52100 bearing rollers (1-5/16" x 1-1/8")

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For sale: Lot #5

1-5/16" diameter x 1-1/8" length 52100 bearing rollers.

I have 23 of these rollers. They are a nice size for welding onto a piece of rebar and forging directly into a knife. Might be able to get 2 fairly large knife out of each roller, and at least one large and one small out of each. These are large enough to get 3 or 4 small knives out of each roller.

Price is Sold.

I take Check, Money Order or Paypal. Email me at scottickesknives@gmail.com and post here how many rollers you'd like and from which Lot Number (this is lot #5).
 

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Got them today, Scott. I'm confused....why didn't you forge them all into knives for me???? :confused: ;)THis should keep me busy for a while once I get an anvil and build a forge. I've heard people love the way 52100 moves under the hammer, so these will be my learning curve. Thanks for the great deal!

--nathan
 
silver_pilate said:
Got them today, Scott. I'm confused....why didn't you forge them all into knives for me???? :confused: ;)THis should keep me busy for a while once I get an anvil and build a forge. I've heard people love the way 52100 moves under the hammer, so these will be my learning curve. Thanks for the great deal!

--nathan
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I can tell you that they move much slower than 5160, 1084 and 1080 do. Those three plus the rollers are my main knife steels, plus 1084/15N20 damascus. I've found that the rollers work the slowest of my knife steels. My suggestion is to get about half a dozen bars of rebar from your local steel supplier (home depot, lowes, etc.) and weld a roller onto each end of the bars. I start wtih 3' lengths of 3/8" or 1/2" rebar. Then forge them all into squares first, then to keystock and finally into the size flat bar that you like to work with. Then once they are to flat bar, you can begin forging knives out of them. That is how I work them down.
 
Great tips, Scott. Thanks again. I guess I'll build some character in forging these out, eh? Just curious, how many heats does it typically take for you to forge these into flats of say 1.25"x5/32"?

--nathan
 
silver_pilate said:
Great tips, Scott. Thanks again. I guess I'll build some character in forging these out, eh? Just curious, how many heats does it typically take for you to forge these into flats of say 1.25"x5/32"?

--nathan
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At least an hour, maybe two. You'll definitely get some practice at hammer control. When I'm forging I try to always remember that for every miss hit, I have to hit it two or three times to correct that miss hit.
 
Maybe it's time to convince the wife that I can't live without a powered press. :D

Well, that will have to come after the anvil, forge, and real (not home-built) heat treating oven. Oh well...you can never have enough tools, right?

--nathan
 
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