Warped Blade Fix

[Rick Marchand]

Hey Peeps..... I just posted a cheesy video of me straightening a warped blade on Youtube.

Rick

Check it out....

[youtube]bYw1tsMrYsU[/youtube]

 

[fivefold]

Great video. Keep 'em comin'.:thumbup:

 

[Mentor]

Nice stuff, Rick.

You need to make yourself a "No snappy - I'm happy" t-shirt!

- Mike

 

[Diomedes Industries]

My son said 'TWEAK' when you said it. It was funny.

TF

 

[Mistwalker]

Well...if you'd have just forged it straight to begin with..............

Cool video, your shoulder must be feeling better!

 

[kgd]

How thick was that blade Rick? That thing flexed really nicely. I've never flexed any of my own blades that much, but have a few times given them a good pull and watched the flex about 1/4 or so as much as you demonstrated your knife.

To me, a good knife should be able to resist a bit of lateral tension placed on it like that. You know, so you can use your knife as it was intended - as a prybar

 

[Rick Marchand]

The blade's spine is 5/32", Ken. If I did it right, you can flex it much more than that.

Then next time I test my heat treat I'll take a video of it. Chopping 2x4's, cutting water bottles, rope, and metal. You guys'll flip! I bend them till they break.... and often times they don't! You have to fail to move ahead as a maker.


Rick

 

[kgd]

Then next time I test my heat treat I'll take a video of it. Chopping 2x4's, cutting water bottles, rope, and metal. You guys'll flip! I bend them till they break.... and often times they don't! You have to fail to move ahead as a maker.

I don't doubt it Rick - its that kind of language I always like to hear from a maker!

 

[pimpnugget]

The blade's spine is 5/32", Ken. If I did it right, you can flex it much more than that.

Then next time I test my heat treat I'll take a video of it. Chopping 2x4's, cutting water bottles, rope, and metal. You guys'll flip! I bend them till they break.... and often times they don't! You have to fail to move ahead as a maker.


Rick

hey rick can you make some tutorials ?

 

[Josh K]

"No snappy, I'm happy."

I love it.

 

[Mack]

The blade's spine is 5/32", Ken. If I did it right, you can flex it much more than that.

Then next time I test my heat treat I'll take a video of it. Chopping 2x4's, cutting water bottles, rope, and metal. You guys'll flip! I bend them till they break.... and often times they don't! You have to fail to move ahead as a maker.


Rick

These are the things that really show in your workmanship. It's easy to see how much you believe in what you make.:thumbup: