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Have been looking at the forum, and decided to join! Looks to be decent folk here, and skilled as well. Some beautiful craftsmanship! I do spend some time on rimfirecentral.coms knife forum, and was introduced to knifemaking there.
So far, I haven't compleated a knife, but have a few ready for heat treat.
The first thing I did was to build this:
It is a 2 x 72, 2 hp grinder that works great. It has four speeds, with lowest under 1000 fpm and highest over 4000 fpm.
Needs some ceramic belts that will last.
Next was this:
On first fire up, It was melted down, because the controller was set in Celsius not Fahrenheit. It made it to 1333 degrees Celsius where it stopped climbing. When I opened the door, everything inside was a very bright yellow color. I did a calculation, and figure it was well over 2400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Was a little much for the firebrick, as it melted. The elements both broke on cooldown. I WONT MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN!!!
Looking forward to spending some time on knifedog! I am eager to learn the skills of a knifemaker.
Dave
So far, I haven't compleated a knife, but have a few ready for heat treat.
The first thing I did was to build this:
It is a 2 x 72, 2 hp grinder that works great. It has four speeds, with lowest under 1000 fpm and highest over 4000 fpm.
Needs some ceramic belts that will last.
Next was this:
On first fire up, It was melted down, because the controller was set in Celsius not Fahrenheit. It made it to 1333 degrees Celsius where it stopped climbing. When I opened the door, everything inside was a very bright yellow color. I did a calculation, and figure it was well over 2400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Was a little much for the firebrick, as it melted. The elements both broke on cooldown. I WONT MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN!!!Looking forward to spending some time on knifedog! I am eager to learn the skills of a knifemaker.
Dave
