Originally Posted by LJH
kerryp---- there is no nice way to say this, but the bathroom cant be that far away
kerryp---- there is no nice way to say this, but the bathroom cant be that far away
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children what it was once like in the United States when men were free.
Ronald Reagan
Are you referring to my #HTF cat litter cache, what you don't have some stock piled???Good storage containers my friend. Gotta be green, right?
whew , if thats all it is then I feel much better.Are you referring to my #HTF cat litter cache, what you don't have some stock piled???
Yes they do make good storage containers, but I paint them as to advoid snide comments.
Oh man I am entirely too cheap and lazy to paint them and I have no pride, so bring on the comments :)
That's a lot more shop than I have
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children what it was once like in the United States when men were free.
Ronald Reagan
I need to add the harden and heat treating process. I would have liked to do this using my ground forge, but with the burn ban its sorta impossible. I will explain the ground forge but will have no pictures.....
To harden steel after working it you will need to make a few tools.
You will need tongs. I welded a junk set of pliers to 2' long pipes.
Next you need a magnet on a stick. Well I use a magnet wired on a piece of rebar. The stick part is just a saying, I am sure a stick would not last long.
Last is a forge. A ground forge is basically a hole in the ground. I usual dig it about a 1'X1'X1'. In this hole you have a 2" pipe that has been capped, with lots of 1/8" holes drilled in it. The pipe extends out of the hole several feet. You then burn fuel (coal or wood)in the hole on top of the pipe. When the fire is going good you force air into the pipe, I have used an old hair drier, a lief blower, a shop vac on blow not suck, the hair drier did not have enough volume to work well. The air will need lots of adjustment, too little and your fire will not get hot enough, too much and poof your fuel gets shot into the sky. We want to keep the fire in the hole.
Take your blade in stick it on the fire, adjust your airflow until the coals are glowing. As the blade gets hot, it will start to turn red. At this point test to see if the magnet is still attracted to the metal (all checking is at the edge of the blade). If the magnet sticks heat it more. Keep testing often, AS SOON AS the magnet does not stick quench the blade ( I use used motor oil, watch out as it will burst into flames sometimes ) Do this by holding the tang with the tongs and slowly lowering the cutting edge into the quench. I will let the edge sizzle and smoke for a few seconds before slowly lowering the rest of the blade. I try and keep the tang out of the quench. Wipe off the blade and heat and quench again.
Now you want to scrub the blade clean, as you will be baking it in the family oven and the smell of burning used motor oil will really mess up your day. Bake the blade for 2 hrs at 425 let it air cool. Now your are ready for finish sanding, polish, and scales.
This has been a Great thread my son has been messing around with Knives (but not doing it correctly) just cutting them out and what not, I will print this off and get him started the right way, thanks for the lessons
Just remember ... pointy side out
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children what it was once like in the United States when men were free.
Ronald Reagan
Thank you for the complement Hibyx. Tell you son there is no wrong way to do it, only a better way.
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