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  1. Tyler Murch
    Paracord wrapped utility knife. Forged from 3/8" 1095 and martempered. Rough and tough! It is for sale. PM me.
  2. Tyler Murch
    I agree with Bruce. If your horn is on the opposite side of your tong hand, you will most often need to take a step to the side to go from face to horn, or horn to face. This isn't efficient.
  3. Tyler Murch
    The air supply comes from a pipe that is at the bottom and comes in at a 90 deg. angle, horizontal to the ground. You need about a 2" dia pipe. Leave it wide open, no grate or anything.
  4. Tyler Murch
    Lined with clay soil and ashes. You can do either - or, or a mixture of both.
  5. Tyler Murch
    By the way, it looks hotter in the picture than it really is.
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    I use charcoal, and I don't think it would get hot enough for heat treating without forced air. This is my heat treating set up. Flattened steel pipe and two inches of kaowool on top for insulation, fuel conservation, and regulating temp. Works quite well. Allows you to observe the steel more easily while heating.
  7. Tyler Murch
    Hello, Could someone make it easy on me and demystify this by providing a list of all the components needed to make a hydraulic press, please. Thanks T
  8. Tyler Murch
    Also, warming the oil up to 120 f. + or - will actually make it quench faster than ambient temperature oil.
  9. Tyler Murch
    Before going to the water quench, you may want to try raising the temperature of the steel before quenching. I have some auto coil spring, I'm not sure what kind of steel it is. It's not 5160 or 1095, but it will not harden right at non-magnetic it will not harden. In heat treating, time and temperature have everything to do with microstructure.
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    D-2 scrap

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    D-2 scrap
    Scrap D-2 from a punch press or a hydraulic press. Never were used.
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    Knob

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    Knob
    Wow these are big cabinet knobs. Forged from 7/8" rd. I headed the knob, then upset the base a little. A hole in the back will be drilled and threaded.
  12. Tyler Murch
    Cool. Nice one.
  13. Tyler Murch
    I can't get that link to work, but TTT charts are helpful. There is a lot of good stuff on the internet about heat treating. I keep a stack of print-outs on what I call the basics of beyond the basics heat treating. Mostly on marquenching, thermal cycling, and water quenching.
  14. Tyler Murch
    Cool. I was just thinking of something similar to this when I saw in a book a tomahawk made from brass with a steel bit riveted on. Neat method.
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    kaboom0021

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    Handful of Hex Hawks
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    spike001

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    Lugged Eye Spik Axe Forged from 1" square 5160 spring steel. Holds an edge very, very well.
  17. Tyler Murch
    tylerblacksmith0021
    Hexagon Hawk Belt axe forged from 1" hexagon crow bar.
  18. Tyler Murch
    One of my favorite somewhat blacksmithing related quotes from literature would be by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Pertaining to individuality and your true self. "Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string."
  19. Tyler Murch
    Mike, I'm gonna do the next one differently. Don't know when I'll do it though. Ron, it was chain link.
  20. Tyler Murch
    Thanks guys. Hey Clark, the "thingy" was a large trailer ball. Hey Mike, it's ok with me. There's no way to control it. It wasn't exactly what I wanted, but it's cool. Thanks
  21. Tyler Murch
    Here it is with another one that I did a few months ago. They have a nice contrast.
  22. Tyler Murch
    Here are pics of the cleaned and waxed vessel. I'm asking $50 for it.
  23. Tyler Murch
    This is a wrought iron vessel I forged from 2-1/4" wrought iron. Keep scrolling down for more pics I wanted the grain to split, and it did. It's nice and hefty and looks like wood. I'm going to be offering this one for sale after I post some pics of it all cleaned up. This took me two hours to do by hand. I upset it some first, then hammered the "thingy" into it. It was fun to do.
  24. Tyler Murch
    That first splitting wedge is about as nice as they get... Twisting it helps it go into the wood easier and wedge it apart more.
  25. Tyler Murch
    Don't forget that it also depends on what you believe in and the angle you are coming from. If you want to use found materials and RR spikes, do it. The best work comes from your true self.
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