Chris Railey
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Might be cheaper to buy a sawmill and mill your own trees.
6150 testing
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John Bumbino (yosam)
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my thought exactly. thinking we who live in the trees better get our $hi7 together pretty quick. we need to get into milling before the cost of blades and motors go through the roof. I have an awesome 18HP kholer with electric PTO and working hydraulic on a broken transmission case Power King tractor. Tear it down, weld that trans case and turn her into a sawmill! That will be my mill... just need to get to getting to it.
Chris Railey
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That should work. You can also get a fairly large generator that runs off of the tractor PTO. Then you only have one motor (and fuel) to maintain for your mill and generator.
Chris Railey
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For my next victim I am gonna try a fold over hawk. Here is some random steel that showed up in my yard one day and a bit of 6150. We will see...
Chris Railey
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Off to a nice start.
www.instagram.com
Redeemer Forge on Instagram: "I am going to do a test forge weld with the 6150. A fold over belt axe. The body will be a random piece of steel that showed up in my yard and I will forge weld in a 6150 bit. #blacksmithing #blacksmith #blacksmithtoo
21 likes, 0 comments - redeemerforge on May 7, 2021: "I am going to do a test forge weld with the 6150. A fold over belt axe. The body will be a random piece of steel that showed up in my yard and I will forge weld in a 6150 bit. #blacksmithing #blacksmith #blacksmithtools #knifegrinder...
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tkroenlein
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I'm hoping to get a minute to play this weekend. But Sunday is SWMBO's day, so should time isn't looking too promising.
John Bumbino (yosam)
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can't see the instagram stuff. if it's a picture or a video you could use imgur.com.Off to a nice start.
Redeemer Forge on Instagram: "I am going to do a test forge weld with the 6150. A fold over belt axe. The body will be a random piece of steel that showed up in my yard and I will forge weld in a 6150 bit. #blacksmithing #blacksmith #blacksmithtoo
21 likes, 0 comments - redeemerforge on May 7, 2021: "I am going to do a test forge weld with the 6150. A fold over belt axe. The body will be a random piece of steel that showed up in my yard and I will forge weld in a 6150 bit. #blacksmithing #blacksmith #blacksmithtools #knifegrinder...
I'm hoping to get started on my new forge barn this weekend. Getting concrete on the 3rd nearly broke my back. lol landed in the ER. finally able to move again. I have several blades started but i'm having forge issues and think it's due to wind. I need walls.
Chris Railey
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Wind will cause issues for Venturi burners. I have to aim my fans in the shop carefully.
FD Kingery
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thanks for the test results and videos. I like your approach on the tests, doing it the way most of us work with steel. Is it available?
Chris Railey
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Yes sir, there is a link earlier in this thread.
John Bumbino (yosam)
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if you can't find the link in this thread try https://knifedogs.com/threads/6150-spring-steel-for-sale.52524/
FD Kingery
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thanks I ordered some last night.
Chris Railey
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I do not get anything from Yosam I just offered to do this to help the forum. That being said, I have beat the crap out of that blade and it will still cause stitches easily. I think you will like it for choppy stuff.
FD Kingery
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thanks looking forward to giving it a try.