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Heat Treating and Metallurgy Discussion of heat treatment and metallurgy in knife making. |
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Heat-Treating Class Starts June 15th
KNIFE NETWORK ONLINE SCHOOL UPDATE ::
Upcoming Class Schedule for the Knife Network Online School of Knife Making MAY 2006 MAY Making a Button Lock Folder started May 1st. 05-15-06 Making a Fixed Blade Hunting Knife JUNE 2006 JUNE 06-01-06 Making a Slipjoint Folder 06-10-06 Making the Handle and Finishing a Fixed Blade Kit 06-10-06 Making a Framelock Folder 06-15-06 Heat Treatment and Cryogenic Treatment of Air-Hardening Steels* *The KnifeNetwork Online Heat Treating class is our newest online course. Custom maker Don Robinson will teach the basic principles and methods for heat treating air-hardening steels. The air-hardening steel classification includes most of the premium high-alloy stainless steels used in high-performance knife making today. This class is not to be missed by any beginning or intermediate maker who wants to step up to the next level. If you've ever wanted to learn to heat treat your own knives, then this is the one class to take. All Knife Network Online School classes include detailed step-by-step lessons in an easy-to-follow online presentation - including photographs, open Q&A, one-on-one explanations and careful follow-up with the Instructor to make sure you get it right. Follow this link for Heat-Treating Class information http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=32499 Registration begins 21 days before the start date listed above. Follow this link to see the full class schedule http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=32476 For more information, contact Knife Network Instructor Don W. Robinson through the Knife Network here http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/member.php?u=1413 The Online School of Knife Making by KnifeNetwork.com - Carve up the Web! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last edited by KNEditor; 05-04-2006 at 10:24 AM. |
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RJ Martin does a great job supplying this forum with heat-treating expertise and fielding complicated questions. The KnifeNetwork class does not replace this forum. It is a basic course for beginners and intermediate makers who want to learn HT from hands-on instruction, beginning to end.
I'm going to take the course too, and I expect it will give me a more solid understanding of the fundamentals that I only think I know. Plus - they told me that if I'm taught to point my blade to Magnetic North during the quench, I'll get a full refund. |
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The heat treating class is now open for enrollment if you're interested.
Click on this link to enroll. http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/payments.php The class starts June 15th, so sign up now. Sam, there'll be a special lesson for you about the importance of magnetic north. Last edited by Don Robinson; 06-01-2006 at 08:08 AM. |
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Don, do you anticipate a HT class eventually for carbon steels?
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That's a good question, Robert.
I'd like to, but I don't have the proper equipment, such as a quench tank. I'm quite familiar with heat treating carbon steels, but I like to show pictures in the classes as I go to demonstrate the work. I don't believe a picture of me quenching a blade in a container of transmission oil or olive oil would be very impressive. Now if somebody would donate a gas furnace with protective atmosphere and an automatic quench I'd be happy to include that. Or even better, a vacuum furnace with automatic quench like D'Holder uses. That wouldn't help most knifemakers though. Most don't have that equipment either. Seriously, I prefer to make all my blades from various "stainless" steels, and I have everything necessary for that. |
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The heat treating class repeats starting next Monday
Our Knet heat treating class will start again next Monday, 8/14/2006 if you are interested in enrolling.
See the threads above for links to more information. To enroll please go here: http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/payments.php Thanks. Last edited by Don Robinson; 08-12-2006 at 07:54 AM. |
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