This should not have worked - Damascus

[JTknives]

Now that I have the new forge I’m trying to stay away from flux for my welding. After some prodding from Salem I decided to try a dry weld. I have dry welded billets in the past but nothing this long and not in a ribbon burner. So I gave it a dunk kerosene and into the ribbon burner forge. After that is when things went down hill really quickly. because of a set up error on my part with the press it got heated and cooled like 4 times just trying to make my way from one end to the other. Well here is a video, I will let it explain what happened and the shocking results.

 

[Knife freaky]

How are you liking that Ribbon Burner? Is it useful for anything other than Damascus? I've always heard that they're not good for much else then Damascus as they burn so hot.I am very tempted to build one But I don't do Damascus just yet

 

[JTknives]

Who ever started that rumor is dead wrong. It’s an amazing forge. With pid control it’s like you have a heat treat oven that jade so much power you can forge with it. I will never go back to any other type of forge.

 

[Rick Marchand]

Looks like you set the weld on the first pass... it doesn't take much. A false crisis is a good crisis.

 

[Bob Ohlemann]

Looks like you set the weld on the first pass... it does take much. A false crisis is a good crisis.

Exactly what I thought while watching the video. Now, had you had the same issue on the first pass, there might have been a problem.

Bob

 

[Rick Marchand]

I hate when I read my speeling/grammer errors in a quote!

 

[Stromberg Knives]

I hate when I read my speeling/grammer errors in a quote!

The good old QFD (Quoted For Truth).