[TheForge] Re: Powder Damascus

[Mike Spencer]

me> Here's an interesting bit for the Damascus/pattern-welding guys:
me> 
me> Patterned steel billets by powder metallurgy.  [snip]

AndyV> I'm not sure why this has been regarded by some with such
AndyV> fascination.  It's nothing much more or less (depending on how
AndyV> you look at it) from good old fashioned sintering.

I dunno.  The sintered widgets I've seen appear to be to some degree
porous.  The sintered particles aren't totally fused, just, well,
stuck very firmly together.  In this powder Damascus technique, the
sintered billet gets rolled and forged to completely fuse the granular
sarting material.


I'd like to see it done from start to finish.

- Mike

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