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« Reply #40 on: February 16, 2010, 07:51:22 pm »
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Morning Homefire,
Keep in mind this is high grade steel and the correct welding procedure applied so the metal does not become brittle.
The extra tip top and bottom should only be welded down the sides and not across the back. The same procedure for welding vehicle chassis, no welding at right angles to main body.
This pick has had one season digging some serious holes in West Australian goldfields with out fail.
The pick is laying to the right of this photo after 30 minutes of hard digging.

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« Reply #41 on: February 16, 2010, 08:14:23 pm »
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I've  Made knives and tool out of car'truck  leaf springs and saw blades before.

Files need to be Soft Tempered before you can do anything with them.

You can harden them later.

Old Rasp files make the most cool blades. Great


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« Reply #42 on: February 17, 2010, 09:34:50 am »
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I've made a couple knives that way too Homefire, old files at yardsales make good cheap knives.

Nice tips on welding Nightjar. Looks like its well field tested Smiley I'd like to make one for my truck but I don't think I wanna carry that bad boy backpacking  Grin

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« Reply #43 on: March 19, 2010, 08:38:13 am »
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Ok you didn't dig that for a potty hole so what was at the bottom of it?

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