Endo Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 this is my first tool. Made out of some unknown shaft material but it has a high hot hardess as it had to be almost white hot to forge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Looks perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Nice shape. So what did you do to harden the cutting edge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingXS Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Looks like it will do the job to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endo Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Nice one ,it looks a cracker . How long did it take to forge ? Rob Rob, it took me about 2 hours total to forge. this is including waiting for my forge to get to temp. Castable refractory does take a bit longer to get to temp. I had to keep it really hot so I once I drew out the edge I had a very short open time where I could move metal easily so I was dancing with this thing getting it hot than back in the forge.. ausfire, I heated the cutting edge up to austenite than quenched it in what oil I had which was only a quart of cutting oil and ended up boiling that but to my advantage as I didn't want to have to temper the thing it hardened it enough to where a file doesn't bite like when it was soft and my good quality sandpaper doesn't do much cutting either. I also dropped it when I was quenching it and thought it would have broken and it just made a decent spark on the cement and didn't do much damage. all in all I am pretty happy. cant wait to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Gedney Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Are you going to grind the edge so it is easier to cut with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everything Mac Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Are you going to grind the edge so it is easier to cut with? Doesn't need it, that profile will cut hot steel easily enough. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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