Joshua States 2,120 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I'm not sure where to post this, but this seemed like a good place. Steve Culver posted a link on the ABS forum to a freeware program that allows you to create the end grain of a billet and see what the pattern will look like with twisting (variable tightness) and grinding (variable depth). It comes preloaded with a few standard end grains. I downloaded it and it does what it purports to do (at least with the preloaded patterns). I have not tried to create any diagrams to upload to it yet, but Steve has and says it works well for predicting pattern development using only twisting and grinding. It also has something called "burn-off" which as I understand it, simulates a user-chosen percentage of loss due to forge scale. Steve's post with instructions/description is found here: http://www.americanbladesmith.com/ipboard/index.php?/topic/2765-thor-ii-software-download/ The link to the freeware is here: https://www.stahlundseide.de/html/thor_ii.html 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jesus Hernandez 32 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Hallelujah! Link to post Share on other sites
Salem Straub 169 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Yeah, it's pretty darn nifty. I've been messing around with it a bit! Link to post Share on other sites
Karim 62 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Nice, It works ok for w it does regarding twisting. Link to post Share on other sites
ellopez 0 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Hi you all. Is there any place to download Thor II? website won't work anymore. Many thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 2,120 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 See if this works: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVPwQoa3cm3cqGcao0Rfvr1dnk9A42eB/view?usp=sharing 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ellopez 0 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Dear Joshua, Many thanks! Works like a charm!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Francis Gastellu 177 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 I had toyed with the idea of writing a software pretty much exactly like this, I'm glad I don't have to do all that work now Many thanks for posting this! The mosaic functionality is incredibly useful! Link to post Share on other sites
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