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- Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:13 pm
- Forum: General discussion on blades
- Topic: You might want to get one of these
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1387
You might want to get one of these
Guys, this might sound like an infomercial, but I really just like to let friends know about a good deal on something that's been very helpful to me. If you have cutting tasks on a daily basis like I do you may want to grab one of these Kobalt folding utility knives. BO/BC, but not an automatic. I p...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:03 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: The "Payback."
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6402
Re: The "Payback."
Love that name, Ian!
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:50 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Coil spring straightening
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5192
Re: Coil spring straightening
JerryK, the coil springs are free, and being a welder with over thirty years experience, while I'm not a metallurgist, I do have a bit of metallurgical knowledge. I can control a torch and "read" the color of the metal. I just needed to be told what to look for. I know cherry red from "about to liqu...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:13 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: tang stamp "6"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5446
Re: tang stamp "6"
To your point, Killgar, I've been trying to identify this swing guard without success. I can't value it very accurately since I can't say who made it. I won it on the blade auction site some twenty - plus years ago. It was claimed by the seller to be from Jndiana, Maniago. But according to what has ...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:06 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: How many times a week you give your collection a look?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 10623
Re: How many times a week you give your collection a look?
Quite the collection, Johns. A lot of nice blades there.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: Rizzuto Repair
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8969
Re: Rizzuto Repair
That one looks very similar to one I sold/ traded on here a few months ago. Mine had the swage blade, tang stamp, and the bolster wasn't stepped.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:11 am
- Forum: General discussion on blades
- Topic: The Collection
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5112
Re: The Collection
I like the look of that reverse tanto blade.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:20 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Coil spring straightening
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5192
Re: Coil spring straightening
Got it, Bill. Thanks. Gonna give the cold forming a go first. Maybe do one spring cold and anneal the other and see which one fires better. One thing is certain; I have plenty of donor springs to experiment with!
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:03 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Coil spring straightening
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5192
Re: Coil spring straightening
No, Bill. Wanting to make a kick spring out of a coil spring straightened out, more or less
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: General discussion on blades
- Topic: The Collection
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5112
Re: The Collection
I don't see any reason that this would be the wrong forum, but I'm not a moderator so my opinion doesn't mean anything. The ones I know aren't overbearing at all in my experience here. I doubt it'll be an issue.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Coil spring straightening
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5192
Re: Coil spring straightening
Question: if I heat up a coil spring in order to straighten it, can I then heat treat it back to springiness after getting it in the desired shape? OK, I have to ask, what did you do? Boots, I used two pairs of lineman's pliers and just grabbed on in two places pretty close to each other and twiste...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:55 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Coil spring straightening
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5192
Re: Coil spring straightening
I have lots of these springs available at my work as they come as part of a bendix assembly . We discard this spring and replace it with a lighter weight one for use in the gear assembly we need it for.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:40 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Coil spring straightening
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5192
Re: Coil spring straightening
Bill, this is about 3/32" in diameter stock, about the size of a round stock kick spring, which is what I'm thinking of using it for on my Taiwanese rebuild. I've already gotten it pulled into a very shallow arc of about four inches in length. I figure I'll need another similar length to make kick s...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:28 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Coil spring straightening
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5192
Re: Coil spring straightening
Bill, what I wanted to know was if it would take a proper temper again after being annealed and the how of re heat treating it if it could be done. I'm quite capable of following directions I just need to know what to look for, color -wise as I heat it.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:08 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: Coil spring straightening
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5192
Re: Coil spring straightening
I'm having success shaping it cold, actually, so I don't think I'll risk it.