LastRonin

Thank you for catching my oversight. I was just remembering the basic chemistry of it. 

I'm in as a player!

what game system?

I don't see a pic or vid.

Bleach is a base, and can be used to counteract/neutralize acid. Base chemicals are corrosive as well as acids. IIRC

Thomas wasn't really being sarcastic. (Well, maybe just a little, but I doubt he meant real offense by it. Believe me... From what I have read on here, you would have NO doubt if he were seriously bothered) Just blunt and to the point. My gas forge is only about eleven inches long. It will hear about eight to ten inches of  length IF I leave it in long enough, but the typical amount I let get to higher than Orange is about four to six inches because that is what I am comfortable with being able to seriously work. If I'm to the point of just plainsong, I'll heat more length. People with more experience and/or power hammers may very well want to heat more length becUse they can get more worked before it has lost its heat.

QA testing. 

Thank you. I feel "derpy" as my 14 yo daughter would say. I was trying .com instead of .org

Please do the step by step.  While I am nowhere near the point of being able to make even regular blades yet, I would greatly love to see it. Your blades are beautiful, and to see such artistry in process would be appreciated. 

I definitely like it. Are you going to make a sheath for it, have one made or just let the customer take care of that? I hope to see pics. It is a beautiful blade and deserves an equally well-made sheath.

Some people seem to have those magnets. Or some sort of divining tongs.

Oh to have that problem... I actually need to repair my shop. Inherited from my wife's grandfather (as well as my 150# Mousehole), it was built for working on his dump trucks and backhoe. So has a 20' ceiling (to the bottom of the open rafters), is 32'x40' concrete slab pole barn with a built in isolation block hole (4' deep service pit for working under the dump trucks) waiting for me to get a power hammer either built or purchased to fill it in. I remember borrowing it to work on a friend's Dodge Omni, lol... the tires were hanging over the edge of the pit by a third of their width on each side.  Now, the tin is mostly gone and the rafters are starting to fall from rot. The creosote power poles are still solid as are the wall framing. Just need the money and time to tear off the rest of the roof trusses, replace them and re-tin the whole thing.

Strange... two of my posts are now missing... at least to me.

Worked better on padauk(sp?). Will see about pics later.

When is it?

I tried my thread file on a piece of teak. It doesn't cut it well. It is a brand new file too.

yessir

Btw arkie, if (lol, as if it isn't a given) you actually get hooked on heating up metal and shaping it into stuff... You just might wanna build a bigger forge... I did, used Frosty's burner design. Super easy to put together and works awesome for what I'm ready to do. If I need more room, I light my brake drum coal forge.

ummm... A little late arkie beat u to it.

By the way, I like the stand you built for it. Mine just had fins screwed to it to keep it from rolling over and a wire cradle to sit the torch/bottle in.

I heard it before, growing up down here in the Deep South of USA

Many say it isn't known who the author is, while others attribute it to Ogden Nash

See. These folks on this site know a lot and are amazingly willing to help people starting out. I know I owe an awful lot to their generosity with their time and hard-earned experience.

My first little soup can forge was made just using kaowool for insulation. I also got better heat and performance when I pulled the torch back to where the end of it was just a tad outside the can and blowing into it.

Now, saying that... I am just a beginner myself and suggest paying close attention to what the highly skilled and experienced curmudgeons...ummm, smiths like Mr. Thomas Powers, Frosty, or several others.

Right now... not giving the experts who might be able to help enough info... e.g. what steel, what kind of forge, what color heat you are considering hot, did you cool it with anything between heats.... etcetera

I wasn't talking politics.  I was talking about blacksmith tools and PUNishmeant. 

"Mr. Frosty, I don't think a 7" Peter Wright should be your running mate."

"I understand that it has more character than most politicians."

"I'm sure it will be able to get a better grip on things." 

"You're right, it won't bend a leg to lobbyists or break under the political pressure."

It looks great. But that pretty much can go without saying for your work. It should do great for them. Good people with a good agenda.