Thanks for the comments on the tile W Keith. As far as keeping the MIG from penetrating too much, it is a combination of heat, wire size, wire sp...

Keith By the way, great little turorial you put together and great Damascus! This is a picture of a tile billet with all the seams welde...

Keith When you look closely at the photo of all the tiles clamped to the angle iron, you will see very small chamfers between the tiles on the to...

Here is a more detailed look how I do things. Clamp tight and weld pieces together and also weld on a handle. Soak in kerosene ...

Great mini WIP Lin. I picture truely is worht a thousand words To expand on a couple of things I said earlier --When I made random pattern wi...

When I renewed my membership a couple of weeks ago, I renewed on-line through the ABS store. It was very easy to do it this way and I got my card in...

Joshua There are pros and cons to each method. A stamp typically can not have the detail that an etch can have, but the stamp is typically deepe...

Wow, what a topic! For me Damascus has been quite a journey. I started welding Damascus in a coal forge with just a hand hammer. I moved onto a...

Zach The Kool Mist is supposed to be able to dissapate heat in machining operations significantly more than traditional flood cooling. The syste...

Jonathan, Some things to also remember about using respirators is that if they don't fit well they are not protecting you. A simple test is to p...

Thanks for the links Steve. There is some very interesting information there. Brian

Very cool Steve. Thanks for the close ups pics of your lock, it helps show what is involved with what you are doing. That is an interesting bit of h...

Jonathan The below link will take you to the ABS home page. Click on testing to find the requirements for both JS and MS testing. Also check out...

Nice setup Jim. This makes for an even simpler design as I trust you have the hydraulic motor direct coupled to the drive roller. Although hydrauli...

Butch is an excellent hawk maker and this is a great article. I highly suggest going to the Mid-America Bladesmithing Symposium held in Troy Oh...