Stainless Welding, and Explosion Pattern ???

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Roger Keagle

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Could you hlep me to learn these two skills, I have a 60 toon press, fire on coke and have welded for over 40 years give to take...do my own engraving, and make a few folders from time to time,,, need new chalanges...thanks guys
 
striper28 said:
Explosion pattern is twisted crushed W's
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So you mean just a straight twisted W's? Or is "crushed W's" a variation on the standard W's?

Roger: For stainless welding, what I've heard (haven't gotten the bits together to try it yet) is that you need to grind everything clean and either pack it all into a can that you weld shut or weld around the entire perimeter of the stack. ANY oxygen will keep the weld from setting, and you want to weld stainless dry. no flux or anything else in the can.

-d
 
Crushed W's is when you weld up say 30 layers and have a good solid weld. You then turn the billet 90deg so the layers are running vertically and flatten out the your billet. Be careful as to not break the welds. Once flat square the bar and twist it, then reflatten. Try it in clay or playdoh and see how it comes out.
 
striper28 said:
Crushed W's is when you weld up say 30 layers and have a good solid weld. You then turn the billet 90deg so the layers are running vertically and flatten out the your billet. Be careful as to not break the welds. Once flat square the bar and twist it, then reflatten. Try it in clay or playdoh and see how it comes out.
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Ok, gotcha. That's how I've done W's in the past. Next billet I'll have to twist it.

Thanks!

-d
 
twisted ws will give the pattern most refer to as firestorm. the more ws the finer the fire. explosion is a radial derivitive.
 
burke531 said:
twisted ws will give the pattern most refer to as firestorm. the more ws the finer the fire. explosion is a radial derivitive.
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That's kind of what I thought, but I thought that "explosion" was another name for firestorm or something. Can you explain in a little more detail how to get to explosion?

thanks,

-d
 
stack an uneven billet. ie... 1/4 inch of 1080 then 1/16 of 15n20 then 1/8 1080 and 1/8 15n20 then 1/16 1080 1/4 15n20 or some variance this initial stack will determine the look of the shock waves. Just experiment until you find something that you like. weld up and fold one time with the 1080 in the middle. Then make w's, again experiment with the number of layers of w's to get the effect that you want. pinch the bar in two length wise and then cut in half so that you end up with four triangle shaped pieces of steel a few inches long. polish and lightly etch the ends and then restack into the radial so that you get the best match of pattern. Reweld the stack being careful not to distort too much. That should be it BOOM
 
So far, so good. But then what? Use pieces as sections for Mosaic? Cut lengthwise and forge blade from slices? I'm a bit confused as usual.
 
Boy, am I learning heaps, and your timing could not be better...just got my third press going and have moved my fire closer as well....now I have to find some blade stock, have been using bandsaw blades, and strapping, but here in the bush it is not easy to find other materials...we have t make do for the most part.
 
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