jdm61
itinerant metal pounder
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I am looking to do a laddered W billet for the first time and was wondering if anyone could give me advice on how many "layers" to do after the flip with a billet that has 25-35 layers before flipping? I saw a WIP that Bruce Bump did with a feather pattern bowie and he went to 32 "layers" post flip IIRC. The lowest layer count that I have ever done for standard ladder is 180 and I have found that you have to go to 300+ before you start seeing the "chatoyance" in the pattern I typically go 400+.