thanks for the help, still have a couple questions though, in the post you said water, i was thinking of using old engine oil, is water better then oil? do you know what temperature is best to heat it to, because with the electric furnace i have access to it would be much easier to know the temp rat...

jakethebeast wrote:i hope you are planning to do differential heat treatment

yea of cause...... just ah, what is differential heat treatment?

Crna Legija wrote:that look awesome really top notch work.

drilling holes in its gonna be hard if it still hardened have you Annealing it yet?

thanks, yea i did that before i started the knife otherwise i would have given up a long time ago.

how long did it take to do that much? not exactly sure how long that took must have taken a couple hours or so, then add a few more to that to get it to where it is now You could still launch it you know.... good idea :o ........... wait!, no, terrible idea :lol: i have pretty much got it ready for...

looks bloody great man, what did you use to use to grind the blade? cheers, so far iv just been using an angle grinder, but theres still a lot to go and am thinking i might try a belt sander to get it nice and even edit: lol kinda contradictory of your sig. ha ha funny you picked that up because i ...

hey everyone just thought i would show you what i have done so far on my knife that iv started making out of a file not going to go into much detail just yet, if you have any questions/tips i would love to hear them, anyways here are some pictures of it so far Edit: or going by the order of the phot...

i was planing on placing it in the furnace just after my dad has finished using it so it will be at 1000c, then just leave it in there while the furnace cools will that work well for softening the file? ill worry about the rest of the proces once the blade is shaped sorry i have no experience in any...

hey guys, havent posted in a while but i have decided to try and make a knife out of an old file and thought i would ask for advice here. what would be the best temperature to anneal it at? i have access to an electronic furnace so it wont be hard to get it to the right temp, also after making the k...

has anyone thought about putting the liquid in a capsule and shooting it? i've made one but i'm really curious if anyone else has made such a thing? i have filled empty pill capsules with the glow stick liquid and shot it out of a mimi combustion before, one of them hit a tree branch and made a nic...

anybody have an idea on how to make good wheel weights for a tractor??? i have heard of filling them with water, but rims are made of steel, water rusts steel, same with calicum, i am thinking of using brake drums, and just drill holes in the brake drums and just using holes of the wheel weight i h...

have just finished an 8mm airgun that i am planing on making a nice handle for, altho i havent tested power quite yet so i dont know if i will bother or not

just got given these 2 compressors and am just wondering what you guys think would be the best to use and how to use them? and yes i will start looking at other threads.

dose anyone know around about how much it would coast to set up? like $20, $50 or $100?

thanks guys

and yea it dose work, although it would be a pain in the ass to tune if possible at all, ill see how i go i might put up a video soon

JSR
ha ha ha yea maybe it could work with the guitar to and yea im planning to use them on that hammer valve gun but i still havent gotten a spring yet

hello everyone, just thought i would share my miniature guitar that i made at work, tell me what you think

ah ok thanks, i think mine is about 10mm, wasnt sure if mine was to big for a decent sized spring/hammer to open, but i guess if you can get the 8mm one to work with twice the pressure i guess it shouldnt be to hard