January 20, 20188 yr Author we all got good and bad days ... all whats i make it's not up to what's i'd like to be able to do , lol i still got a lot to learn ..started only fews years back ..
January 20, 20188 yr Lovely Display piece; all the stress risers could give trouble in use. As a SF fan my first thought was "Do Not Take Hawk Into An Energy Weapon Fight!" Well done.
January 20, 20188 yr Author 17 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: Lovely Display piece; all the stress risers could give trouble in use. As a SF fan my first thought was "Do Not Take Hawk Into An Energy Weapon Fight!" Well done. thanks !! stress riser ? ?? i'm french and even if my american is correcte i've got a lack of vocabulary ...
January 20, 20188 yr Here is a discussion that may help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_concentration It's used in bladesmithing where certain aspects of design can decrease the strength of a blade greatly. A common example is making the transition from the blade to a smaller tang have sharp internal corners "L" instead of "J" (given the limits of ascii art) where the sharp 90 degree can act as a stress concentrator.
January 20, 20188 yr No problem and not a problem with display pieces that often have horrible stress concentrators (and are often made from alloys that do not deal well with stress anyway) unfortunately many are not sold as "for display purposes only".
January 20, 20188 yr JV would you mind showing me the whole chain hold down that you show in one of your pics?
January 20, 20188 yr Author i forged it in "agricultural spring" less carbon than car spring and went thru all the tempering process , i'll give it a bit of a hard time to see .but as you say it's more of a display hawk than a proper working tool .. 13 minutes ago, MotoMike said: JV would you mind showing me the whole chain hold down that you show in one of your pics? i hold it tight by putting my foot on it on the floor , it's a good system because it hold all the shape ..
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