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Nice honest knife!

Nice video, nice work  TechJoe!!!

Beyond the health warnings, the patterning looks real nice!  Did you end up welding the two pieces together or did you make two billets?

~Steve

Awesome!   epic music, almost horror movie-like.  The teamwork on making those rings, yeah that is skill..

So you printed the part sin plastic and then cast them in metal?  Or do you have the capability to print/sinter metals directly?

Either way, it's cool!  More pics of the process please!

~Steve

Dust collector for my grinder!!!!!!

Really nice work!  Great combination of detail to match the damascus. well done.

Keep up the good work Swords, the next one will be twice as nice!

~Steve 

That is really cool!  Nice work.  Any thoughts on a vibration element to help with self- feeding?

What if you grind the top surface where the plate will be mounted to convex (dome up) just a hair..  Maybe 1/16 max.  Then clamp the top plate down flat, preloading it a bit.  Weld the perimeter.  At that point it will be sprung tight. 

hard facing might be a better option though, even with the miles of bead you'll need!

~Steve

My fisher's table measures 17-1/2 x 15-1/4 with a 1-1/8 hardy hole.  Kinda sorta in-between sizes compared to the Fisher PDF you posted.  I'm assuming they changed sizes every now and then, when they moved locations, patterns wore out etc? Its dated 1881.  

~Steve

 Okay well then here's the link:

http://s83.photobucket.com/user/srmaietta/library/first%20knife

Hey guys, well we had a few days of nice weather and motivation was high so I pounded out some mild steel...  My first time at an anvil for more than two minutes and my first time at a 2x72 belt!  I will get my hands on some "real" steel soon but in the mean time enjoy some pics of my journey starting at 12" x 1" x .250 .....

Not sure how to post a link to the album so Ill try a few ways...

~Steve

that werent it,  bad attempt at linking removed.

Thanks Steve, I have a few books and have read a lot about it, just wanted some ideas on the variety of steels out there.  Looks like I will most likely get some 1084 and be done with it.

~Steve

 (lots of Steves in this thread!)

I will be seeing Aldo!  I live a town away from his location. . 

thanks again, I will be posting pics whenever I can get to forging.

~Steve

Steve, I  will do that eventually of course.  I was asking for suggestions.  Your suggestion is 1084 -Thanks!

~Steve

Okay some great adivse there...  I have a few old files I could anneal and a few old cold chisels and punches I could work with to get a feel for real knife grade steel.    Ill keep my eyes out for an old leaf spring or coil.

thanks!

~Steve

Hey guys, I'm finally going to get out there and forge a few knives (attempt it at least).  I have some mild steel to play around with so I can get my shapes right, but after that I want to use something good that will harden up and also be semi-corrosion-resistant. (Not full stainless in other words)

The kinfe is going to be a small EDC type, 3" blade, I will be forging it.

So my question is what would you recommend as a forgiving steel that is a bit more corrosion resistant than the average carbon steel? 

thanks a lot, hope to post some pics in the coming weeks.

~Steve

Alaric, get the heaviest anvil you can find and build the most solid base you can..

(and now what I really wanted to say...)

-Nice Ride!!

I bought my 1969 from a guy 20 minutes outside of Portland ME

~Steve

I don't think it's the steel that would affect anything, but its the rust that will develop if they're not taken care of.  Lots of food tools are made of steel / iron..  

Sadly today it seems that most people are not used to taking care of anything really so if you want to sell these, you should talk to your customers about seasoning/cleaning/caring for them and maybe type up a little handout to go with the tools.

~Steve

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Awesome Sam, would love to see how you set it all up.

thanks Frosty!!  Crowned wheels track to center -sounds counterintuitive!!   cool cool  I have to start looking around at parts etc..

~Steve

That is really nice..  Now you need a big 'ol hit and miss engine to power it!!

Inspiring.  thanks for the post

~Steve

Nice work Sam!!!   What's your plan for the motor/speed control?

Hey on grinders like this, is having the wheels in exact alignment important for belt tracking?  I want to build "grinder in a box" and am trying to figure out my game plan...

~Steve