Bonnskij Posted August 26, 2021 Author Share Posted August 26, 2021 Thanks! Yes it is. 6mm x 25mm (about 1/4" by 1"). Somewhere between 15 and 20 cm length. Now with matching stabby fork! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnskij Posted September 1, 2021 Author Share Posted September 1, 2021 Been taking some days off work here and there to focus on well... doing things I enjoy I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Nice stuff. I need to do more of that. Taking time off work that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 I plan to do a whole lot of that next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnskij Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 Wonderful! It certainly does wonders for my mental health and fortitude. Highly recommend! Just finished up this little sløyd knife, but I've managed to misalign the blade. Hope I can shape the handle around my stuff up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnskij Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 Finished another sløyd knife. This one with a Queensland maple handle. Had to round the silky oak handled sløyd, but that one looks alright now too. This one gets to keep the faceted handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnskij Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 Just haphazardly welded together a billet of mild steel with a o1 core. Hopefully it's completely sealed and I won't have to worry about fluxing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Just removing all the weld from the billet after forge welding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnskij Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 Can't forget that! Well here is the billet, but this won't do will it? Back in the fire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Definitely back in the fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 I have read that when welding a billet together it's better to just tack the pieces together lightly. The idea is to let the layers sort of slide across each other as you weld your way down the bar rather than popping apart because the ends have no where to go. I've gotten in the habit of just tacking one end together (usually the end with the handle and a couple more on the sides ~1/3 of the way up the bar) and leaving the rest free. Then again I use flux so its a little different. I'm not sure if that's what what happened to you, but it might be worth trying next time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnskij Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 Back in the fire it went. Not as long as I'd like to though. It was getting late and I'm sure the neighbours wouldn't appreciate it much. My dad told me to tack weld the ends before welding the seams of the whole billet to keep it from popping apart. I put the whole thing in a vise though, so I don't think it would have mattered much for the stick welding part at least. Not sure why my welds didn't quite work out. Probably lack of wallop as I am still worrying about de-centralising the core. It's getting wallopped now for sure though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnskij Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 Alright... now my billet looks like this: I don't get it. Did it air quench and then crack because I didn't temper it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Air quenching O1 by letting it cool naturally seems unlikely to me.. Perhaps it was overheated while forge welding? That's my best guess anyway... I'll defer to others who have more experience with O1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnskij Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 It only showed up after a couple of days in vinegar, which is why I thought it could have hardened, but it could ofcourse just be that it only showed up after an extended time in the vinegar. I decided to put it back in the fire again. After vinegar there seems to be a visible crsck down the middle of the o1 on the outer part of the billet: The inside looks fine though. (I cut it in half down the length of it). I haven't tried to forge o1 before myself. I just happened to have a flat bar lying around that I got for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 That was my next thought (how deep do the cracks go). I could google it, but it's late here.. How is the weldabiliy of O1? Could the cracks be the result of welding without preheating and post heating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnskij Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 You know, I think that might be the problem. Looks like there's a danger of crack formation when welding o1 and I know absolutely nothing about welding. I managed to grind past the cracks and the rest of the billet looks fine . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Out of curiosity why did you choose to weld up the sides rather than use flux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 I don’t know anything about the weldability of O1, but I do know from experience that it does not like to forge at high temperatures. I have a bar that I attempted to forge at a light yellow, and it basically turned to cottage cheese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 I'm familiar with the cottage cheese-ification of some steel when overheated. It's no gouda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 And you have to dis-curd your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Like a double decker quesadilla, that pun works on multiple levels. Here I thought forge welding O1 would be a brie-eze.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 But you end up feeling bleu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Me? Never. But I'll admit that I'm a munster in that respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 When it comes to the online streaming of cheese-related puns, the e-dam has clearly broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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