Blade testing

[kuraki]

Do you have any designs laid out K?

Only in my head. I've been working on detailing drawings for the forging press I need and this would likely be my next design project.

John, give Aaron Gough a call, you guys will get along great

Probably. I've read a few of his threads and I think we chatted in one.

 

[kuraki]

No matter how hard I try, I can not draw any conclusion from his tests .I think that real test from whom we can made accurate conclusions is to CUT something very thin .That way we test steel, not geometry of the entire blade ..............

So, my idea here, and some reason for using sisal rope as the medium, is to put it under slight tension so it pulls away as it's cut. Not a large amount of tension, only enough to create relief.