Steve Sells

that's not like any coal I have seen, but it does look alot like the Petroleum Coke I buy. hard to light with newspaper, I start a fire with the soft coal then after its burning I add in the coke.

An easy way is to make a fire with hard wood, and when it becomes coals, use that bed for heating that large of area.

hard to tell exact details from photo's, but it looks like you used to small a flue pipe. There is almost nothing to do to fix it short of adding a turbo-prop, replace it with 10 inch at the smallest diameter 12 is better.

I have prices on my web site. Most of my sales have been word of mouth, as I play with history groups for over 20 years, they have gotten to know me and my work, as well as my now passed on teacher. cant make a living at it, but I do not own a lot of the power tools that I would need to make them faster.

I like em, gotta make one Just because thanks for posting

I partially disagree with Phillip, but its not easy to forge weld stainless steels. D12 and 420 or 440 will make a usable blade. If you worry about covering the cost of a real forge, as you stated in your other posts, then the stainless steel prices will kill you. Start with the simple things and not attempt the high levels until you have some skills developed. I was taught start with mild, then do high carbon, then use low alloys, then higher alloys like D-12, then 200 or 300 series (bad for blades, but good for learning to forge weld stainless) then play with 400, after that go for others.... Remember in many cases, as the steels change so does the flux needed. Forget the "NO flux" welding here, and plain borax is not going to be enough for high alloys.

High carbon and/or Chrome based steels are safer oil quenched, the cracks could be stress fractures from the water.

My hair is way past shoulder length, I do wear mine tied up in a tail. A while ago, my half sister in Texas, was scalped when she had her hair get caught, (and she was the first successful scalp transplant) at work when her long hair was pulled into her machine at work. This is nothing to laugh at. thanks for posting it.

Welcome back I missed ya, So you have a new formula for browning? gave up on the dragon urine you and Bill use to use then?

It needs to hold the fuel, provide air to raise heat levels during combustion, and not burn up too fast itself. If you read through this section of the forum, you should find plenty of answers here.

I am sure of that, but being a US smith I do not have any EN series literature.

looks like 9250 to me

Baker Ins. said NO way, same thing, Weapons are too risky. Then the agent asked the underwriter "what about anything with a point?" or a hockey stick, or a car, following the too much risk with the logic of a person can be hurt by it... Still one more to wait for reply.

To what box do you refer ?

if I had spare cash I would have offered to drive to Georges to assist him with that salvage. Great score guys

pouring only 3 inches is a waste of your time as a minimum of 4 inches is required for any concrete, even a side walk is 4 inches, for a hammer it will be gravel in short time. think how many feet deep.

its not the matter of what fuel its the issue of the volume of air moving in with the exhaust of the forge. If you add an inline fan, it might get you by, Add a CO/CO2 detector to keep you safer to monitor the gasses not being removed from that small chimney

What is the hidden tang part pf this? as a folder, I am not sure if it technically has a tang...

for a jewelry torch, I got a Little Smith, and I love it, but heard great things about the henrob also.

Perhaps you missed the point we are making about hardening: the procees in it self is a stress to the piece. End use of said item has nothing to do with it already being ruined due to fractures from that stress. Not all of these are visible to your eye.

What does the final intended usage, have to do with stress fractures occurring due to not tempering soon enough? any delay is pressing our lucky with our project. Temper temperature does depend on intended use, as well as steel used.

not to ignore anyone replys, I am grateful. I am still waiting for the agent to get back with me.

A smart man learns from his experience, a very smart man learns from others experience B)

the Web has many places for conversions from Metric to Imperial, but I admit sometimes its nice to have it on the machine, Thank you.

That does not answer the question of acid molarity. Also using it that strong is asking for trouble, and as a "chem nerd" you should know that.