Dean O Riordan

This is a vid of my new anvil.

Nice. I'd like to see pictures of the finished anvil when you get time. I walked by a pile of tines about 4 feet tall at a scrap yard not long back. Was really tempted to pick up some.

Thanks, i will have pic's up tomorrow night

oh you should get some of them tines even if you don't make an anvil out of them you could use the steel for knives or something like that.

Looks like a nice flat table. I would weld some feet on it so it can be secured, but you know that.

Thanks, and as you guessed i welded on some feet tonight and fixed it too that wooden stand i made.I all so painted it black but not the surfaces that i will be working on :D

I like it much. What type of steel is generally used for fork lift forks I wonder?

Mark

Thanks, i read some were they are made from 5160. but i could be wrong.

:D This is my new anvil i made the other day, it's made from 2 forklift forks cut up and welded together. The anvil weight is 133 lbs or 60 KG.
here are some pic's of it.













All comments are welcome.

Hi,
Firstly i'd like to say that i really like what you've done, with both knives.
I'm very impressed.
But i'm also a bit naive when it comes to forge welding and the like, and very keen to learn.
So could someone explain to me what's that darker line near the edge, and why dean should be nervous about it?

Thanks,
Well i think i already know what that darker line is and i am not surprised that it's there, it's a failed weld. this will be ok because i am not going to use this knife because i am going to hang it on my wall. :)

Nice looking blade have you heat treated yet? the black line near the edge would make me a bit nervous though!

Thank you, yes iv heat treated it and all is good.

Did you hammer the blade or stock removal? Looks real good anyway! Chad

Thanks,
I forge out the shape of the blade then grand down the profile of the blade to exposes the layers.

A Lot better than my first! Great job! Chad

Thank you.

Well today i forge out a bigger blade, out of the bigger half of the billet i made.so iv one more knife to make out of the twisted piece of Damascus steel i have left. any way here are some pic's of my new knife i am making.







All comment's are welcome.

Sweet blade.....keep them coming......


alec

Thanks i will ;)

Looks like a keeper! That's great for a first try!

Thank you, i am very happy with the way it came out.

This knife is going to be a gift to a friend.

As most of you know iv bin making some Damascus steel well i forged out 1 half of the billet and twisted it and made a small blade from it. Today i etch the blade and this is how it tend out





All comments are welcome.

I have finished my first billet of Damascus steel, 5 folds 160 layers :D and like i said i was going to do i cut it into 2 bits. I also twisted one half and flattened it out, then cut it in 2 half's, so ill get 2 small knives out of the twisted piece of Damascus steel
As for the half that i did not twist i will make one knife out of that i think i get a 6" blade out of it.

Now for the pictures of the 2 pieces of steel iv got.

This first pic is the twisted piece,



The next one is the other half of the billet i did not twist,



Now the next thing i would like to ask you all is what acid can i use to etch my blade's with ?

Right i am on my 4th fold, 5th weld and all is working out very well I am going to do the 5th and final fold tonight as well and all so weld it up. so then i can cut it into 2 pieces and then twist one of them and leave the other one as it is, ready for forging into knives

Oh i tested the weld's and they are all ok so far. It's not all that hard to do now i know what i was doing wrong the first time i give it a go, Iv learned from my mistakes

I will have pic's up later of my finished billet. ;)

:D :D Iv got more Borax today so i am going to do some more forge welding on my billet today :D
I will let you all know how i got on later.

Thanks for all the help so far and the nice comments ;)

So you're welding 5160 to 5160 on the folds? That's not too bad, I guess. I've seen a lot of folks complain about having trouble getting 5160 to weld to itself. Nice job.

You've got some pretty different steels in there; I hope they hold together in the quench.

so 5160 does not like to weld it's self, when i start the next well ill cheek to see how well it has welded, and if it does not look good ill put something in between the 2 bit's of 5160 steel, before i get to far on with it and it to late to do out with it. Thanks for the info ill keep an eye on it ;)

welding is lookin good so far

might be worth giving these guys a try for borax. In the UK tescos has started selling it, or 'Wilkinsons' not sure about the republic

http://www.scarvapottery.com/opencontent/default.asp

Thank you mate and thanks to everyone else that has helped ;)

:angry: i can't get my hands on any borax, every were i went there was non. now i have order some but don't no when ill get it, it could be weeks

Is there anything ells i could use ?
I have read about people using salt, wd40, can they be used or will i just have to wait until i can get more borax..

Please help because my forge is looking cold and needs warming up :D

Ok iv cut my billet in 2 and got it ready for welding tomorrow.





:)

here are some pic's



In this seconded pic you can just about see the layers.


One more thing id like to ask you is, as this is my first time making Damascus steel,
how many fold's do you think i should do ?
Now i like the look of Damascus steel with a low layer count so i was thinking of doing 5 fold's which would give me 160 layers.
I all so have more than enough Damascus steel here for 2 knives. so there for was thinking of twisting one of the billet's but don't no what i should do with the other one. So what do you thing i could do with it ?
Just remember this is my fist time and want to keep it simple

Once again thank for all the help...

Welding in gas you usually use High C for the outside layer. Welding in coal you generally want the outside layer to be Low C.
WHAT ARE YOU USING?

I am using coal :unsure:

:D :D Ok iv just finished my first fold and seconded weld and it's looking very good :D

I think im getting the hang of it now so iv stopped for today because i am running out of borax's, so ill get more tomorrow and do 2 more weld's maybe 3

I will have a pic up later for you to see how i am getting on.


Thanks for all the help so far ;)

THANK you all for the help
Iv the forge going and im going to start welding it

Ok iv just don the first weld and all is looking good then i made the first fold and tried to weld it and it came apart at the seconded weld i was doing, so now i have it all tied together with wire and try welding it again, hope it works this time, but i think it will as it can not come apart like it did the last time. :)

THANK you all for the help
Iv the forge going and im going to start welding it :lol: