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Daniel, youz be ona rolllllllll! Killer stuff, man! Sara knocked those dashi sheaths outta da park!
Pourin' some out for my homies...:cool:
 
What's up, almost Friday!!!

I'm getting closer! Insowool and first coat of satanite on plus I added a handle to the top and cut out the burner tube and re welded it I wasn't happy with the angle.
 
Daniel Fairly Knives said:
Nice! I just tried to anneal a big piece of nickle and it didn't do anything... I might have had my torch too low. Do you heat to red, cool to black then quench?

The Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight is a good book... mostly covers just the basics but is helpful.



Hey guys!
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Daniel, here's a great article. I did lots of work with nickel when I worked at the lab.

http://www.totalmateria.com/Article32.htm


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flatblackcapo said:
Daniel, youz be ona rolllllllll! Killer stuff, man! Sara knocked those dashi sheaths outta da park!
Pourin' some out for my homies...:cool:
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YOOOOOOO! Thanks FBC! You too dude!

lmao on the homies... I just watched Juice the other day, man that was awesome!


Justin Presson said:
What's up, almost Friday!!!

I'm getting closer! Insowool and first coat of satanite on plus I added a handle to the top and cut out the burner tube and re welded it I wasn't happy with the angle.
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Looking good! :cool:

Getting that burner angle right is tricky... mine is pretty much textbook but just a bit of tuning goes a long ways. Nice work!


fast14riot said:
Daniel, here's a great article. I did lots of work with nickel when I worked at the lab.

http://www.totalmateria.com/Article32.htm


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I'm going to check that out, thanks Xander!

A few years back I was trying to learn how to hard solder and bought some supplies at Monsterslayer (local but they have a website). The owner is a really cool guy and after talking to him about what I was doing he took me in the back, gave me a paper bag and told me to fill it up with all the copper, brass and nickel I wanted! I remember grabbing a few pieces and he took the bag away and loaded it up! :D

I finally got the soldering thing somewhat down and have been messing with bezel settings, etc. I'm sticking with base metal until I'm good but so far things are looking good! I want to make a tanto with all of the fittings poured from my own alloy.



Have a great evening everyone!
 
Good morning guys!

X I read that article... Nickle sounds a bit like silver but trickier. Good stuff, thanks!


I'm currently a bit behind on emails... I'm getting caught up though! Each one means a lot to me.


Lots of rain here, last I checked my Kale was looking good! It turned out to be a good call planting it as it is still getting pretty cold. We are still getting snow daily at elevation! Once it melts I'm doing some collecting at 11,800 feet!
 
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Hey Daniel,

My fusions are of the chemical sorts and I use nickel crucibles but i learned the hard way that high concentrations of caustic plus 750-800C for 5 hours will make nickel basically so soft and nearly useless with holes. Trying to get my hands on Inconel alloys as we use it in industrial settings.

I have been curious on heat treating one of my cheaper blades or just a hunk of metal since I have access to small and large furnaces.

We have a platinum crucible but at 10k a pop we have to guard it with our lives lol.
 
Sounds cool! Please post some pics if you get a chance. :D

My Brother in law does analysis on x ray's of Inconel pipe... told me it was pretty hard to get any scraps!

That's cool on all of the crucibles too! I'm about to get into casting... we also used to look for them around the old mine sites here. Platinum, wow! Very cool stuff!
 
Daniel Fairly Knives said:
lmao the real question is will I ever release the kwaiken folder! :D Soon come!
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I call the first blue looking one.

I will take some pics of the nickel crucibles with the hamon it's produced next week. I wish i could show the older ones but i started to digest it into nickel solution. I may try to make some Ti metal from our processes but prolly end up only a couple of grams lol
 
Hey guys!

SM-100... I'm on the notification list for new product and really want to use some. It will not corrode, is lighter than steel, very elastic and non-magnetic.

The downside is that it is tough to heat treat but if I recall correctly you can send it to Summit Materials to heat treat. I hear it can leave a rough detent path on a folder, kind of like a Ti blade on a folder can.


Fricky almost done!
 
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