Gibbo Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Gday all,(chest puffed up)this is my first try at pattern welding ,all be it scrap steels its steel bandsaw blade from the cutoff saw at work and pallet strapping the one inch stuff i cleaned them both up cut em to lengths & tacked the ends & sides and welded on a rebar handle & prayed to the forge welding gods & went at it,the gods must have looked kindly on me ,fully welded found no inclusions 30 layers, left it random pattern for my first didnt want to test the gods too much,the slabs are homemade desert camo canvas micarta and im getting quicker at my leather work for the sheath , let me know what you thinkcheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Nice Job! Turned out awesome. Keep them coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry H Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 For the first few projects, it looks like you were born for it, although I have a feeling you have had some pointers along the way, haven't you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 Cheers fellas no Larry the only pointers I get is of this great forum but I'll take that as a compliment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
781 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switchjv Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 It looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I leave the sides open so scale and flux has an escape route, Nice first piece......Last weeks knfe making log is about pattern welding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Made Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Turned out great! I made one using the same bandsaw blade and strapping a while back. It turned out pretty cool too! Mine was a 42 layer count, gives it a nice random pattern when you keep the layer count low. Good job on the forge weld! It is very satisfying when everything works out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Thanks all for the kind words ,I also have a question , when I quenched the blade (vegetable oil) and pulled it out i found it had also etched the blade like left topography the crud from the quench was only stuck on the darker section it sanded off after heat treating but still has the topography so I only had it in the vinegar for an hour or so to darken back up ,just wondering if this happens sometimes or I had it too hot or my oils just special Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I found that uglies stick to the High Carbon steels and not so much on the alloyed steels i.e 15n20 comes out of quench clean. I just sand it off like you did and then get tempering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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