StumpingIron

Thanks so much for all the comments this has really helped.

Hi I have started to get into twists really heavily lately and I am going to make some twist pendants for necklaces.

my choices of twists that I am going to do are:

rubik twist, pineapple twist, reverse twist, split twist and just a plain old single twist.

anyway I was wondering if I will need to tool up in any way that could makes it faster but the only time consuming part is punching in all the grooves.

I am going to make them in bulk so I will start off making just 5 of each twist as a test run and see how they sell and if they do well then I am going to make another 15 of each one.

Also with the Rubik twist should I cut the grooves in with a cut off wheel on an angle grinder.

feel free to add any suggestions or other twists that I could do but I am only going to make them out of square or hex stock.

Thanks so much I know this is a pretty lengthy post.

Nah mate my forge is not set up yet I just need 2 more pipes for the burners and then I can start forging

yeah I only just finished profiling the knife and I am going to do a chisel grind on it

Thanks for letting me know and it is going to be used as a sort of scribe for wood and also other things like a box cutter but the scribe is the main use and for the steel I have no idea I just picked a massive bar of it out of my friends backyard but it is very flexible but it is not hardened also the metal is 5mm thick thanks again.

I am not sure if I should put a handle on this knife or make some textures on the metal can someone please tell their thoughts?

The weird thing is it does not look to big on the inside even though it is huge

So would that mean 40c increase efficiency by 10%

And I want to forge sword and knives weapons ect

So your saying even if I half the forge it is still to big

80cm length 23.5cm tall 23.5cm wide and I don't know what the type is but it is not forced air the air comes from holes drilled in the pipe 

And timgunn I meant it holds heat great also it's just the brick I got off my uncle that is industrial the burners are home made. I will send you photo soon

My forge is 44180cm3 inside diameter I was wondering if three half inch burners would let enough heat in?

I have made a huge firebrick forge 80cm by23.5 by 23.5 inside diameter but my bricks are made for industrial forges and can't be bought unless you own an industrial buisness need for them. But it works great

Well the cut off wheel and carbide bur sounds like a plan thanks so much

Australia NT

I was looking at that but I do not have a sand blaster

Which one out of these if the one is in here

Thanks but what type of carbide burr should I use

Ok thanks a bunch

Also 1 last thing what type of carbide bur because I just want to take a layer off the white areas

Can I keep a steadyish hand while using the carbide burrs

Yes

What tool can I use to engrave these markings out of my axe. I have a dremel but I am not sure if it is the right tool.

Also do you think I should make the axe shiny and the graving dull or the other way around

My oxy acetylene doesn't burn the tape when I use it hmm must not be that hot 

Oh ok, I had the white haha better go out and get some.

Thanks for the advice I am definitely going to use this method now