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DIY Plug Digga Spade plans with stick on template and instructions
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<blockquote data-quote="Daggy" data-source="post: 311634" data-attributes="member: 9035"><p>All steel can be made harder but it's how much hardness you want that makes the difference. </p><p>I make my knives from old chainsaw bars. They are made from "02 tool steel" the intructions I gave is for 02 but will serve for high carbon as well and for medium carbon you can do a super quench with ice water and get a very hard steel but it wont be perfect!</p><p>My main kitchen knife is made from an old "Molbilco" chain bar and still has the rust pit holes in the top of the blade to show it 's age.</p><p>People are amazed how sharp I can get it in a few strokes on the steel.</p><p></p><p>I had lost contact with carbon steel from working at the abattoir's for few years. </p><p>Make a knife out of a good piece of carbon steel and you will be supprised how it reacts, onions will make it change colour. But ease of sharpening and the hardiness of the edge will make you go f##k</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daggy, post: 311634, member: 9035"] All steel can be made harder but it's how much hardness you want that makes the difference. I make my knives from old chainsaw bars. They are made from "02 tool steel" the intructions I gave is for 02 but will serve for high carbon as well and for medium carbon you can do a super quench with ice water and get a very hard steel but it wont be perfect! My main kitchen knife is made from an old "Molbilco" chain bar and still has the rust pit holes in the top of the blade to show it 's age. People are amazed how sharp I can get it in a few strokes on the steel. I had lost contact with carbon steel from working at the abattoir's for few years. Make a knife out of a good piece of carbon steel and you will be supprised how it reacts, onions will make it change colour. But ease of sharpening and the hardiness of the edge will make you go f##k [/QUOTE]
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