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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: Hooked on January 10, 2008, 10:01:00 PM
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Okay, I am a complete beginner to this blade stuff. Just went through an awesome build along on another site on how to make a knife out of files. The guy doing the build along builds a fire with osage logs and makes kinda an oven outa the logs.
It may be frowned upon in the Kansas City suburbs if'n I built a big fire in the back yard. So I'm going through Wally world picking up some groceries this evening and see a 30" square barbie q for 20 bucks. I get to thinking that may be the answer.
What are ya'll using to get the steel hot enough to anneal? I am not asking you professionals out there who can afford to spend the bucks on a fancy gas forge. I'm asking you do-it-your-selfer guys who figure out a way to do it.
Hopin to make my first pass at it this weekend.
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There is a build-along somewhere on how to make a 1 brick oven for just that somewhere on here Chip.
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Get yourself a kiln brick. drill it out and add a propane torch. Been useing one of them since Jeremy sent them to me and told me how to make it work. Slick as a frogs bellie in a rain storm. I'll see if i can find a pic.<><
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I tried looking for the build along. No luck!
Sticshooter,
pics of what you use would be great!
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That would be the one. Paging Jeremy....Paging Jeremy......
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I found the thread in Pow Wow and moved here for you guys.
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Thanks, Verm! I will check it out!
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Sorry, been out of touch for the last day or so, working my sorry *** off. Day 10 of 23 straight and counting!
PM me your address and I'll send a brick or two your way. They work great for annealing and heat treating a blade, but are a little slow for general forging work unless you upgrade to a bigger torch - or just do two or three blades at once :)