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From the GLBG "We gave it a good shot. But, if the interest isn't there, it isn't there. Over the last two days we doubled the registration from 5 to 10. We needed 25. It is possible that better marketing would have gotten us the numbers we needed. In checking the social media numbers, well...

Didn't know where to post this so I figured here in the main forum should work. http://www.glbg.us/ There are going to be some great demonstrators there to learn from, some of the best in our craft, it'll be well worth the trip to Michigan to attend. I'll be there, turning dirt into...

Awesome!

I agree 100% I'm not trying to say that there isn't something there, just trying to say that it isn't slag. The alloy banding, IIRC, can be made better or got rid of by proper thermal cycling? I would think that moving the carbide banding around by forging (similar to creating patterns in...

There seems to be alot of talk lately about "slag inclusions" or metal having a "grain" direction. In a comercial steel, this is probably unlikely. It is something else that someone is seeing, while I can't comment on what exactly it is, I can almost certainly guarantee that it isn't slag. I...

I've been there a couple times, not as a vendor, but just to look around. It is kinda a small show, there are quite a few makers there as well as production stuff. Zeb

Depends on the alloy. The only aluminum bronze I've ever used has been my own alloy that I casted. It's a pain to get a good casting with, but once it's done, it's beautiful stuff. Working with it can be quite a pain as well, like you said, it's pretty tough, but man is it pretty, very much...

I can't think of the words to do that justice. Very nice! Zeb

With all these failures you keep bringing up about heat treating something as "complicated" as a knife blade I'm supprised that anyone can do it, or why we even try. Zeb

From the article you posted Tai So if you're seeing cracks from the rapid heating, I'd suspect bad material over the rapid heating. Once again another reason to know your steel and if there are problems suspected, contact the supplier. Zeb

How about 161 Thanks a bunch Zeb

This is kinda all over the place. First you state that there are problems that can be avoided by just "realizing" that there are problems, which is a silly standpoint. You need to know the exact problem that you need the solution for and then work towards the solution, ever being careful that...

me2, I believe that should be the first :)

What would cause carbide size to grow? How would you go about keeping it under control? Thanks Zeb

Cool, Joe, I figure if someone else could build it, so can I, sounds like you feel the same way :) I've been collecting parts to build a powerhammer, but that project is a little ways off. Great idea about the scrap yard, I don't have one that's really close :( This is pretty much done, here...

Well like most of my "good ideas" the variable speed buffer for the grinder turned out to be a bad idea. I've burnt up 2 of them so far. So today I picked up a used 2 horse 1725 rpm motor and I'm rebuilding the grinder. It won't have variable speed, but I don't think I'll kill this motor. Pics...

Good stuff, me2! As far as disolving carbides, you mention a higher heat. Would longer soak times at austinizing temp help shrink carbide size, without a major effect on grain growth? Zeb

Thanks Shane! I've got this rough ground and heat treated now, here's a quick peek at the pattern. Zeb

Still been tinkering with this, I forged up another blade, but lost too much in forging and it was a bit small for what I was planing, so I decided to start with another chunk of bloom steel from my fourth smelt. Here is a video of me pressing a 9 pound bloom half flat. My forge is a vertical...

I almost feel not worthy enough to comment on this. Very nicely done! That hilt is something else, most often the thing I notice first on a pattern welded blade is the pattern in the steel, I had to look twice to see it. Not that the pattern isn't great, but that hilt is what catches your eye...