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Post by Voltan on Apr 29, 2016 13:42:36 GMT
Look fine to me, like Tinker I do most of my grinding after the heat treat. Do you mind if I post pictures of the heat treating here or do you want to do it. Feel free to do so, please!
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on May 10, 2016 4:05:10 GMT
I will be taking over this thread for a very short time to show a little of the heat treat. I really didn't need to normalize the blade since it is a stock removable blade to remove stress but I did it any ways. Better safe than sorry. I normalized the blade 3 times, only took pictures of one of the times. I will also do any straight if needed. Here it is in the oven a long with 2 of my blades. The oven has been set at 1600 degrees they will have a soak time of 15 minutes. Up to temperature really to come out of the oven. Nice and hot, it will be set a side to cool to room temp. then the next 2 cycles will be did. Now for the quench, the blade was heated to 1500 degrees, soaked for 15 mintures then quenched in oil. Really to come out of the oven. Ready to dunk. The quench. Came out nice and straight, didn't take any pictures after the quench. Here a boring picture. you can't tell it the oven is at 500 degree for the tempering. This will give the blade a 56 rc. I tempter the blade 3 times. This one didn't need it but I do any straight during the tempter cycles too. The blade has been shipped back and it really for the finish work.
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Post by Voltan on May 10, 2016 4:21:38 GMT
Most excellent! Great pics, thanks for sharing this most interesting part of the process!
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on May 10, 2016 4:34:31 GMT
Thank you for lettig me share and your business.
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Post by Voltan on May 10, 2016 4:36:30 GMT
You'll be getting plenty more business from me, good sir.
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on May 14, 2016 6:06:49 GMT
This photo concerns me. The steel should be secured (in a vice or at least you can clamp it to the chair with 1 or 2 F clamps), and you should have two hands on your grinder. Take it from someone who has had plastic surgery to repair a finger that's gotten intimate with a angle grinder and cutoff wheel. I'm talking severed tendon and nerves, chipped bone, full of dirt and grit, tourniquet, conscious surgery - I hope you get the picture. You want to secure that workpiece, and that tool, cos if it jams then it all gets flung despite your efforts. And the picture indicates that you've got it set up to jam, because the other end is on chair: the only way the steel can go as it parts, and you've got pressure on it, is down in a V, which will lock up on your blade, transferring the torque to the tool, which if it's powerful will launch the tool and the unsecured steel. If you use a chainsaw you'll know that the cutting of timber supported at both ends is done from underneath so the V opens up to the cutter, not closes in on it. In your case, I'd remove the second chair and let the offcut drop as the web thins out. If you're worried about it falling suddenly and maybe landing on your feet. Put a lower support under it to catch it, but at least you're letting the cut open up as it parts. You'll also be wanting a respirator. Safety first, please, and think ahead.
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Post by Voltan on May 14, 2016 16:08:05 GMT
Brendan Olszowy , I appreciate your concerns. My new workbench is being installed tomorrow in fact, so now I'll be able to clamp the stock down. And while not fully visible beneath my face shield, I was wearing a respirator. Look between my ear muffle and my face shield. I was also wearing safety glasses under the face shield.
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Post by Voltan on May 24, 2016 20:01:22 GMT
Getting closer...removed the firescale using red, blue & gray Roloc discs in the die grinder. Hand sanded up to 600 grit, then finished with red Scotch-Brite pads. Just need to finish grind the bevels, then send back to L Driggers (fallen) for the handle to be done. After that, a final honing & polish session, and she'll be good to go.
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on May 25, 2016 3:51:22 GMT
Looks like you've got a pretty good finish on it. Good luck grinding in the bevels.
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Post by Voltan on Jun 13, 2016 17:13:05 GMT
Bevels are done, back to Fallen she goes for the handle. I'll start doing my own handles eventually, but I have special plans for this piece, so I want the handle done by an expert this time around.
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Post by gandermail on Jun 13, 2016 20:00:05 GMT
That is wicked looking, both highly fantasy and highly functional (assuming, that is, you need to chop up a lot of bad guys and you're in a hurry) You have a good eye for design and an artist's touch. Can't wait to see what you'll do in the future. I bet you're very proud.
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Post by lygon on Jun 23, 2016 1:14:02 GMT
im so impressed. even a little jelly
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Post by Voltan on Jun 27, 2016 6:50:39 GMT
Thank you gandermail , very kind words, very well received. It's finished. I received it back from L Driggers (fallen) Thursday, with a beautiful grip in place. I could not be happier with how this project turned out, and my deep gratitude to Lyn for the heat treat and Jeri for the handle. This is my third project in collaboration with J & L Cutlery, and I've had nothing but great results. AS07JLCKhopesh Inspired, Fantasy Chopper/Slicer Blade by Appleseed Sharpening Heat Treat & Handle by J & L Cutlery Stats:1075 Steel Method: Stock Removal Heat Treat: Approx. 56 HRC Overall Length: 20" Grip Length: 5.75" Blade Length: 14.25" Edge Length: 12" Weight: 1 lb, 4 oz POB: 8.75" From Butt Handle: Tiger-Stripe Maple
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Post by Croccifixio on Jun 27, 2016 9:20:41 GMT
I wanna see it in action soon :)
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Post by jonj57 on Jun 29, 2016 20:48:36 GMT
That looks amazing, hope once I start making my own I can muster up a finish half as good as that! One question though, why the pepper next to the appleseed sharpening add, would figure an apple belongs there hehe.
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Jun 30, 2016 13:26:08 GMT
very nice !!
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Post by Voltan on Jul 4, 2016 16:39:54 GMT
Thanks guys. This was quite fun for me, and it came out better than I had hoped. There will be more to come, as I've gotten a real taste for it now... jonj57, it's a plastic pepper at that, lol. It was the closest thing I had to an apple at the time of the photo. I wanna see it in action soon That will be a while. Who knows, you may well be the person who gets to test it. I'll be donating this piece for the next SBG Giveaway! I owe much to SBG; if it wasn't for SBG, this project would not have been possible. I've learned a lot here, and made some good friends too. This is my way of giving something back.
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Post by Croccifixio on Jul 5, 2016 8:25:18 GMT
Whoa! How extremely generous of you! This is your baby :) You should keep it.
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Post by Voltan on Jul 5, 2016 18:06:21 GMT
Whoa! How extremely generous of you! This is your baby You should keep it. Thanks, but I started this project from the beginning with the intention of donating the finished piece for the next Holiday Giveaway. THIS one will be my baby, and I will most certainly be keeping her when she's done:
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Post by gandermail on Jul 8, 2016 3:55:03 GMT
That's going to be a nice blade, she looks like she'd feel awfully good in the hand. L. Driggers is a consummate gentleman and a delight to work with, plus his wife turns out such nice, graceful handles.
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