Today I MADE

Finished this one yesterday.

Offcuts from the ends of Damascus, (*modern) billets.

I love these random chunks of metal. You don't know who made them or how they were made, how many layers or anything. Inspected through the bucket of stubs, looking for any that might be OK, then bash 'em out and see what you get. Some de-lamination here and there, but these are rejected off-cuts for a reason. Forged, ground and polished, then dropped in thick-as-mud, cheapo coffee overnight to see what happens in the morning.

Turned out OK.

*Modern Damascus - because so many keyboard warriors get precious about calling it Damascus.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_steel

The two steels are 1075 and 15n20. Essentially the same, but the 15n20 has a little bit of nickel in it. They are stacked in alternate layers, then hammered together while super heated, then manipulated into patterns, forged into a knife, ground, highly polished, then etched in ferric chloride, coffee or both. The steel with less nickel in it absorbs the stain of the coffee. Coffee is also acidic, so it etches the metal.

Sandbagger said:

Finished this one yesterday.
Offcuts from the ends of Damascus, (*modern) billets.
I love these random chunks of metal. You don't know who made them or how they were made, how many layers or anything. Inspected through the bucket of stubs, looking for any that might be OK, then bash 'em out and see what you get. Some de-lamination here and there, but these are rejected off-cuts for a reason. Forged, ground and polished, then dropped in thick-as-mud, cheapo coffee overnight to see what happens in the morning.
Turned out OK.
*Modern Damascus - because so many keyboard warriors get precious about calling it Damascus.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_steel
The two steels are 1075 and 15n20. Essentially the same, but the 15n20 has a little bit of nickel in it. They are stacked in alternate layers, then hammered together while super heated, then manipulated into patterns, forged into a knife, ground, highly polished, then etched in ferric chloride, coffee or both. The steel with less nickel in it absorbs the stain of the coffee. Coffee is also acidic, so it etches the metal.

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that's awesome Baz! great looking piece of metalwork erfect:

Love it SB! erfect:

Gee Baz, from a piece of scrap comes an item of true beauty.
Well I love it!
Mackka

Ditto.

Thanks gang,

Baz.

Nice lookin art work Mr Bagger

:fire: ower: :goldnugget:
ray

Thanks Ray.

Here's another small stub, squashed out and turned into a cute little paring knife. A little cheeky file-work on the spine for fun.

Baz.

You are are a very talented fella Baz!
Amazing craftsmanship erfect: :Y: :trophy:

Billy said:

You are are a very talented fella Baz!
Amazing craftsmanship erfect: :Y: :trophy:

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I'm with Billy :Y:

x3 :Y: :Y: :Y: :Y: :Y:

I dont take the time to check these posts often enough, truly Im missing out!
Great work!
Matt T

Thanks again guys.

Demolitions on my pergola over the Viper are complete. I have to clean up the rubble now and have it taken away, then I can roll the central fuselage away to the other driveway, so it's out of the way for the two new rooms. As soon as that's done, i can build my bigger, better shed/workshop/hangar.

Moving the Viper to the other driveway is the challenge.

Bunnings sells really flimsy dolly trolleys, so I made my own the same dimensions of the feet. I'm in the middle of replacing all the plywood cladding around the feet with steel, including 8mm thick steel baseplate under each foot. I will drill holes in the edge of the baseplate, so I can bolt the dolly trolleys under them for ease of moving around. I'd hate to be pushing the Viper along and have it come off a trolley.

Not sure of what weight your moving but dolly wheels being small will struggle over anything but very smooth concrete? Have you looked at an old boat trailer? Rip axle out and place under then put axle back in and affix legs to it. Can pick up for around $100
Would hate to see you destroy countless hours of input :awful:

Dog Ranger said:

Not sure of what weight your moving but dolly wheels being small will struggle over anything but very smooth concrete? Have you looked at an old boat trailer? Rip axle out and place under then put axle back in and affix legs to it. Can pick up for around $100
Would hate to see you destroy countless hours of input :awful:

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For now I am just moving it around on concrete/paving. Eventually I will buy a car trailer and modify it to carry the Viper.

Today I made a massive mess! But I did manage to get the wheels under the Viper and push it back out of the way of my demolitions.

Viper now on wheels And moved back out of the way. Demolitions done, cleanup and removal of material next.

If its too much work-get that Air Tasker mob . They would get someone to do it for say $150-00.

Started yesterday afternoon, finished this morning, my 1st attempt at a toy car, all made completely from scraps.

Well done mate.

I love the spare wheel :lol: :Y: top job