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03-13-2015, 06:46 PM
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Made an Angry Victor for myself.
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03-13-2015, 06:48 PM
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Side note, my knife forge WILL NOT handle any more blade than this. This is the absolute outer limit for blade size from me right now.
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03-13-2015, 07:50 PM
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When you say that your forge won't handle a bigger knife than that do you mean that it won't heat it for hardening? A solution for that would be to have a port on the back side of the forge that you can stick the far end of the blade out of. You just work the blade back and forth to heat it evenly. With practice you could probably heat a blade twice the length than the depth of your forge.
As far as forging goes I have a forge that is 7" deep and I could theoretically forge a 36" sword blade in it because all you can really work with your hammer is about 3-4" at a time.
To be honest, I'm really prejudice against forge finishes and think that few can bring them off well, though I have to admit that you did pretty good. I would also suggest that you clean up the spine a little better to get rid of the nicks and hollows
All in all you are definitely showing improvement.
Doug
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03-13-2015, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Doug Lester
When you say that your forge won't handle a bigger knife than that do you mean that it won't heat it for hardening? A solution for that would be to have a port on the back side of the forge that you can stick the far end of the blade out of. You just work the blade back and forth to heat it evenly. With practice you could probably heat a blade twice the length than the depth of your forge.
As far as forging goes I have a forge that is 7" deep and I could theoretically forge a 36" sword blade in it because all you can really work with your hammer is about 3-4" at a time.
To be honest, I'm really prejudice against forge finishes and think that few can bring them off well, though I have to admit that you did pretty good. I would also suggest that you clean up the spine a little better to get rid of the nicks and hollows
All in all you are definitely showing improvement.
Doug
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THANK YOU for the compliment, that's tough to come by around here so far. And my forge is an Atlas factory-built number. I don't want to try cutting it up for a port I may not use any time soon. Next yer when taxes come back in I'm gonna take a look at buying a lager overall forge, I THOUGHT this one was gonna be bigger, and it was still a bit above my price range. I had to make the jump for the Grizzly this year so I had a workshop. I debated cleaning the spine up but I wanted the nicks and hollows there. I wanted SOME contrast between the forge finish and the shine of the steel without making it look too pristine. The bevel by itself didn't feel like enough of a contrast.
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03-13-2015, 11:47 PM
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IMG_0147_1.JPGYou might want to consider building your next forge. Even if you feel that a venturi burner is a little above you to build you could always just get that part and build the body. These are my two forges. The large one is build in a large mail box. It's lined with ceramic fiber and coated with a refractory cement. The smaller one is the forge that gets the most use. It's cast from Cast-O-Lite castable refractory. All the iron parts are from a hardware store along with the brass nipples and gate valves. The brass valves I got from High Temperature Tools and Refractory. You can get the ceramic fiber, I think the carry Ins-wool, and the refractory also.
The burners are blown but they are easier build that venturi burners. The air source is a bounce house blower that I picked up used from Ebay.
Doug
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03-14-2015, 07:04 AM
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Good point, Doug. I may just order the burner and fire blanket. I could do the rest, the burner was what stopped me. Also I don't have a welder. My last built forge was a series of terrible ideas stacked on top of each other trying to get it done for free.
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03-14-2015, 08:45 AM
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Burners don't have to be expensive or complicated. In my forge building video I built several burners. One forced air burner was built on the cheap using a bench grinder motor, a $11 squirrel cage, a plastic bucket, a hand made wooded gate valve, and some PVC pipe. The total cost was almost nothing and the design ridiculously simple but it works great. Too much of the burner building information on the internet is overly complicated ...
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03-14-2015, 10:25 AM
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Attachment 15196You might want to consider building your next forge. Even if you feel that a venturi burner is a little above you to build you could always just get that part and build the body. These are my two forges. The large one is build in a large mail box. It's lined with ceramic fiber and coated with a refractory cement. The smaller one is the forge that gets the most use. It's cast from Cast-O-Lite castable refractory. All the iron parts are from a hardware store along with the brass nipples and gate valves. The brass valves I got from High Temperature Tools and Refractory. You can get the ceramic fiber, I think the carry Ins-wool, and the refractory also.
The burners are blown but they are easier build that venturi burners. The air source is a bounce house blower that I picked up used from Ebay.
Doug
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Like be the mail box idea Doug !!
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