KYBOY Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I was making a wrap around style ax head the other day..The insert for the bit was 1095..The 1095 bit and front of the blade welded up like glue but for some reason I could not get the back of the blade(near the eye) to weld up to save my life :confused: Do you think it was because I welded up just the front first then tried the back with a re-heat? Maybe I contaminated the mild steel fold from welding the front first??? Any thoughts appreciated :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 that is a problem i have often... i usually try to weld the eye area first then put in insert and weld ... the reason that welds better is the high carbon is a lower melting point therfore a lower forge welding point ...you moght put a piece of steel the entire leingth of the weld .. that is what at least one blacksmith i know who manafactures large quanaties of them does ... makes it easyer or so i was told... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 Yea, I figured I should have started at the back. Hindsights 20/20 you know :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Yeah, KYBOY. Always start them at the eye and work forward. Any trash has a better chance of being forced out the front. Then leave the front edge open, spread a little, wire brush clean, add insert, heat and flux, then bring to weld heat to finish. It takes some practice, and I don't mean to try to sound like an expert, because I am far from it. But mine have been comming out pretty nice, pretty consistantly. Never tried putting a peice of steel the full length, but sounds like not a bad idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain ol Bill Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 They say pictures are worth a thousand words - well in my case make that ten thousand words. I would love to see some pics of an axe like these in different stages. I'm pretty good at monkey see - monkey do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Bill. I don't have any pix of step by step, right now. But I do have an order for 3 more tomahawks made by wraping and forge welding. I'll try to get step by step pix as soon as I can get time to work on them. Hopefully within the next 2-3 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Mayo Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Here is a good page on doing hawks with lots of pictures i hope it helps you out. BobHawk tutorials? - Bladesmith's Forum Board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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