absurdly obvious beginner mistake #1

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rjudoka

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If you are working in your basement like I am, DO NOT edge quench your blades underneath the smoke detector without disconnecting it first. DUH. Makes a hell of a lot of noise!


Rick
 
I'm going to buy a new jacket this weekend, due to my heat treating yesterday.

Did at least take my stuff outside, but use a gooop quench, and after I dropped knives in oven for a snap temper, brought quench pan back in. Problem is, goop was still liquid, and I wasn't holding it straight, so dumped wax/goop all over floor. annoyed hell out of me, but put pan away, and figured I'd clean it tomorrow. What I didn't notice till this morning was wher eelse it got.

Was putting on jacket for work, which owner was questionable on anwyays, being a camouflage jacket(little does he know my hobbies. ;) ) Noticed it smelled like smoke from the HT'ing. Annoyed me, but figured I'd live with it, waash it tomorrow. Then I pulled it closed and started zipping it up, and noticed nice big red waxy buildup on front of jacket.

So i guess I'm gonna sue one of those Sears coupons tomorrow and get myself a new one :rolleyes:
 
Don't knock a block of 1950 degree steel out of the oven onto the linoleom floor either. It is difficult to quench a blade and retrieve the block and extingish the fire at the same time. Of course, I would never had done anything stupid like that.:o

RL
 
Not nearly as serious as the first time Tom Ferry tried making TIMASCUS and squirted molten titanium out both ends of his press!!!!



It took a LONG time to stop burning thru his floor!!!! :( :eek: :(
 
It took a LONG time to stop burning thru his floor
Now you know why I forge outdoors.

OK....I'll fess up next. There was the crucible I made from unknown steel and it melted dripping molten aluminum on my shoe...amd sock....and foot!:eek: :o :grumpy:
 
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