[quote name='Joshua States' date='31 May 2016 - 11:04 PM' timestamp='1464753894' post='17116'] If I were to ask Mr. Peabody and Sherman to set the W...

I just presented about an hours-worth of power point on this very topic in Ontario Canada about three and half weeks ago. Metals, like iron, do not i...

Hello Douglas, Normalizing involves taking the blade to full solution, subsequent air cooling produces pearlite (lamellar structures)as the carbon co...

I would agree with not juggling too many steels at once. Although a steel may have a specific alloy designation, each batch has its own chemistry and...

[quote name='jo_smith' date='16 May 2016 - 09:36 AM' timestamp='1463409415' post='17006'] Kevin, I too don not like the word "recipe" when I comes t...

[quote name='jo_smith' date='13 May 2016 - 10:05 AM' timestamp='1463151924' post='16986'] Another question I am wondering about. With the way I have...

I am in complete agreement with Ed. I use a slack belt technique to roll the edge onto my flat grinds as well. If I have to do this for the final ed...

[quote name='Anthony DeLalla' date='11 April 2016 - 08:33 PM' timestamp='1460424789' post='16690'] ok - the 01 did anneal enough to drill pin holes,...

[quote name='Anthony DeLalla' date='10 April 2016 - 02:26 PM' timestamp='1460316400' post='16672'] bah - was hoping someone would confirm or deny th...

Your steel choice will make all the difference in the choices made. Simple carbon steel will give you much more latitude in simply normalizing, alloy...

[quote name='Troney Toler' date='08 April 2016 - 10:55 AM' timestamp='1460130956' post='16643'] Where can I purchase high temp salt ... or do any of...

A note on "burning". For years I have heard folks refer to it as "burning the carbon out" but this is not an accurate description at all, it is much ...

So long as forging is occurring it is a matter of rate of deformation vs. temperature. If you overheat parts that are not being worked then you will ...