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[quote name='Brian Stucker' date='05 January 2020 - 09:48 PM' timestamp='1578278890' post='25820'] I appreciate all the responses. I am going to get...
I've had issues with carbide on nonferrous, softer alloys tend to be "catchy" and snap carbide if I didn't get the speed and feed just right. The two ...
The nice thing about moving to an oil better matched to an alloy steel is that they are much more common, giving you many more choices and less expens...
[quote name='BrionTomberlin' date='04 January 2020 - 08:58 PM' timestamp='1578189485' post='25810'] Another thing Brian. 52100 likes a slower quench...
I will echo what Matt just said. Due to its rather unforgiving nature, I have now spent more lab time with 52100 than any other alloy. I should have...
[quote name='Joshua States' date='31 December 2019 - 02:03 PM' timestamp='1577819003' post='25782'] Kevin said: Folks who have never worked with an ...
Those of us who regularly work with ancient steels tend to refer to things as pre-Bessemer or Post-Bessemer as it is a significant dividing line in wo...
Something perplexing and frustrating to the leadership of the ABS is when we get requests to do a hammer-in or event in an area that we would really l...
[quote name='Matthew Parkinson' date='24 December 2019 - 10:18 AM' timestamp='1577200715' post='25747'] At a guess time and money, I have noticed in...
[quote name='David J Russell' date='24 December 2019 - 11:32 AM' timestamp='1577205123' post='25748'] As a newer member I am going to second what Ma...
One thing that I always thought would be a great goal would be to find ways to make the ABS such an asset to the knifemaking community that we could a...
[quote name='Ed Caffrey' date='20 December 2019 - 05:58 PM' timestamp='1576882729' post='25724'] First.... I lean heavily towards Kevin's sentiments...
Hello Stephen, As mentioned in my other post Abs test knives made from 1084 will not be really accurately readable with a Rockwell tester, so yo...
Hello Stephen, What alloys do you plan working with up to your Journeyman rating? If your chosen steel is something like 1084, 1080 or 1075, th...