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Blacked-Out Chopper for TMS 2015
- Thread starter Don Nguyen
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Thanks Joe! That truly means a lot to me.
The handle I kind of just visualized it in my head and tried it out. I think the main features work, but I would make small changes to some of the minor geometries. I'd definitely have a larger swell in the back but it's difficult due to the size limitations of c-tek.
For the competition I had to get some microscopy images. Here is the optical comparison at 1k:
SEM comparisons at 1k, 5k, and 10k. You can see that there are some bainitic features on the spine but primarily it is martensite. Since I aimed for a martensite/bainite duplex of sorts, I'd say this is somewhat of a success in that I just wanted to see if it was possible.
The handle I kind of just visualized it in my head and tried it out. I think the main features work, but I would make small changes to some of the minor geometries. I'd definitely have a larger swell in the back but it's difficult due to the size limitations of c-tek.
For the competition I had to get some microscopy images. Here is the optical comparison at 1k:
SEM comparisons at 1k, 5k, and 10k. You can see that there are some bainitic features on the spine but primarily it is martensite. Since I aimed for a martensite/bainite duplex of sorts, I'd say this is somewhat of a success in that I just wanted to see if it was possible.
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Don
Yep thats Travis at the farm... Actually that is how (Partly anyway) I've been doing my quenches for the past couple years.
I add a few steps to get the most out of ea steel type but essentialy the same method. Learned it from Bruce Evans
Always wondered as they tested fine but kind of a Validation of the method
Damn cool blade :thumbup:
Yep thats Travis at the farm... Actually that is how (Partly anyway) I've been doing my quenches for the past couple years.
I add a few steps to get the most out of ea steel type but essentialy the same method. Learned it from Bruce Evans
Always wondered as they tested fine but kind of a Validation of the method
Damn cool blade :thumbup: