adamj

that is awesome i need to learn about the different patterns and try some

from my experience with cable its has been beneficial to unwind the 6 or 8 main strands and place in the fire and let it sit at a dull to mid red for a few minutes to burn out and paint or the thick grease type stuff i have came accross. then wire brush the crap out of it when it cools to get the scale off along with traces of anything else then put the wire back together and do as you did heat to red, brush and flux, then get to welding and set the welds. i have had pieces that no matter how clean i thought it was there was still something keeping it from welding. hope this helps.

i just got the access to a good bit of carbide cutting tips for lathes and was wondering if they can be forged or not.

i like that looks very good

thanks all for the help maybe i can get it finished this coming week and get some pics up

i know its not high carbon cause i gave a piece to my buddy for helping me after i got it all welded and we did a oil quench and a water quench and it didnt harden hardly any. it was also a choker not just cable from what i have heard chokers arent as high as regular cable.

i have a cable billet that is approx. 1x12x3/16 and need some ideas of what to make out of it. i originally was going to make a draw knife out of it before i found out it wasnt very high in carbon and wont hold an edge well. any ideas welcome.