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Kevin Kenny
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Just got a notice from Lee Valley . I paid $36 for these a few months ago from Zak Jewlers.
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The reason i get so many nice tools from new york is that one of my daughter lives there and i send all my on line purchase tools to her apartment. Tools for woodworking. I’ve actually only found two great physical stores to visit. The first is “tools for woodworking “ . Its located in a bit of a grubby area so don't take your wife as i did. 112 26th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232. They also have a web site toolsforwoodworking.com so you can see what they have. The other is. jak Jewelry tools 37 west 46th street in Manhattan. You have to walk up a number of stairs and there is lots of security all around the place . I guess they must make jewelry around the area. Again they have a web site jakjewelrytools.com. My usual on line store is Lee Valley which has some wonderful miniature tools that i have shipped to her home.
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Oh dear, indoor swimming pool. Last night we had a electrical surge that resulted in fire in 4 homes in my neighborhood including mine when one of the multi plug strips burst into fire. We were luck that we were home that night.
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This would be my first choice.
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Starting to figure put how to paint the scrolls. Using acrylic paint. 000 paint brush. Pencil in the scrolls on the blue acrylic and painting over the pencil lines. . Any suggestions My Movie 18.mov
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Also found a good tube of Prussian blue and some new paint brushes that turned out to be useless.
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The Foredom is a totally different tool. It runs at around 20,000 rpm and is full of power. The Turbo carves runs at 400,000 rpm and has no power what so ever. You paint with the turbo while you cut with the Foredom. You will have to use one to understand what i mean. I have long had a compressor so that cost is not of concern for me. The hand piece is around $200.
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Just saw this post. Sorry Bruce. No there is no record of her playing a role of any kind during the war.
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I have included some of these changes in the video and replaced it with a new version.
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Thank you Alan. Ill have to read it about 5 times to understand in layman's terms. What was interesting in the videos on YouTube is that the test to achieve the correct heat was arrived at by testing the magnetic properties of the red hot steel. They claim its only when the steel has lost its magnetic properties that it has achieved the correct temperature to be made soft, and they just let the piece cool at normal room temperature on the work table. Going back to my colour chart above thats between 1300-1400 degrees F.
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Good to know, but in any case thats why the fire extinguisher is always close at hand. In case.
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Just looked TTT up and this is getting far to technical for a simple mind like mine. Having read it i have no way of knowing what type of steel the hacksaw blade is made up of so no way of knowing how long it should be heated to and the exact temperature. But i am always will to learn. Thats the purpose of my videos.
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Lots of very good questions, let me say that the process was based on my research. I do not pretend to be an expert in this field, quenching to soften. It was particularly mentioned that steel that is brought up to a slow heat should not be quenched as it will become brittle. They specifically suggest that it should be left to cool at room temperature. Apparently this is different for gold and silver and specific only for steel. tempering. There are different opinions about the temperature and the time it should stay at that temperature. The objective here is again to slowly bring the piece up to a low red heat. This temperature is supposed to be around 250 to 300. when this happens and to check that the correct temperature has been reached and you have a magnet check the steel to see if it has lost all its magnetic properties. This is the critical temperature. At this point it is dunked in the oil. The type of oil does not seem to be important except for environmental issues. At 300 degrees there is little chance of fire. Some use cooking oil some use old discarded motor oil. Water is not recommended as it will again make the metal brittle. The time spent in the oven is just to get to temperature slowly back to the 250 to 300 degrees. Once achieved You simply turn off the over and let it cool naturally providing your wife does not come around and want to know what you are doing in her oven. This was my big problem as we were renovating her kitchen at the time hence the use of the toaster oven. The swishing of the steel in the oil is an old holdback from my drinking days as i was a rum salesman.
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Thanks for all the great advice. We are not there yet but close with the tools we have. That power point presentation from Toni was invaluable as you will see when the video is done covering this part of the build.
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