zampilot Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 I found a flower-pot propane furnace locally and bought it on a whim, maybe for casting stuff. In it's normal position it would get about 4" of a mower blade orange in 3 minutes, with a crumbling 3" cover in place. I set it on it's side and fired it up, cover leaning against it: I was able to flatten/straighten a 16" John Deere mulching blade in about 8 minutes. That's cool! The blade is maked '01T', anyone know if that's for 01 Tool steel? Gonna get cold here in a month or two, maybe propane is the way to go through the winter....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete46 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Good score ! O 1 doesn't make a good long blade ;from what I"ve read. I've also got a few blades marked 01 & have been wanting to try them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zampilot Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 I'm thinking 2 skinning knives out of each blade, cutting the blade along the mounting holes to form the handle tang. They'll end up with a 3 or 4" blade. Hey Pete46, Hattiesburg huh? Ya'll let us know if you see Favre down there playing hooky from the Vikings! Pics to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 I would extremely doubt they used O1 in that use case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zampilot Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 I found a flower-pot propane furnace locally and bought it on a whim, maybe for casting stuff. In it's normal position it would get about 4" of a mower blade orange in 3 minutes, with a crumbling 3" cover in place. I set it on it's side and fired it up, cover leaning against it: I was able to flatten/straighten a 16" John Deere mulching blade in about 8 minutes. That's cool! The blade is maked '01T', anyone know if that's for 01 Tool steel? Gonna get cold here in a month or two, maybe propane is the way to go through the winter....... PICS: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zampilot Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 I would extremely doubt they used O1 in that use case! Yeah I know, wishful thinking. The old days are certainly the old days now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge9001 Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 How well does that forge design work for you I had the thought to make one with that exact design a few months ago then my forge came up for sale at a price I almost passed out over. needless to say I bought the thing instead of making one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zampilot Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 It works fine so far but I have not 'used' it much except screwing around seeing what it'll do on some scrap steel. The refractory material is the key, one could shape it anyway they want using almost anything as a frame. A .50 cal or 40mm ammo can comes to mind!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge9001 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 It works fine so far but I have not 'used' it much except screwing around seeing what it'll do on some scrap steel. The refractory material is the key, one could shape it anyway they want using almost anything as a frame. A .50 cal or 40mm ammo can comes to mind!! I have acouple of those and thought of that too. I even have a few 30 gallon fuel oil barrels and some washing maching and dryer tubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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