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[gfish]

Dammit, the new machete blade cracked when I was redoing the heat treatment.



I need to be more careful about normalization. I'm thinking I'll get a section of 2 inch black iron pipe, and heat the blades through that. It will make getting an even heat for quenching much easier, and if I turn off the burner and leave it in there, should be a nice, slow, even cooling for normalizing. Won't have to worry about gusts of air or the blade drooping as I move it around.

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[tfabris.livejournal.com]

Slightly shorter machete? ;-)