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    Feathered “W”s

    I am ready for the next step in feathered Ws which is splitting the billet. Should I cut it 90 degrees of my last stack. I believe I should but don’t want to be wrong. There has been a lot of work to this step and I don’t want to screw it up now thanks
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    Vessel for manganese phosphate parkerized solution

    Can PVC be used for a container to hold manganese phosphate parkerIzing solution? it certainly would be easier to obtain than stainless steel or porcelon containers. Thanks
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    hang with me guys on tempering

    I sorry for last evening on the RC machine. It right on the mark so I wrapped a blade in 309 ss like yesterday heated it up to 1500 degrees soaked for 10 mins., took it out and got it out of the ss wrap and cooled it in fluid. I gave it a test 34 RC. I'm sure it took a min. to unwrap before I...
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    damascus won't temper correctly

    Good evening, I made a 4 damascus blades using Alto's steel 1084 and 15n20. I forged welded them, ground it to shape and welded a piece of 1084 to each for the tang. I harden them to 1500 degrees soaked for 10 mins, and cooled it down in hydraulic fluid quickly. I tested the hardness it varied...
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    Freezing tanks

    I,m trying to forge two metals together and I am having trouble with the tanks freezing up when I get the temp. Up over 2000 degrees for an extended time. I was using a 25 lb. tank. Do I need a 100 lb. tank or do something different with the one I have? Is it a volume thing? Thanks
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