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Offline DRon knife

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Cant melt steel in a fire..think again!
« on: April 25, 2012, 11:07:02 pm »
I wanted a more efficient way of heating steel,so I buried a 3/16x3" steel pipe with 1/4 holes drilled in it under my fire pit,I attached my shop vac blowing in reverse to that sucker and look out!! I would of never thought it would get hot enough to melt steel,but it did!! I had to find out the hard way tho...I melted the handles off of 5 drawknives >:(,I mean COMPLETELY GONE!!!!   The blades(what was left of em')had  what looked like pools of lava on the bottom facing sides. Add breaking My favorite hickory bow this morning and dropping my cell(hence no pictures)in the drink yesterday to my list of high lights for the week! I may not even get out of bed tomorrow!

Offline fishfinder401

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Re: Cant melt steel in a fire..think again!
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2012, 11:50:37 pm »
i did something similar before i got a forge, except mine was made of bricks, but yah, they get really hot ;D
warbows and fishing, what else is there to do?
modern technology only takes you so far, remove electricity and then what

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Re: Cant melt steel in a fire..think again!
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2012, 02:48:51 am »
Sounds like you have my luck >:D
Is this bow making a sickness? or the cure...

Offline fishfinder401

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Re: Cant melt steel in a fire..think again!
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2012, 02:51:22 am »
im curious, why were 5 draw knifes n there?
warbows and fishing, what else is there to do?
modern technology only takes you so far, remove electricity and then what

Offline DRon knife

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Re: Cant melt steel in a fire..think again!
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2012, 05:13:06 pm »
I wanted to harden them all back to back,I've done it before,just not with the new 'Blow Torch'!! Needless to say I was a little peeved but I shrugged it off with the help of a little V an C...!! I woke up this morning and jumped right on the replacements with the determination to make even better knives,lemons to lemonaide I like to say!!

Offline jonathan creason

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Re: Cant melt steel in a fire..think again!
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2012, 05:48:50 pm »
Yep, that charcoal can get dang hot, especially with that much air blast.  Might be better off with a hair dryer on low or a squirrel cage blower.
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Offline DRon knife

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Re: Cant melt steel in a fire..think again!
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2012, 08:25:03 pm »
lol...where'd I put that squirrel cage blower?