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| mr=punch |
File knifeGot lots of old english made files in my shed but as tools they are a bit past it So I thought I would give them another life as knives.I need to buy a decent grinder and polisher but still had a go, winter is coming so having forge going will be nice. Here are some pics of the first one I have ever made by hand and sweat. 
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| hyperion |
looks good! 
cheers hyperion |
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| tyke |
Looks ok mate but files are ussually very brittle,if you do get a grinder on them make sure you have a full face visor on. | ||
| mr=punch |
Very true but that is why the forge is on as unless you re temper the steel you would be on a hiding to nothing, it is not just a case of sticking a file on a grinder but you are right to point it out. Once the knife is made it needs tempering again to give a nice edge that does not chip or dent when in use, when I do the next one I will explain more and post pics of the whole process. cheers. |
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| tyke |
Being a builder ive had lots of experiance with grinders and plenty of bad experiances,ive still got shards of metal/brick in me.
A lot of people take cutting/grinding to lightly,obviously you know what youre doing mate but someone else could be tempted to have a bash better safe than sorry. Interesting idea didnt realise you could re temper a file,looking forward to the next part. tyke. |
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| BigCharl |
Can't wait to see your next go at it, I will take note and have a go my self, got laods of old files. Charl. | ||
| hyperion |
i did once, ended up with bits of hot metal in my eye! |
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| tyke |
Sorry punch dont want to hog your thread mate but i think this is worth a mention.
I bought a full face visor a few months ago cost £8 or £9 from screwfix, last saturday it saved my eyesight,melting lead pipe to make small ingots it exploded in my face,i think there was a bit of moisture trapped in the pipe? best £9 ive ever spent imo. My mate got blinded by molten aluminium before that we all took chances, we dont now not ever. |
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| mr=punch |
Wow!! my full face cost £30 but it is joined to a hard hat too I use it for everything exept welding of course.
I know a bloke that lost sight in one eye from rust whilst working under a car, you just never know. You can advise people but at the end of the day everybody is responsible for their own safety, the silliest and very painful mistake I made was to hold a lump of 4x4 that was just too big for my chopsaw, I was going to feed it in gradually but the saw grabbed the wood and crushed the end of my finger between the wood and the backplate, it has never really healed properly. I am mister over careful now as I don't want that sort of pain again. |
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| wabbiter |
check this out gents http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ysKd1cswlo then this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIvyPxyVKQc&feature=related this guy seems to know his trade.sorry i cant find the other two.....mack | ||
| fish |
great knife project,farrier made one for me but the wife put it 'in a safe place' so havent seen it for 2 years!
mr punch,will you be giving it a hammon? its worth the trouble for the strength. |
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| tyke |
wabbiter good find mate heres parts 3 & 4,you look under "more from greenpete" on the right hand side above "related vids" if you click it it brings up all his vids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XGnc8mgEBE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBcxo4ojmgo |
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| mr=punch |
Hi fish
I am not going to give this one a hamon as it is a bit small it has been annealed though so is going to be very usable, I am looking around my shed for a bit of timber to make scales from. |
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| badoosh |
I do like that punch,very inspiring again 
glad i read the rest of the thread though regards safety excellent links as well wabbiter,greenpete very informative got a few ideas for a forge. Cheers |
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| tyke |
badoosh
If you are thinking of building a forge/furnace this is a good site,loads of info http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/ Ive built a large "flowerpot" jobby using a galvanised waste burner and the blower is an airbed pump,works really well. |
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| badoosh |
cheers
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