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Uber Steel! I want some! I am sure that some HT specs come with this right. The size is perfect to make a copy of my "standard" hunter and compare it to my D2 ones.

I have done this. Leave enough flat tang to fit the guard to, say 2". fit the guard, but, don't JB Weld or solder yet, then weld on the all thread. I make a slot about 3/8" deep in the flat tang that the all thread will slip into, then preheat the all thread and the tang to over 500f. If the...

Never tried the nitre bluing, but, I think you can get supplies and instructions from Brownells. I think that it is about the same as caustic bluing, just another chemical and a way higher heat. For something like guards you wouldn't need a very big pot. I used a enameled roasting pan for the...

There are several formulas for bluing. Regular bluing salts are a mixture of sodium hydroxide (very caustic). This is heated to 295 f and the very clean steel part is submerged in it for some time. This forms a dark blue oxide layer on the steel. Another method is nitre bluing. It can be a...

Thank you. Just what I was looking for.

Good thread. I would like to know what tapered reamer to get for using 1/8 pins to hold bolsters etc. have not had much luck locating small tapered reamers. Thanks jim

You should be able to get just as crisp a line with a file as a belt grinder. Probably better with a good file than a low cost 1" belt grinder. Both methods require that you keep the surface absolutely flat and steady as you make your pass. You are draw filing correct? That is where you hold the...

Doesn't Alabama Damascus use a nickel alloys (203E and 15n20) not pure nickel. Big difference. 203E C .09 Mn .64 Si .34 Ni 3.58 Cr .030 Mo .010 15N20 C .75 Mn .75 Si .25 Ni 1.5 The rest of the steel in their damascus is 5160 and 52100. At around 416 layers, carbon migration should have the...

Stuff like this isn't isolated to knife forums. Hardly. Thats what happens when small minded people get some power. They use it, usually in short sighted interest of themselves and their cronies. Your mistake was not bowing down and sucking up hard enough before you posted. LOL

What are your kids doing? http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html

I got some digital scales off Ebay for cheap. Not a true DRO as you have to look at each scale to make readings, but, it works and I think I spend about $100 to do all 3 axis. Just had to figure out a way to mount each one. like this one...

Not a water guy myself. Not enough guts to risk wasting my efforts. But, my reading tells me a couple things. Brine is better than straight water as the salt helps keeps the boiling down on the hot blade surface better. This means more uniform vapor jacket on the cooling blade and more even...

I got a Ames portable off Ebay for about $150. Just kept searching and bidding on portable hardness tester, until I got one. Always make sure that it comes with the diamond indentor. They are expensive. Mine didn't come with one, but, when I emailed the guy about it he sent me one.

Yup, that is a great idea and like many great ideas it is simple.

I use 1 VFD to run both my grinders. I have it set up so that the 3 wires that supply power to the grinder from the VFD are switched and have a separate 10k pot that controls the VFDs freq control. I couldn't find a 2 position 3 pole switch so I mounted a 2 position 2 pole switch right beside a...

You could get one of those 10x10 canopies they use in street fairs. Many are popups that go up quickly and sell for under $150

You can get resistance wire here also. http://www.ec-securehost.com/PelicanWireCo.Inc./Bare_Resistance_Wire.html I got 50' of the 14 gauge and it makes a 20+ amp 220 coil. It figures out to almost 22 amps but, I have never tripped a 20 amp breaker with mine. I made my own coils by putting a...

Yes he does. It kind of reminds me of a comment by Ed McGivern about fancy pistol shooting. "Its easy after the first boxcar load of shells." I sure appreciate Bruce taking the time and making the effort to show us his methods.

I agree 100% that trying to save money by welding an extension on a piece of blade steel is not worth the time or is it a money saver. Plus it will never be as strong as a a solid parent piece. Just trying to point out it is possible and that the main issue you have to deal with is the stress...

Oh, I agree that it is not worth it, but, not because it is not possible to do well. But, because it is difficult to do well and therefore just not worth it. The dissimilar metals is not as big an issue as the hardening and stresses created in the higher carbon steel. It really would not have...