Jasent Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 Started a coil spring knife. My 2nd knife. Wip. Will be my first completed knife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 Made my first chisel from the coil spring to finish off my hardy a bit deeper . After normalizing 3x Brought it back up to critical and Quenched in peanut oil then cleaned up one side real quick with a file and watched the colors run slowly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Good Morning Jasent, Coil Spring is OK sometimes, for some jobs. Cold Chisels are normally made from W-1, W = water quench. If you find your Chisel tip is not standing up to your abuse, harden in water, quench to straw. Quenching in Oil does not make it as hard as in water. I know, it is what I had and I wanted to try it!!! Good Luck. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 Thanks. Your right it's what I had. I didn't think spring steel could be water quenched. I'll give it a try if this one doesn't work out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Well the chisel worked very well. Even with a 40 degree cutting edge it held up just as well as my factory cold chisel did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 Did some heavy hammering today. Got my hardy cut 1 3/4" deep to square. Then made a hardy horn(?) from 1 3/8" axel 5" long. Then had some time left so I did few more steak flippers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 28 minutes ago, Jasent said: Then made a hardy horn(?) from 1 3/8" axel 5" long. The word you want is “bickern”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 Thank you. I wondered about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 What's all this bickern about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Jasent wants us at his bick and call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 Your pun foo is strong I think my twisting is improving. The steak flippers go in order left to right from the 2nd one to the 4th. May do some twisting practice today before I make anymore flippers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Oh now your just twisting the subject before you flip us for a loop. You could use a wood hammer over a stump to straighten the length of the twist areas out hot so you won't hammer mark up the twists. Even if just using a smaller chunk of wood as the hammer. On smaller twists I'll often use the vise jaws to pinch an area straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 I did straighten the last one on a stump some as I remember TP talking about doing that. But I don't have a wood hammer yet. I'll try using a hunk of wood like you said. I have used my vice to straighten before but it sucks the heat out fast on this little stock. All the steak flippers started life as a nail salvaged from a rail tie wall we tore out at work. I think part of the bending problem is I'm twisting with a crescent wrench. I need to weld a handle on it to use 2 hands. Maybe I just need to forge some twisting wrenches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 not sure, but it looks like you nailed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 With pointed remarks like that, he'll probably head on to the straight and narrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Simple wood mallet. You'll need a saw, an old junk hammer handle/ broomstick whatever, even a stick, a chunk of 2x4 or thicker pallet wood or even a smaller log cutoff round 3" or so dia. A wood drill just under the size of the handle wood and a knife to trim up the handle. Boom done. In a few minutes you have a wood mallet. You can even get fancy with it. Made this one in about 5 minutes including finding the stuff to make it that were laying around. I'll fancy it up later.... Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Wooden baseball bats are on my pick them up if they're cheap enough list even though I already have something like 9-10. As is they make fine thwockers but cut a section off for the head and whatever you like from the handle for the handle and they make excellent mallets. Little league, high school, etc. teams go through bats and are a good source, I get hockey sticks for set hammer handles from the ice rink dumpster, called that one good enough at a dozen. One trip after a game. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I just finished a new “Andy hammer” (named for Andy McKenzie/ @Everything Mac, from whom I got the idea) — it’s a heavy metal holder for a wooden head and packs quite a punch. Mine is made from rebar, but Andy’s is a piece of pipe welded to a handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 Wow that thing is a beast! I have a broken shop broom handle and a block of wood. Will have to make one up today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everything Mac Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 On 10/29/2017 at 2:27 PM, JHCC said: I just finished a new “Andy hammer” (named for Andy McKenzie/ @Everything Mac, Oh yeah that's a big boy. Bet that works well. All the best Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Just shows that there is only one right way to do things, Any way that Works! What is available to you? How can you make it work for what you need? Some things are specific but many can be "things" to get the job done. As elaborate or not as you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 Thanks for the tips today! Push broom handle and plum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I use a croquet mallet handle cut to whatever length I want, usually find them in flee markets for a quarter apiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 On 10/29/2017 at 7:13 PM, Jasent said: Thanks for the tips today! Push broom handle and plum There you go. See? Easy. And you can always easily make another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 man ya'll are making my peice of firewood I use feel bad hahaha...Nice mallet Jasent. Littleblacksmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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