[TheForge] Chasing and engraving

Mon Mar 31 12:44:21 2003

I believe the 44g drums are made from the same steel. and should work fine.
I use the drum steel stock on the outer layers of my damascus billets to
protect the high carbon layers from de carbonizing during the initial billet
forging process.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Chasing and engraving


> Hey thats something worth knowing, only 55's? Ive got a lot of 44g drums
> here...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Robinson" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: 31 March, 2003 2:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Chasing and engraving
>
>
> > Hey Philip,
> > Try cutting a section from a 55 gallon steel drum.
> > You want the lowest carbon content you can get.
> > The drums are approximately 1008, according to a friend of mine.
> > Chuck
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Phlip" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 10:07 PM
> > Subject: [TheForge] Chasing and engraving
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I'm looking for some information about chasing and/or engraving, on
> steel.
> > >
> > > My SCA Cooks have a project, to make tiles for Pennsic, primarily out
of
> > > foodstuffs, so, me being as wrong-headed as I usually am, I thought
I'd
> > tool
> > > a leather tile on a smithing subject- likely an anvil or some such-
and
> > make
> > > a steel (or iron) tile on a leather subject- possibly using one of the
> > > overly prevalent oak-leaf-and-acorn themes from the Western-style of
> > leather
> > > carving.
> > >
> > > Since the piece will be simply decorative, I imagine I can use any
steel
> > > that will take a tool print, so that being the case, what should I
use?
> > Will
> > > any old mild steel do? And, what kind of steel would I need for my
> tools?
> > > How should I shape the tools? Any help you guys can give me will be
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> > > Phlip
> > >
> > >  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> > > cat.
> > >
> > > Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> > > And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
> > >
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