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- Feb 2, 2004
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I just got some 9/16" wire rope, welded the ends, fluxed, and heated to yellow. Over a couple of heats I twisted up as tight as I could, fluxing every time. I then started working it with the hammer, first lightly and the more heavily. After a whole bunch of heats, with lots of flux, and hitting it from all sides, I took it out and ground the end down. In a few spots on the end, I could just barely make out the ends of wires. So I did everything again (its getting alot thinner than 9/16"). Again, I could see lines around some of the wires. Is the wire not welding, or should this be expected? This will be my first real damascus blade, and I'm not planning on selling it or anything, so it doesn't have to be perfect, but am I going to run into a lot of problems if it isn't perfectly welded? Thanks.
-Will
-Will