Interesting Damascus

J. Keeton

J. Keeton

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Here is a can that I did a long time ago. I drew it out this weekend and etched it. The can was filled with old harley roller bearings, a valve spring, some oil pump gears, and a 50/50 mix of 1095 and 4600E powder.











Sorry about the quality of the pictures.


I have a question also. When yall make billets to sell, how flat do you make them?
 
That is a peculiar pattern. Do you plan on re-forging for further pattern development or use it as is? Also, what is 4600E? I'm not familiar with that number designation. Thanks. -Matt-
 
grease-man said:
That is a peculiar pattern. Do you plan on re-forging for further pattern development or use it as is? Also, what is 4600E? I'm not familiar with that number designation. Thanks. -Matt-
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4600E is basically a mild steel. It etches pretty light.
 
Thanks for your comments. I think, however, I should of sliced the can up and used it for bolsters and finger guards. It did look cooler from the side. I could of accordion folded it as well. I guess thats somthing I can do on future pieces.
 
I like "unique" patterns. That stuff is "cool". By the way, I was at SOG cutlery on business once, and they showed me one of their soon to be released survival designs and I could only think of "cool". When I said it, I was informed by them that the word "cool" is a technical term in the knife world! Sooooooooooo.....COOL!
 
Very nice. I'd like to see what would happen with a medium (1.5-2 twists per inch) twist on a billet of that or maybe laddering it. I bet you could find a lot more fun inside the basic pattern of that one.

-d
 
very nice

I recogonize that oil-pump gear in the photo.


Now a battery of questions:

where do you get your powdered steel?
Anyone else with contacts for large amounts and canadian suppliers?

I hate to pay to ship steel from US to canada when there must already be some here somewhere.

I have seen many methods on how to weld in a can.

Does anyone have comments about can welding?
Or sources of good methods-books articles??

i have seen
hole in can, no hole in can
paper or oil to consume oxygen, no oil
flux, no flux

isn't the point of the can to avoid oxidaton and flux?
i don't understand the need for the hole or the flux

dosent oil contaminate the weld?
Steve
 
deker said:
Very nice. I'd like to see what would happen with a medium (1.5-2 twists per inch) twist on a billet of that or maybe laddering it. I bet you could find a lot more fun inside the basic pattern of that one.

-d
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Hah, I didn't even think of that. Your right that would look awsome twisted.
 
Steven Penner said:
very nice

where do you get your powdered steel?
Anyone else with contacts for large amounts and canadian suppliers?

I hate to pay to ship steel from US to canada when there must already be some here somewhere.

I have seen many methods on how to weld in a can.

Does anyone have comments about can welding?
Or sources of good methods-books articles??

i have seen
hole in can, no hole in can
paper or oil to consume oxygen, no oil
flux, no flux

isn't the point of the can to avoid oxidaton and flux?
i don't understand the need for the hole or the flux

dosent oil contaminate the weld?
Steve
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Ed Caffrey's Video on Mosaic Damascus is great. I didn't put in oil or paper into my can, and it worked fine. I obtained my powder from an American supplier so you problay wouldn't want it.
 
I would appreciate the name of the supplier if you could

Its better to have something to play with and pay too much than have nothing.

Steve
 
J. Keeton said:
Hah, I didn't even think of that. Your right that would look awsome twisted.
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You want to get crazy? Stretch it out to 1" square, cut in half, twist one clockwise, one counterclockwise and weld them back together side by side :) There's millions of possibilities!

Makes me wish I was in the shop today, not on a business trip in AZ!

-d
 
deker said:
You want to get crazy? Stretch it out to 1" square, cut in half, twist one clockwise, one counterclockwise and weld them back together side by side :) There's millions of possibilities!

Makes me wish I was in the shop today, not on a business trip in AZ!

-d
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So many ideas so little time.
 
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