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Ed Caffrey's Workshop Talk to Ed Caffrey ... The Montana Bladesmith! Tips, tricks and more from an ABS Mastersmith. |
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__________________ Bill Burke ABS Master Smith 2008 |
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Thanks, Bill
Take care, Craig |
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Bill, it is interesting that the etchant changed the quench that much. Makes me wonder about hard water and how much it would change the results. After all, it is just mineral salts in the water.
--Carl __________________ --Carl N-T Porkin' Pig Price ?? KN Auctions to help a member in need and score a GREAT deal! ?? |
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1425F is the Temp I used at my previous house. i will try it here also as a first point. I found out from a friend of mine that the altitude, barometric pressure etc. can effect what the Hamon will do.
Chuck __________________ http://www.woodchuckforge.com Avatar, Scott Taylor Memorial Scholarship Knife Photo by Bob Glassman Chuck Richards ABS J.S. |
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Wade I haven't tried any other steels in the hydrochloric acid yet. I have one I am working on that is 1084. When I get the chance I'll try it. Might be a while. We are kind of swamped. I guess I could stick a D2 blade in to see what happens. That might be interesting because D2 shows a pattern when hardned and polished above 400 grit anyway. Most people don't like it for some reason, but love it in a more simple carbon steel.
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Carl, I was baffeled also the idea came out of a conversation with Don Fogg. So the next knife I did everything the same but used clean hot water out of the tap and viola no cracks. I have well water and it contains only small amount of minerals. I had it tested when I installed my hot tub and was told that my water was pure enough that I didn't need to treat it for minerals when filling the spa.
__________________ Bill Burke ABS Master Smith 2008 |
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I am on well water also, but ours is hard, that is what made me think of it, could be an interesting point on why some people get great results with water and others have a heck of a time.
--Carl __________________ --Carl N-T Porkin' Pig Price ?? KN Auctions to help a member in need and score a GREAT deal! ?? |
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I am thinking that would be worthwhile experiment. Need to forge out a couple of blades and see what happens.
--Carl __________________ --Carl N-T Porkin' Pig Price ?? KN Auctions to help a member in need and score a GREAT deal! ?? |
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hydro/muriatic acid
Just thought I'd throw in my two cent warning. HI ED and Bill and anyone else. Haven't been over here for a while. I use muriatic acid a lot, only on swimming pools, so pool supply businesses are good place to get it. Anyway the warning: Muriatic acid fumes so have good ventilation, and be advised a small amount, as in couple of ounces left open in a shop can give a nice light rust brown to ALL polished steel in the shop. I left a small juice glass with about an inch of acid in it, open overnight in a communal shop years ago after cleaning rust off some pipe threads on some iron pipe. The next morning a dozen planes, ten to fifteen handsaws, the tabldsaw table, everything unplated steel had a very nice ( if you are browning muzzleloaders) even browning rust. I was not looked on with favor, and wore out a lot of steel wool cleaning up my Oops.
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