What I did today.

Phillip Patton · Mar 21, 2006

Froze to death.
Gave my recently rebuilt forge another coat of ITC-100.
Froze to death.
Ground out an L-6 blade I hardened yesterday (with a ten minute soak

)
Froze to death.
Coated my Even Heat with ITC-100. Has anybody else done this? Seems like anything to boost efficiency is good. This is actually the sort of application ITC-100 was designed for.
Froze to death.

What did y'all get done?

butcher_block · Mar 21, 2006

work got cold and wet:barf:
some hand sanding wet
band saw next up and milling to round out the day
goin to have to let us all know how coating the kiln works out for you
butch

Phillip Patton · Mar 21, 2006

I guess I should be glad it wasn't raining here today.
I wish I had timed how long it took the oven to get up to temp before, I'll just have to guess.

Chant · Mar 21, 2006

I drilled holes for a guard slot.
Then I cut the slot.
Then I filed.
And I filed.
And I filed.
And I filed.
And I filed.
And I filed.
And I filed.
And I filed.
And I filed.
And it doesn't fit

.
So I came upstairs to research milling machines on bladeforums.
I think I'll order a Taig. Now I just have to figure out what "accessories" I need with it in order to do guards.

butcher_block · Mar 21, 2006

Phillip Patton said:
I guess I should be glad it wasn't raining here today.
I wish I had timed how long it took the oven to get up to temp before, I'll just have to guess.

hahahah no rain here nor heat in the building i work in most the day but i wash mats in large washers so today(every day) i was pulling wet mats out and the air was about 50 so yes cold and wet every day woohoo:barf: got to find a different job
butch

Phillip Patton · Mar 21, 2006

Chant said:
I drilled holes for a guard slot.
Then I cut the slot.
Then I filed.
And I filed.
And I filed.
And I filed.
And I filed.
And I filed.
And I filed.
And I filed.
And I filed.
And it doesn't fit .
So I came upstairs to research milling machines on bladeforums.
I think I'll order a Taig. Now I just have to figure out what "accessories" I need with it in order to do guards.

Filing guards is the most detestable part of knifemaking, in my opinion. I had one guard take 3 hours to fit. :barf: It was a double guard on a full tang.
If I had the funds and the room, I'd order a mill yesterday.

Phillip Patton · Mar 21, 2006

butcher_block said:
hahahah no rain here nor heat in the building i work in most the day but i wash mats in large washers so today(every day) i was pulling wet mats out and the air was about 50 so yes cold and wet every day woohoo:barf: got to find a different job
butch

Sounds miserable, but your workplace was still twice as warm as mine.

blgoode · Mar 21, 2006

This morning I finished the profiles of 4 misc knives.
Got one to 120 grit for HT this weekend
Finished a neck knife
1/2 finished another
Shipped off 4 knives.

Man.........I have been working at a steady and cinstant rate and I am slowly but surely getting more comfortable making knives. Makes it even mre fun.......

Oh Yeah, got slapped in the head by a 60 grit belt at 7:45 before being at work at 8:00 :thumbup: Gotta love that!!!!!

butcher_block · Mar 22, 2006

work from last night today im going to have to mill the tang do some more sanding and them ready for heat treat

butch

Phillip Patton · Mar 22, 2006

blgoode said:
This morning I finished the profiles of 4 misc knives.
Got one to 120 grit for HT this weekend
Finished a neck knife
1/2 finished another
Shipped off 4 knives.

Man.........I have been working at a steady and cinstant rate and I am slowly but surely getting more comfortable making knives. Makes it even mre fun.......

Oh Yeah, got slapped in the head by a 60 grit belt at 7:45 before being at work at 8:00 :thumbup: Gotta love that!!!!!

Good for you! i shipped a total of four knives last year.

It might help to advertise...
Ouch, did the belt draw blood?

Phillip Patton · Mar 22, 2006

butcher_block said:
work from last night today im going to have to mill the tang do some more sanding and them ready for heat treat
butch

Looks good, butch. Did you mill the fullers? What steel?

Ernie2525 · Mar 22, 2006

Phil.. Be happy !
Lakes of the four seasons and Myers dunes aint that far.
Be warm and be ready ! For Spring !

butcher_block · Mar 22, 2006

Phillip Patton said:
Looks good, butch. Did you mill the fullers? What steel?

thanks
the fullers were ruffed in then rounded the ends with dremel lots of hand sanding to make them look like that i still think i have more to do to clean them up more
if im right on the size ball mill i would have needed, the cost would have been 250+ so that was a no go
the steel is the new ish cpm154 3/16 thick
butch

Phillip Patton · Mar 22, 2006

Ernie2525 said:
Phil.. Be happy !
Lakes of the four seasons and Myers dunes aint that far.
Be warm and be ready ! For Spring !

Oh, I am ready for spring. But then, technically, it's spring now, and it's still cold.:barf: People tell, me, when summers here and it's real hot that I'll wish for winter, but that's not true, I've never wished for winter during the summer.
Thanks for the encouragement though, I know it'll get here eventually.
On the bright side, the sun is shining!!

Raymond Richard · Mar 22, 2006

I think it should be fall all year long. Let me rephrase, the first part of fall all year long.....

Been doing alot of thinking, then forging, then getting ideas, then forging the new ideas, and then getting more ideas. Not getting a thing done but having fun.