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anyone know a good (UK?) source for sandvik steels? I'm after a lump of 4mm thick.
It seems I can order a 250m x 360mm piece for about £70 - but only from Greece, or Lapland (!)
someone in the UK must stock it to buy online?
It seems I can order a 250m x 360mm piece for about £70 - but only from Greece, or Lapland (!)
someone in the UK must stock it to buy online?
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Surely too thin for a knife? the hardpoint saws I have are only .4? .6? millimeter. They're OK to make cabinet scrapers though?
I've made a few marking knives out of die-cutting/folding "knives". any box/carton cutting firm is likely to have some scrap bits lying about. Comes in 25 or 50mm width, and 1mm to 3mm thickness.
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The only stuff I have ever managed to get hold of has had to come in from Europe.
I have got some of the sandvik blade stainless I can sort you out with a bit that size I expect but I think its probably nearer 6mm thick. I can dig it out if you want me to have a look.
I have got a decent stock of O1 tool steel as well in most thickness which would be quite a bit cheaper than the sandvik..
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I have had stuff from them before, good service but I think they only do strips not plates.
Might be worth asking them if they can get bigger bits in?
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I'll have a think - i still have all the rasps to use, plus a couple of 3ft circular saw blades, and a 2ft piece of 10mm x 100mm piece of leaf spring to use first.
And a belt grinder to make.
And the forge to dig out of storage and set up.
And the kiln/muffle furnace to get out of the car!
(First job: buy a bigger whiteboard for my "to-do" list
)good knot
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Nice bit of rope work as well!
Do you want to countersink the holes down to the centre or just deburr them?
Cobalt would be my weapon of choice if it's already hardened
Do you want to countersink the holes down to the centre or just deburr them?
Cobalt would be my weapon of choice if it's already hardened
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My recommendation would be to anneal it, countersink it, re-heat-treat it
I have got some cobalt ones but I think they might all be on taper shanks. I will have a look tonight.
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Time to build the propane forge then....My recommendation would be to anneal it, countersink it, re-heat-treat it
I have got some cobalt ones but I think they might all be on taper shanks. I will have a look tonight.
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One I’m working on at the moment
I heated up the tang until blue to soften slightly, drilled straight through and countersunk just using HSS, could be smoother but this one so will obviously have scales so just somewhere for the epoxy to go around the brass pins
I heated up the tang until blue to soften slightly, drilled straight through and countersunk just using HSS, could be smoother but this one so will obviously have scales so just somewhere for the epoxy to go around the brass pins
whats the material?
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Can’t tell you any more than an old rasp. Blade is still hard but think I am going to try a proper heat treat at the weekend to make sure and for a bit of practice
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