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  1. Steve Sells
    I remember when they removed my tumor they lost me for about 20 minutes due to an allergic reaction to the anesthetic. It was benign and about 2cm x 7cm glad its gone, but mine was on the outside of my skull. so easy to remove. I am glad they found that bugger in Thomas in time
  2. Steve Sells
    Buy the auto dimming, you will thank us for it and kick yourself for not doing it sooner
  3. Steve Sells
    could have just used a block of mild steel ? so sad
  4. Steve Sells
    we used to camp from early spring til about Halloween, but now its Holiday Inn, I like having hot showers
  5. Steve Sells
    In case I never said it before, I love your work
  6. Steve Sells
    you still have not told us hot hot before the quench
  7. Steve Sells
    Remember Frosty that not everyone that reads this forum is reading it in English. Translations can go weird when incorrect terms are used
  8. Steve Sells
    Are you sure its 5160? Some suppliers like Admiral steel didnt always send what was ordered. They got me once when I ordered L6 and they sent something else, a low alloy called 8670m How are you hardening it? you didnt say
  9. Steve Sells
    except in testing, many 5 min epoxy's fail after only a few years
  10. Steve Sells
    You may want to correct your usage of the term tempering to hardening, They are not the same thing, and its confusing to use a technical term incorrectly in a technical format
  11. Steve Sells
    I suggest you read through the knife making classes, this has already been covered there
  12. Steve Sells
    this isnt made for knives, its made for etching PC Boards, so it saying ready to use is based on its original intended use, not our intended use, cut back on the strength and Yes it is going to be a little rough, thats a result of etching. I use my fingers to rub clean with baking soda water after etching not steel wool
  13. Steve Sells
    we dont hit hard to set a forge weld, so NO, not that
  14. Steve Sells
    I dont know about that Frosty, BUT JPH sent me my first meteorite for me to weld up, then assigned me his MAD 6 mix, M2, A2 and D2 for a billet, that was fun... He taught my teacher, so when Bill passed on, I think JIm substituted me for abuse, errr training
  15. Steve Sells
    can I forge weld them? yes I can, would I want to? no, its a terrible mix for a knife If you want to try study up on Ausforging. OR just do it all at once, start to finish never going below the hardening temp EVER. until ready to harden
  16. Steve Sells
    note that besides the crack you can see, dunking it in water caused many more cracks you cant see
  17. Steve Sells
    From Clay Spencer Thanks for all your prayers, condolences and kind words about Jackie’s passing. I appreciate you all. There will be a Memorial Celebration of her Life on Saturday October 15, 1:00 pm at Eddy Missionary Baptist Church, 2417 Eddy Church Road, Arab, AL, 35016
  18. Steve Sells
    I figured the 80C was a typo
  19. Steve Sells
    quenching after tempering has no effect, what do they think it will do? to humor them you can always do it their way and charge them more for the extra wasted time
  20. Steve Sells
    Crucibles? or maybe just a large samish ?
  21. Steve Sells
    Not sure where to get these things in Hawaii, you ARE in Haw right? you didnt say so I took a guess
  22. Steve Sells
    according to the logs, you had posted this in general smithing, it was moved to finishes
  23. Steve Sells
    Mr Magoo
  24. Steve Sells
    Never heard of using coal, maybe because its not very porous. Part of making activated charcoal usable is the high surface area needed for making the chemical exchange
  25. Steve Sells
    hard to make activated CHARCOAL when you arent using charcoal
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