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    Oh man thats pretty cool. My last visit with my dad he was asking me to make one of these for him but truth be told i had no idea what he was talking about. i thought he meant one of those fiskas things you get from canadian tire.
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    Hey saw a post where you were asking how the grizzly grinder is preforming. So far i would say it works very well. I only had a 100 grit oxide belt that came with the machine and it took steel off really well. The only issues are 3 and they are only as important as you want them to be. First is the tracking. It is a real pain to get the tracking just right out of the box prepare to spend an hour or more setting that up. Once its set its good to go for a very long time but getting it there is a bit of a pain. Second issue is the platten. Out of the box it has this weird stipple finish that works but you want it smooth so i used my old grinder to grind it off. Finally it comes with an 8" wheel which because of the closeness of the motor means hollow grinding is a challenge. Its recommend you get a 10" wheel to replace the 8" if you do alot of hollow grinding. Hope this helps.

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    My day job is an Architectural Technologist for a firm based in Toronto. Forging has been a huge interest of mine since I was old enough to have interests but for some reason I always took it as something I couldn’t do living in the suburbs. It wasn’t until I started watching youtube videos that I realised that I can pretty much do it anywhere and so I dove right in. Hobbies are mostly nerdy stuff, I watch anime and cartoons, I also enjoy sci fi and fantasy shows. I played a lot of video games before I got into blacksmithing now most of that time goes into my work outside. I also play dungeons and dragons once a week at a local game store.
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    Yea i had already finished the forge work and stuff on the second axe head before i posted the pictures and started getting comments. It will be my next round of axes that get to be properly re-drifted.
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    Ok so i got the second axe all finished up, sharpened and put on a handle. I tried to avoid that issue I had witht he first one by making a much gentler transition between the main handle and the part that actually attaches the head to the handle. I also used a metal wedge and wood wedge to make a snug fit. Only thing I didn't do was get that grain oriented correctly. It looked like it when i started profiling the handle but then the more wood i lost the more i realiesed it wasn't right.
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    So i have managed to get a pretty good deal on a Grizzly 2x72 beltgrinder. It is a major upgrade from my 1/3hp 1x42 belt grinder so im stoked. I just wanted to know if there are any modifications needed to really get the most out of this grinder or out of the box is it pretty much ready to rock and roll?
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    That is a really great pendant design.
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    Sorry, didnt realise i couldnt post stuff from their website as it got all blocked out you can just delete this topic, it is needless.
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    Just found this great article xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx which outlines the three key terms Heat Treat, Temper and Anneal. These terms are often used incorrectly and this can lead to some people not understanding what somone is talking about. Commercial link removed Perhaps they could read the pinned article that already covered this, rather than send people off site for wrong information? the blog referenced is incorrect. Please check facts before posting
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    Oh man tht looks awesome. I have never actualy heard of this tool before! Learn something new every day right? Thanks for the advice. I will try to align the grain that way with my next one. I actually thought it was supposed to align the way i had it because my store bought axe had it that way. Live and learn. I actually have a hawk drift, I live near hamilton where the drifts and hardy tools and swage blocks that kayne and sons sells are made so i go right to the source its much cheaper that way.
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    Really interesting blade shape on this one. I have no luck with integral knives yet but this one looks great. How did you get those neat slashes of colour in your handle?
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    To be honest i never even considdered using my vice for drifting i dont know why though. Next time i get a good deal on some ball pien hammers i will try this again and drift. Rest assured i will post some pictures when i do. I will post some pictures of my next handle attempt within the next few days, this time with much less meat on the transition. hopefully this will solve alot of the weak spot problems.
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    Thanks for the advice. I never had much cause to use an axe or hatchet before and really had no clue on the handle. Im going to let my friends try it out and worst case scenario i will reshape the top of it on the belt grinder to take some of that weight out of it. Yea it is made from a ball pien hammer head. I did not drift out the eye four a couple reasons, the main reason is that even though i have a drift i cant realiably hold onto the piece while trying to pound the drift through. Its hard to explain but basically the hardy hole in my anvil is to small for the drift to go through so i would need to like hold the piece like half over the edge of my anvil while i work. just seemed awkward and dangerous. The other reason was that i put alot of time into this piece and didnt want to risk ruining it by messing up the drift. Im still pretty new to this stuff so for my first couple i decided to leave it alone. I really didnt think it would make the handle to weak because i mean the eye is still the size of a normal hammer head and those take tons of abuse all day long. Do you really think that that transition will be too weak for throwing? Like if i just put a hammer handle on this thing instead would that be ok and its just because the transition on mine is to much between the wide portion and the narrow?
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    Here is the axe all finished up and fixed to the handle. I designed the handle myself so that it felt good in the hand although im certain there are better ways i could have done it. The balance point is right below the axe head. It chops pretty well and the edge is holding up pretty good so is the back spike. I havent thrown it yet but i have high hopes. Any tips or critiques are appreciated. I have a second one also forged with a different blade and spike profile. I will post pictures of that one when its finished as well. Just need to clean it up from heat treat and make a handle for it.
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    Yea i noticed that too. I had flashbacks to that video of the guy on the shopping channel who was selling some blades and one broke while he was banging it and it stabbed him in the shoulder. I sure as xxxx wont be trying this any time soon at home. Honestly i was just wondering if it was even possible. I mean imagine you worked your hardest to make a blade for them to test and then they put you up against something that is actually impossible to do. You look like a failure on national television and its not your fault at all.
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    Ok so on last nights episode in the final test for the blades they lined up like half a dozen bungee cords that were pulled a little taught and said that a sharp blade should cut right through that line of cords even after already cutting through a carcas. I just wanted to know is that even possible at all. I mean to me a few of the tests have been a bit on the out there side of things but this one just bugged me. So any thoughts on this?
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    That looks really great man i have never seen one with the eye quite like that.
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    I certainly will. Now that i have gotten to this point i need to look up how to actually put a handle on this thing. i dont want all my hard work messed up by a crummy handle fit so it off to youtube for some tutorials.
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    I started with a hammer that was 32oz so like 2lbs
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    Ok so this is my first attempt at forging a small axe. Some friends of mine have recently taken up the hobby of axe throwing and everyone there uses these off the shelf home depot hatchets. So I wanted my friends to stand out a little bit. This was made using a bell pien hammer head. I forged out the whole thing by hand although I wish I had a press for the end even just to make the thing a little easier to hold onto with my tongs. I had to start out by holding the piece through the eye and started working out the axe and of it. This was definitely a mistake as I just couldn’t get a decent grip so a lot of my time was wasted fiddling with the hold I could get. Once I had the blade shaped I had initially intended to cut off the back part of the hammer but then I saw I picture online of an axe with a spike and I loved it so I drew that out. Quickly I realised that a square taper at the back was super easy to hold with my v bit tongs and so I forged the spike halfway and worked way more on the blade which helped out immensely with straightening out the blade and getting it to a shape I liked. Once that was done I finished forging out the spike. I used an angle grinder with a 40 grit flap disk to take out most of the deep hammer marks. I had never used the angle grinder before but it worked really well. Finally I heated up the whole thing to an orange heat and quenched the blade about half way up into the oil for a few seconds until the temp on the spike was a red then I dunked the rest of it into the oil. I still need to clean off the oil residue and put an edge on it but overall I like the shape so far.
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    I saw a video on this a long time ago but i never had a welder to give it a try...until now. I finally got a good deal on a new mig welder and this was my very first thing i used the welder on. Awesome tool, dont know how i functioned without it for all this time. Anyways this was an attempt with 1/8" square stock i want to try again with some 1/4" round stock and use it to form the body of a candle stick. Just not sure how to make the candle cup yet but hey all in good time.
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    Great post man, i have been looking for an idea of what to make my cousin as a wedding gift, candle sticks might be the way to go.
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    Ha, I see what you did there
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    Sorry it took me so long to get back to this topic but i have had alot of projects on the go. I finally had time to test out that steel i got. First i tried hardening a bar and comparing it to some hardened 01 steel. The file skated off the edge of the hadened piece. Then i forged out a blade from the piece and tried to see if i noticed any delamination but i didnt notice anything off hand. Im very new so maybe i just dont know what to look for but it looked alright to me. so i took the piece to the grinder to finish it up and i edged the blade in boiling vinnegar. The etch took after about 4 minutes and the pattern came back through. I dont know if any of that means anything really. Like i said im really just getting started but all in all im happy with my results so far. Attached a pic of the knife i made from it.
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