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| sbwhart:
Hi B:- that sounds painful there is nothing worse than a burn for pain, Was the bolt heavy. :D I Gave the the punches a bit of a polish and wired them up for tempering, any one who's tried tempering will know that the colour changes happen quickly I read that sitting the job on a bed of sand would increase the mass and slow down the rate of change, so I though I'd give it a try. Her's the job wired up sitting on a tin with about 1 1/2" of sand, I sat the tin over the torch, but it was taking for ever to heat up, took about 1/2 of the sand out still a bit slow took a bit more out about 1/2" of sand left, this work fine each colour transition took about 5 seconds. I was after a purply blue colour 280 - 300 deg C I just left them to air cool. Now for the fun bit with the tool post grinder, I dressed the wheel up then twisted the compound over to 40 deg, worked like a dream, nice sharp corner a good finish. Well do they work yes they do tried them out on a scrap of leather under an arbour press onto a bit of plastic. Whilst using the press it gave me an idea for Johns internal gear tooth shaper. Have fun Stew |
| Krown Kustoms:
Very nice, they look great. Did you temper them by heating the tin of sand from the bottom? If so I will have to try that, I can never get good results by direct heat. -B- |
| sbwhart:
B Yes thats what I did I sat the tin on tripod stand with the burner underneath, I just used what we call builders sand that I dried out first. Good luck Stew |
| Bernd:
Hey Stew, Did you know that's a trick clock makers use to blue the hands of a clock? Bernd |
| Gerhard Olivier:
Nicely done Stew Gerhard |
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