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Hey guys......I just finished forging 3 billets of layer damascus from 24 in circular saw blade material <L6?> and 15n20.......everything welded up fine but I ended up with extremely hard forge scale on the surface of the billets.......I am wondering what is causing this as I was fluxing entire...

how about super glue.......it will fill the cracks and stabilize and it polishes great

hey guys........check out the Ameribrade website and have a look at their rotary platen.......i have just recently purchased 2 of their grinders and their rotary platen works great......there are 2 slack belt surfaces and 1 rigid surface......i am doing a lot more flat grind knives since getting...

I have had the same look after buffing with the green compound and it cleared up buffing with the white on a loose sewn wheel......the cloudiness went away

hey guys you can drill thru the hardened tang easily without softening........i drill holes thru hard power hacksaw blades and planer blades all the time...1/4.....5/16.....3/8......holes i use the most....take a standard carbide tip masonry bit and crisp up the cutting edges on a 36 grit...

thanks for your input.....i also plate quench with aluminum plates but i had only been doing it with foil wrapped stainless blades that were air hardening ......i never thought to do the same with carbon steel.....probably because of the oil on the blades and me rushing to press as soon as...

I have been doing something recently that i first tried because i was curious and it has been working extremely well for me.........i dont usually have a lot of problems with warping in the quench but as i do forge a bunch of filleting knives out of circular saw blades occasionally i get some...

to kenH i am in thunder bay ontario.......call me if you want.....807-627-5086.......maybe send me a phone # that accepts texts and i can send pics....thanks....tim

I stand corrected on the use of oil for the lube on tail shaft bearings.......i had assumed that because i had seen the use of oil on the saw guide applications for saw mills.....sorry for the misinformation.......I had too many problems with splitting....cracking and epoxy failure with this...

I have used in the past the old school lingum vitae that i sourced years ago from a local ship yard........it was so oily inside that you never get a good glue up and if not kept oiled on the finished product it was prone to cracking......i still have a bunch of it but i wont waste my time using...

does anyone know what size this hammer would be......i have a chance to buy and seller is not sure.....thanks

sharpen a 3/16 or 1/4 concrete drill bit on a ceramic belt such as blaze orange by norton…….they are easy to sharpen…..just crisp up the cutting surface……put in chuck in drill press and select a high speed…….lower the bit onto your saw blade slowly……it may wobble just a bit when you start to...

i am an old knife maker from the great white north with 45 years in the dream and still loving it. i make mostly fixed blades and axes and fantasy stuff out of stainless and hi-carbon steel.i forge cable;chainsaw chain;layer damascus and mosaic damascus…….i use a lot of planer blade…circular...