LDW
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After looking at Ed's website and taking some advice I decided to experiment and etch the cable a little longer. This blade was etched with ferric chloride and really made the decarbed lines stand out.
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The handle was sanded on a belt sander. But it was shaped on a treadle hammer with 1" round stock dies on the top and bottom to shape it up some first.
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I did not know what a puzzle box was, so I checked it out on the web. Here is a simply made metal puzzle box. Small Push Puzzle Box Thanks for the post. If I can ever get bored I may have to try one of these. If you could get plans it would be like getting the combination to a safe.
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Appears to me the secret was vanadium. That was a good article, thanks Glenn.
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It turned out I was not able to go to the meeting, I had a scheduled demonstration at the MS Craftsmens Guild, but I got my wife to go and she took pictures and some notes. I had to put them in my gallery I got an error in the events gallery. He did at least one with pewter but mainly used lead to show the process. There are a lot more pictures. Key word is pewter casting.
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internal part of the mold is RTV high heat silicon with an outside portion made of "dental stock" -
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usually have to make a couple pours to heat up the mold before they will work properly.
