- Biggest anvils - Tools and Tool Making - Bladesmiths Forum Board
Who produces the heaviest anvils ? and what do they weigh ? I'm trying to find an addition to my shop, to be able to work with some strikers, or just to have an excuse to buy a ridiculasly big hunk of steel ^^
- Quench Tank Ideas - Hot Work - Bladesmiths Forum Board
You do not want to quench the handle tangs, so an edge quench in the goop with the handle tangs hanging down might work IF you use a steel that hardens well in goop, which limits you to an alloy slow quench steel like 5160 or O-1
- Soldering Silver - Hot Work - Bladesmiths Forum Board
So I'm trying to solder (butt end) a couple silver rings, 1mm thick, Sterling, using "easy" silver solder I cleaned my area, applied a thin layer of paste flux, cut a small thin section of solder and laid it at the joint - and nothing desirable happened when I applied heat in the form of a swirl
- kaiken - Show and Tell - Bladesmiths Forum Board
The multiple hardening lines are the end result of a multiple edge quench in goop: no magic, just luck with a first blade and remembered what happened ("went wrong") with that quench
- Finally a bloom - Bloomers and Buttons - Bladesmiths Forum Board
For those who know me you know that I've been struggling with smelting for the last year or so I've been persistent in smelting a local UP 'tiger ore' a high grade hematite Well it was very magnetic after roasting, it was identified as hematite from a local geologist and it was located ne
- Small anvil by John Brooks - Tools, Supplies and Materials - Bladesmith . . .
I have a rare small anvil by John Brooks, England, 1952, 11LB, with hardwood base Weight: 11lb = 5kg, length 23,7cm, width 9,3cm, height 10,8cm Stand: without base, 14,7xW12x H8,8cmXXXcm Total weight with stand: 6,5kg It has the broad military arrow mark (cast and stamped) of the British Army
- Wood handles in the Kitchen - what finish? - Fit and Finish . . .
Ive got a knife that has a CA glue finish and its well over 2 years old and has been used in the hot and wet, cold and wet, cold and dry and hot and dry Its been used with gloves of all sorts Its been batterd bascially and its still the same as the day it was made (just more scratched) Maybe after 10 years of something it will perish but after 10 years most wood will have shrank a bit and
- Burner Placement - Tools and Tool Making - Bladesmiths Forum Board
Hello All, So when building a round type forge lets say out of a air tank or a propane tank, why do I see some builds with the burners at 10 or 2 o'clock on the forge? What is the benefit of this placement vs at noon straight up and down? Thanks in advance, John
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