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Starting out. Trying different grinding methods.
Jacob Barlow replied to Jacob Barlow's topic in Beginners Place
Thanks for the replys. I watched the video. I may have to give that method a try. It looks very interesting. -
New knife maker here. Starting out doing some stock removal to get my skills down. Then I hope to move into forging my own blades. Since I’m new, I’m not very good at grinding. Since I have no experience at all, I got 2 different types of jigs and for a reference I free handed. I got Fred’s bubble jig, a creative man beveling jig/file guide, and then obviously free hand grinding. I went to Home Depot and got some mild steel and cut out a few knife blanks. To keep the results consistent I made the same style knife for all three. The first two pictures are using the bubb
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Anyone know maker of this anvil, maybe approx. year?
Jacob Barlow replied to Jacob Barlow's topic in Tools and Tool Making
Well I missed out on this deal by five minutes this morning. All three of these anvils sold for $1200. Hoping one of you guys on here snatched them up near Pittsburgh. -
Anyone know maker of this anvil, maybe approx. year?
Jacob Barlow replied to Jacob Barlow's topic in Tools and Tool Making
I haven't seen the anvil in person. Saw it on CL. There is a bounce test video, looks and sounds really good though. Asking $875 and says it weighs around 200lbs. "HAY-BUDDEN? 200 LBS BLACKSMITH ANVIL Can not see a label. Appears to be a Hay-Budden has S/N on front foot under horn left side 37866. Based on this S/N if a Hay-Budden would be 1898 manufacture. 29 1/4” long, horn is 11 1/2” ;long, 17 3/4” x 4 1/2” face 11 1/2” high . 1 1/8” hardy hole 11/16” Pritchel hole. Feet 11” x 10” solid top excellent ring and rebound." https://youtu.be/dPlmUoHgr1s -
Gotcha, I'll be sure to warm it up to 100 degrees F. Was going to use an electric charcoal starter to warm it up and use a turkey fryer thermometer to check temp if that is an acceptable method. Yea I read about the "9 second oil etc..." and how it relates to a nickel ball quench, so they have a uniform comparison across all those mediums.
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Hi all. First post here, but been reading and learning for a bit. I am waiting for my Evenheat KH418 to arrive. In the meantime, I am looking to buy some quench oil. I can't seem to get a definitive answer is Parks AAA would be suitable for the 3 above mentioned steels? These are the 3 that I work with the most often. Thanks for any help and insight you guys can provide.