Workshops/bladesmithing: Difference between revisions

* What we're going to do

** Making a small utility knife

** Show the metal, micarta, rivets, wood. Show the knife

** Describe the basic forging, making tang, drawing out blade, grind, harden, grind, handle, sharpen

** Legality, what we're doing is legal and why, what you can and can't do

** Clothing, overalls best, nothing flammable, avoid synthetics

** Heavy boots, toe-capped preferred

** Hazards of metals high in nickel, chrome, cadmium etc, and protection needed

** Arc-eye hazards of welding

** Use the diagram to explain things

** The states the steel can be in, what is critical temperature and why it matters.

*** Maybe EN47 - +£5, TOUGH! OK sharpness, rusts, harder to work

*** Others I can get if you want to go further but don't have right now

** Anyone competent does their own, anyone else I do

** Emphasise use a LOT of weld material

*** DO NOT TRY TO CATCH THE HOT METAL

*** Pick it up IMMEDIATELY with grips, place onto hot-safe surface

** Describe the forge and it's parts

** How the tunnel can be opened longer for bigger objects

*** Large flames are more stable, small flames may result in burner over-heat, check this often

** Starting up the second burner if you have a need to for a long object

** Why we need to normalize

** What it does

** Proper procedure

** What happens if we're not hot enough, or too hot!

** Heating to a suitable colour, testing with magnet if you need to

** Squaring it off but not all the way to the dop rod