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Congrats on the new status.[:D]
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  • spryor
    I e-mailed you a welding question.[:p]
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  • spryor
    I was'nt being critical of the auction. I was simply saying...WOW. Dad gone thing is selling for over 6 grand. Was hard to believe. If I had an extra 6 grand I may have bid myself. But anyhow. No big deal. I think someone was looking a little too much into it.
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  • spryor
    You sure it wasn't just gas pains?[:D]
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  • spryor
    Found a new eye for you.

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    "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" - Ben Franklin

    "I'm a man...but I can change...If I have to...I guess." Red Green
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  • FrancF
    To be honest, Back in the early 80's The company I worked for Coined the phrase "Metal Fusion Engineer" in place of "Journeyman Welder/advanced Fabricator". Working in the silicone valley, these Flowery names started to pop up. ETC Its more of a joke if you ask me[:D]

    quote:Do you do damascus and such..?
    A bunch of the guys in the shop do, I have toyed with it and its fun!
    Bronze/Copper all deferent alloys etc for knifes, Jewelery that they make on the side.

    quote:Have you ever toyed with induction heating apparatus'..?

    Yes we use propane fired forges for heating alloys white hot. After that we us power hammers for shaping/Drawing/Texturing etc.

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    My Forte is Primarily TiG welding odd alloys that are not in every day use. I like figuring out methods/strength, integrity etc of alloys not commonly matched. I am AWS certified in TiG, MiG.
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  • FrancF
    Forgot to add we did have a full on Damascus knife smith and He was GOOD! But he wanted to go on his own.
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  • spryor
    Yes, i've toyed with the layering of non-ferrous metals also, but know it by
    the name of mokume, Neat stuff, and is just sweated together in a furnace or kiln.

    No, the induction heating i'm talking about is done with electric, and
    works on the same
    princile as a microwave oven.

    Back about 1976 i worked in a small machine shop near Chicago, and this incredibly smart ol boy that owned the shop made one for heating the end of rods that were then forged into a screwdriver.

    this thing was the size of an avg. kitchen stove, but had a liquid cooled copper coil that came out the front..looked like a car's coil spring. You could put a rod of steel in this coil (without touching anything), hit a button and in just a couple seconds the steel is cherry red hot.

    I have since seen someone in the knife world making these machines for knifemakers, but can see many other useful applications for such technology.
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