Ric Furrer Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Hello All, I was asked to give a demonstration on knife-making for the Upper Midwest Blacksmith's Association last weekend in South Beloit. http://www.umbaonline.org/ The event was hosted by Jim Ribordy in his line driven blacksmith/machining shop...interesting place. I had a great time and the group is gracious host... and I thank President Joe Brannum and Secretary Pat Nowack for their hospitality. We covered steelmaking, some history and metallurgy, composite blade construction and then made a few blades from forging and grinding to quenching and tempering. I hope those in the audience had a good time. I like the metallurgy "dramatic play" section where I was the carbon atom and two taller folk..Kurt and Pat (I never seem to have issues finding taller folk) did the part of the iron atoms..we were a representation of a body centered tetragonal crystal of martensite....which is not something you get to see every day. Photos courtesy of Ralph Briggs. Ric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Ah the travails of the lowly carbon atom surrounded by the gang of iron atoms! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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