the water tank was the only way. I just remember that we did a lot of foundry stuff. Edit: High School was a long time ago!
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Posted: 1/15/2012 7:23:43 AM EDT
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Quoted: Godrilla47, I'll just answer this way to eliminate all the boxes. Ya, I meant harden. sorry. I took 3 years of metals shop in High School, you think I'd remember some of this stuff. I didn't know that the working of the metal made it harder, I thought the water tank was the only way. I just remember that we did a lot of foundry stuff. Edit: High School was a long time ago! To elaborate on the subject of hardening a little. The process in which you obtain your desired hardness are different across the board for different alloys of steel. The heat treatment process will also vary depending on the desired effect you want on the steel. Also, the quenching medium changes with the alloy of steel as well. Some steels are fine with water quenching others need specific quenching oils or even canola oil. I really try to keep it simple so I tend to choose steels that are easier to heat treat because I want my hands in as much as I can when making a blade. Metal shop was my favorite class.. well that and co/ed PE. |
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Posted: 1/15/2012 9:10:45 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I'll check it out but I have yet to break anything I have made out of 5160, and I have really really tried...Quoted: Cool. You should try to find some bars of 9254 spring steel. That would make an almost indestructible weapon.Quoted: SNIPDo perform any hardening operation on the blade? That is great that you are performing the right metallurgical treatment to these weapons instead of just making cool looking pieces of metal. Here is the difference between 5160, 9254 and 9260. They all have high carbon and high chrome, the 92XX's have a lot of silicon in them. .............Carbon.......Chrome.........Silicon 5160....0.56-0.64.....0.70-0.90......0.15-0.35 9254....0.51-0.59.....0.70-0.90......1.80-2.20 9260....0.56-0.64.....0.70-0.90......1.80-2.20 I used to work for an SBQ (special bar quality) steelmaker. We made all of these exotic steel grades, everything just short of stainless. |
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Posted: 1/16/2012 2:41:25 PM EDT
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Quoted: You got any good stuff laying around?Quoted: Quoted: I'll check it out but I have yet to break anything I have made out of 5160, and I have really really tried...Quoted: Cool. You should try to find some bars of 9254 spring steel. That would make an almost indestructible weapon.Quoted: SNIPDo perform any hardening operation on the blade? That is great that you are performing the right metallurgical treatment to these weapons instead of just making cool looking pieces of metal. Here is the difference between 5160, 9254 and 9260. They all have high carbon and high chrome, the 92XX's have a lot of silicon in them. .............Carbon.......Chrome.........Silicon 5160....0.56-0.64.....0.70-0.90......0.15-0.35 9254....0.51-0.59.....0.70-0.90......1.80-2.20 9260....0.56-0.64.....0.70-0.90......1.80-2.20 I used to work for an SBQ (special bar quality) steelmaker. We made all of these exotic steel grades, everything just short of stainless. |
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