royce unruh

here is what i know about 02 its an oil hardening steel and i plan on doing the triple normalize triple harden then triple temper but can i oven temper? if so how long? if not what is another way to temper? if yall have any critics about my planned process let me know i haven't started on the blade yet just doing research i found another link here about 02 but it didnt really address the temper issue (unless i shoulda bought the book) thanks ahead of time

is that a ifi shirt i see at 1:13

i had started grinding on it but my friend rhett bugged me till i heated it up and twisted it. when i heated it up again it turned dark colored again so i had to try to shineit inside the twist. this is my first that was twisted it was a learning experience for shining up inside the twist so i bought a dremmel 7700 but i still couldnt get all the grinder marks off of it.

here is my second letter opener (the first didnt have the twist and i dint take as much time shinin it) the blade looks about 5 in long

thanks for any input and for looking

yes you do ocasionly have to reset it well mine anyway i used a metal plate to set my anvil on (just cause it was there) heres the link its on this same site it might not be the best ideaout there but its an idea http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/28374-royces-anvil-stand/

um oooooookaaaayyyyyy

were those pages ever posted as i would like to see them

there is also southern georgia blacksmiths http://southgablacksmiths.ning.com/ glad to find there are more people on ifi than just me from georgia

check out this vid from history channel that poor fellow didnt know what that anvil couldve brought http://www.history.com/shows/real-deal/videos/heavy-metal#heavy-metal

i wonder how many ton that press was that was pretty cool

well this one isnt excatly portable but i suppose you could downsize it and bolt it up and it would work i know i am just a newbie here and you can take this how you want to this is just an idea to think about dad helped me make this table/forge http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/28012-my-coal-forge/
sry about the double post my internet wasnt working well

well this one isnt excatly portable but i suppose you could downsize it and bolt it up and it would work i know i am just a newbie here and you can take this how you want to this is just an idea to think about dad helped me make this table/forge http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/28012-my-coal-forge/

i havent been to anykind of scrapyard yet but will keep that in mind i shined it up the other day with a wire brush on a grinding wheel they look good to me but it could be i am coming from the wrong angle with my looking i hae made several more to give away and i also sold one at 5 daollars according toRT that is a good starting price thanks for your comments

i did have to add more sand it really packed tight and hasnt settled afterwards so i am happy with it go ahead there PUGHMAN its here for the taking

wow 571 and reserve not met one day left

the reason i couldnt have this one longer is it would be too thin, and the pieces were scrap from some other job

the first isnt quite done yet its a left handed one i need to put a handle on it yet
i might make the next one out of thicker steel so i can have it longer this is the right handed one its about 14 in. long made out of 3/8 round stock

since i had a topic about my forge on ifi i didnt know for sure if i should post here or not i think i will though there are holes in the four in pipe under the firebox i tried to get a pic of them but doesnt look like it turnud out so good

ok got it all set up now and i also painted my forge clayed the firepot not that it needed it too much but was worried about the front it kept scaling changed the blower and made an anvil stand just need someone to help me get the anvil on it proly will get someone this eve
just need to build a roof over head that wont get in the way of dad 30 ft wide hanger door which isnt shown here

ok just need someone to help me put the anvil on it then am ready to run again i used 90percent clay and the rest sand on the top hope it wont settle too much i packed it with a hammer first then put the plate on top and beat it till it bent a litle so i dont think it will settle much had water in there too

well not too hard but stiff anyway

i might mix sand with good ole georgia red clay and mix a little water in it so it hardens good

thanks if i would weld some pieces at the lowest i would put the anvil would that combat that tendency

sry bout the different sizes was playing with the resolution on my cell camera

people in the chat room last night were wondering what kind of welder i was using so i decided to take pics of our shop and let yall see our buisnes the welder i was using is the miller
this is the welder
the last one here is where i been working the last 3 months its the plasma table