Travis Fry
Well-Known Member
Hi Bruce,
I just got back from a few days at the Clow's, where I made my first Damascus billets, got some good work done on a few existing projects, fell in love with the 14inch wheel, and generally has a great time. Making some feather pattern was discussed and attempted with no success. When I got back I stated looking at your old Ws from Walla Walla thread, and I had a question.
In your thread it looks like you intentionally didn't draw the billet out much between cuts and rewelds, and for the first several weeds only stacked 2 layers. Was there a reason for this? Or, to put it differently, once you make your "c" from your initial stack, is there a reason NOT to draw out the bar and stack, for example, 4 or 5 layers for your second weld?
We'll maybe make another attempt, and I'd like to go in with a better plan.
I just got back from a few days at the Clow's, where I made my first Damascus billets, got some good work done on a few existing projects, fell in love with the 14inch wheel, and generally has a great time. Making some feather pattern was discussed and attempted with no success. When I got back I stated looking at your old Ws from Walla Walla thread, and I had a question.
In your thread it looks like you intentionally didn't draw the billet out much between cuts and rewelds, and for the first several weeds only stacked 2 layers. Was there a reason for this? Or, to put it differently, once you make your "c" from your initial stack, is there a reason NOT to draw out the bar and stack, for example, 4 or 5 layers for your second weld?
We'll maybe make another attempt, and I'd like to go in with a better plan.