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Welcome to the pack! When I return home from my year long assignment in Canada I'll be just down the road in Katy, and at your disposal.

If it wasn't in Oregon, I'd get as much as I could at those prices. Integrals anyone?

Speaking of welders, I've about settled on a Millermatic 211 whenever the time comes. It just got moved onto the relatively short list of things I want to get eventually and that I'll buy whenever I find an amazing deal, right along with a good bench top mill and a metal lathe. Jim, I won't...

That's very cool Tai! I'm in the oil business, so 8-10 in well casing is pretty easy to come by. I still like the idea of the venturi burner that the Atlas guys sell, mostly because I really can't make it much cheaper and I don't need a blower like for forced air (though my welding forge will...

How did you end up cutting the pattern in? The grooves look ground, but it's hard to tell. Either way, it turned out nice.

Excellent! One last question: did you drift the eye or, if not, how did you shape it? Okay, maybe two questions: I've done a bit of forging and have an idea of what it required, but I gotta ask, how long did that take you?

Kelly Cupples: 2807 Butterfield Rd. Yakima, WA 98901 509-949-5231 octihunter@charter.net Not sure if it is hot or cold rolled, but I've used it for years and had no difficulties whatsoever. He's also a great guy to deal with, and he used to (and probably still does, but it's been a while since...

You MUST show us how!

I have likewise come to the conclusion that I need something bigger. I'll hopefully be building one of my own eventually, and will consider their burner when the time comes.

That's some wise advice right there. And yes, variable speed is worth every penny.

And now with some pictures: I finally figured out how to get pictures from my phone to my website and then to here, so here goes: Ready to flux: This is the first restack of a Ws billet after the initial weld, draw, and crush. Ed is drawing out a rod of pen barrel stock. I think it...

****PICTURES ADDED AT END OF THREAD!**** As some of you may remember, I moved to Canada from Texas last March for a year. It was a good work opportunity, but it meant (I thought) leaving knives behind for the whole time I was here. And then I met Jim (Boatbuilder here on KD), and that changed...

I think I recognize this one...

Tai, I have had experiences like this. On several occasions it was in fact beavers. They're good at making noise, and they don't always leave typical beaver signs. I've also had this happen where it turned out to be very large fish, usually spawning buffalo where I come from, but on one...

Bruce, a question based on my own lack of experience: Why would the flip method produce a weaker blade? If the welds are good and everything is properly stress relieved, normalized, hardened, and tempered, how would the blade be any weaker (or stronger) than any other pattern welded blade...

I should preface this by saying that I've made exactly 2 damascus billets ever under the close supervision by folks who knew what they were doing, and neither needed to have the pattern flipped so that it would show up. In other words, while I've done enough reading to be familiar with various...

I've done this exactly once and got lucky! Had a good teacher on the forge welding in general, but we can do a much better job with the cable next time now that I've done more homework.

My first cable billet is the same, but i think the pattern will be more pronounced after heat treat. If it looks like a solid piece of steel now, the only thing I'd read into it at this point is that you did a good job with the welding. If you make a blade, harden it, and still have the...

Where'd you get that table? I had to make one out of a mild steel plate. It works, but yours is way cooler. Ok, I finally read all the text, particularly the part where you already answered my question... Is it Friday yet?

I gotta get me some friends like that!