Trad Gang
Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: Wampus on October 19, 2010, 05:01:00 PM
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I was trying to do a feather pattern and thought I had a good billet, but when I started forging it into a blade it pulled apart near the middle. Of course the bad weld couldn't have been near one of the ends where I could just cut it off and still have enough to make a blade. Thought the pattern turned out neat tho. Oh well, off to the scrap pile.
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/Hogbear/091.jpg)
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That is a berry cool design. Sorry about the bad weld
Dana
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That's too bad. I wonder if it was hot enough in the middle yet when you cut it? Lin
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The way it seperated, it looks like there was a bad weld the last tme I stacked it before the cut with the dull blade. Not sure tho, just guessing. I was following the steps on Toby Crocker's website, but his site isn't working right now.
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There wasn't a lot of steel holding it together at the bad spot, just a bit at the spine of the feather.
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/Hogbear/102.jpg)
I put the small end back in the vise and it broke along the weld there too, but it took a whole lot more force than the bad spot did.
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/Hogbear/104-1.jpg)