12-19-2015, 04:13 PM
When I use my blade welder, it can be a very frustrating operation, as despite annealing the blade is still very brittle, which I put down to the fact that the gap between electrodes is not huge, and the clamps are massive, and draw the heat from the glowing blade too quickly. I've now taken to annealing several times, each time sifting the blade left and right a bit.
Years back I made a jig on the lines of Tom's but rather less flashy, and silver soldered blades successfully. When I had a hard time at the welder a couple of weeks ago I went searching for it. But the gremlins had got there first and hidden it. Perhaps time to make another :)
Years back I made a jig on the lines of Tom's but rather less flashy, and silver soldered blades successfully. When I had a hard time at the welder a couple of weeks ago I went searching for it. But the gremlins had got there first and hidden it. Perhaps time to make another :)
Andrew Mawson, proud to be a member of MetalworkingFun Forum since Oct 2013.