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That is good information, it looks much easier than I thought it would be. Is the controller programmable?

Now that winter is over, I find that my gas forge is heating the shop a little too much. So I fabricated hinged front and back doors. I made it so it closes down as much as possible even with a handle sticking out. Now the billet handles don't heat up and the steel gets up to welding...

I understand now, I missed the cut tubing to fit part. Why didn't I think of that? Great idea! I will give it a try. ernie

Thanks Mike, I was thinking that if there is an air gap between the billet and the can, the can would look ready but the billet would be lagging and not really up to temperature due to the insulating properties of the air. Then I got to thinking that I could make my own can exactly the size of...

I use parks 50 quench oil. When I first set up my shop I was having problems getting 1084 and 15N20 damascus to harden as much as I wanted. In the course of solving the problem I realized that my hardness tester always reads low. I bought new test blocks and tried every thing I can think of...

I guess I could cut a pattern and weld up a can out of sheet metal, that gives me an excuse to buy the plasma cutter I've been wanting. I assume there is an air gap. How do you know when the billet is hot enough inside the can? I always look for the flux to be boiling on a solid billet. ernie

The orange stuff is rust... iron oxide! Ferric Chloride is nothing more than iron oxide and hydrochloric acid. Over time the acid and water will evaporate letting some of the iron oxide fall out of solution. Just get some muriatic acid from the hardware store and add some back. It will take...

As kids we would set up an assembly line, one kid makes the cuts, the next peels back the skin and the last spoons out the fillets. no bones, no dealing with scales or guts. We could do a bucket full in a few minutes. Crappies are great because the skin pulls off easily, perch skin just does...

You don't need more than your pocket knife and a big spoon. just make a cut through the skin behind the gill then pull off the skin all the way back to the tail. next take a spoon and scrape off the fillet. Run it from front to back along the backbone. Simple and fast.

Don't think of Bader as a big company! I have never seen more than about 5 cars parked at their small building and that includes customers. Your typical McDonalds is bigger with more employees. ernie

correct me if I am wrong.... but I thought the forge scale was super hard and would give a false reading unless it was ground off prior to testing. ernie

You are right.... I saw the dreaded white lines in the video. A no flux weld? Does that require mig welding all the way around? I made one billet where I tacked a piece of thin 1095 on top and bottom so it wouldn't break apart under the power hammer. It worked but took a lot of extra...

Tom, The BII was greatly improved with a stronger spring, it only takes a minute to swap. Contact Doug at Bader. ernie

I have 2 Baders one is almost 20 years old and is still working like new. My variable speed Bader III is a couple years old and I wouldn't trade it for anything else I have seen on the market. My experience has been great, I drop in to buy belts and get treated like a king. I belong to...

I hit the Jackpot! Look at this great handle material from Rudy. Thanks Rudy, I can really use this stuff. Is this a great site or what? ernie

I only showed about half of my work areas. My old Bader was between the Mig welder and the chop saw in the forge room. My variable speed Bader III is in the garage with the tractor and snow thrower between the surface grinder and the Logan Lathe.

Now that the weather is warming up it's time to cut and split firewood for next year. Take a walk past the woodpiles down to my shop and see where I spend my days. ernie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi7i0tPvqzY&context=C4e5caedADvjVQa1PpcFP-yFBh8ZlqaOgpoPbMCHOW3ahx9ETw9ug=

Thanks, I guess I need to make a bigger billet and surface grind it to clean it up prior to cutting the 45 degree angles. Those are the 2 biggest differences I saw in the video. It looks like I need to slow down and do more prep work. ernie

Yes Franklin, I am using the 60 grit version of the Cubitron II on my Bader grinders and on my surface grinder. The filings on my surface grinder look more like steel wool than dust with a fresh belt. I noticed that forging scale really does a number on the belt, much like the gator belts...

I quit using the Norton orange belts and am very happy with the 60 grit 3M cubitron II belts. ernie