Kenny O

Although I may lack the experience and skill to make a proper knife of this steel,
I do posses enough information to screw it up. So be it, scrap I shall make!

By the way Steve, sorry for yelling I was raised in a suburb of N.Y.

THE THREE BLADES ALL HAVE DISSTON 50 PRINTED ON THEM.
I WILL GOOGLE THIS AND SEE WHAT I GET.

WELL.. DISSTON IS AN OLD TOOL MFG. CO. MOSTLY CUTTING TOOLS. I DID NOT SEE ANY DATA ON THEM AFTER THE '40s.
THEY ARE 1-3/16"W X 3/16"T X 15"LONG
@ 3/16 THICK, WOULDN'T THAT BE A BUNCH OF GRINDING?

I have inherited three wood planer blades(15"). Can they be used for a knife?
What might I do to them prior to forging?
Anneal?:confused:
I have only made RR spike knives.

Thanx for the help

2DOGS

I have access to a Hossfeld bender. To many options to wing it,and mistakes are costly. I remember coming across a web page a few years ago with great instruction on this machine. Any direction is greatly appreciated!
The community college purchased one with no idea how to use it, just wanted to say they had one. I don't want it to go to waste.
They received nothing with it as far as instruction.I am waiting for the mfg publication, but as I recall it was not that great. I wish I could remember where I saw that link.

Thank you
Kenny O

It jams when I start to crank it, It wont go forward or back, then I have to mess with the fan to get it to release. I did notice there is a 2" carriage bolt holding one of the sprockets
to the shaft. So I was hoping for a schematic to help me figure out the proper hardware, I will take some photos tomorrow for better visuals.


Here are the photos of the carriage bolt, both top & bottom.
What should be in that place?

Hello all
I have a model 300 blower that needs to be rebuilt. I am going to attempt it, but I thought I might read the directions first... But there are no directions, and I don't usually read them anyway,and with disastrous results I might add.

So, I am just asking for any information that might help in this process.
Thanks

Very nice! Thank you all for the help.I'll check out those Blueprints

Howdy' my first post.

I was given a 30 gal bucket of coal, rather large chunks 5-10 #'s each.
I have not used coal before, I have a propane forge (from M. Porters book).

The question is...

Might this coal be the wrong coal for a forge?

And how can I tell?

Do I just smash it up and burn it?

I'm in So. Or. and there are no mines near here, it was most likely used to heat a home. It was removed from an old abandoned house.