Recent content by BobH

Oh, I have ghosties alright. Nothing is ever where I thought I set it down.

Rex, Cherry red is not hot enough for wrought iron. Take it up to bright yellow, and give it another go. Bob

Timy, instead of 2hp I would make the leap to 3hp. Even though a 2hp is better than a 1hp it still isn't saying much. Last weekend I made the switch form 2hp to 3. I can still stop it, but I have to really try. During normal blade grinding it doesn't slow down one bit. Just something to think...

Since this has sat here a few days I'll take a stab. On the blade, nothing, I don't use a buffing wheel on my blades, and don't much care for blades that have been buffed. It is just too easy to buff out nice sharp grind lines. For handles, when I do buff, I just use a sewn (spiral or...

Easiest is just drag and drop. pdf, jpg, bmp, giff. When you drop it, look at the command line at the bottom of the screen. It will ask where you want to place it (0,0 is a good spot) hit enter. Then it will ask if you want to rotate it it. If you just hit enter it will default to how it was...

Duncan said "they do the nesting as they dont know what shape steel they will use till they pull it out they keep stock so i dont have to buy a whole sheet" Good Point. And your drawing is spot on. That's what they like to see. Bob

Any program that can export dxf should work. Not to pick on Mike, or Duncan's drawings, but do NOT send a drawing like that to your cutter. No details like handles, bolsters, or grind lines. No little accidental pieces of lines, or arcs, or any other goemetry. Only the outline, and holes that...

Mike, How do you have them drawn now? Can you email them? Are these for outsourcing your Blanks (waterjet, plazma, laser)? I can draw them in AutoCAD for you, and send you the files in . dwg, or .dxf, or whatever your supplier needs. It only takes a few minutes. Bob

Okay, I've gone back and re-read this post about a dozen times, and I guess I'll try 1084 & 5160 in Parks 50 since I have both laying around. For these two steels is there a favorite tempurature for the quench? Room temp. seems a little vague. I like a little more control for consistancy. Parks...

Scott received his Journyman Stamp in San Antonio last month. His knives looked great.

Me, Though I'll let the neighbors wake up first.

Rob, Now I'm going to stick my nose in your business. Don't do it! Send it back. Your name may not be on it, but when it fails you don't need the grief. Customer: "Well, I had Rob heat treat it, and it snapped like glass". Down the chain: "Oh, is that so?". The particulars are always forgot...

Okay, Rob, I'll take a shot. Are you sure you didn't miss the 5, and hit the 8? :-) I've heard of t-15, but not t-18, so I did a search on it, probably like you did, and couldn't come up with any thing at all on it. Sorry, that's all I got. T-15 is pretty tuff stuff. Bob

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here is another source. This is really nice wrought. http://www.newenglandschoolofmetalwork.com/forsale.php