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  1. Sticky Future Topics with an Objective Comment at the End

    by David Weaver 1/1/24, 2:54 PM

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  2. Moved Review: Klampero chainsaw sharpener

  3. My adventure with recently produced carbon steel pocket knives

    by Bruce McCrory 1/15/24, 10:25 PM

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  4. Best saw blade

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  5. Your First Attempt at Heat Treating

    by David Weaver 2/19/24, 6:57 PM

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  6. The point of all of this stuff....is of course to actually make things

    by David Weaver 1/29/24, 1:56 PM

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  7. Solved Searching For Unicorns In A Field Of Abrasives And Wood

    by David Weaver 7/9/23, 1:39 PM

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  8. Heat Treating - Austenitizing - The Heat to Quench

    by David Weaver 1/15/24, 8:17 PM

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  9. Heat Treatment - Thermal Cycling

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  10. Heat Treatment - Normalizing

    by David Weaver 1/13/24, 3:21 PM

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  11. Is now the time to buy Japanese tools?

    by admin 1/14/24, 11:53 AM

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  12. The Effect of Cryogenic Treatment from a Woodworking Perspective

    by David Weaver 1/6/24, 7:53 PM

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  13. The Importance of Snapping Samples to View Grain

    by David Weaver 1/4/24, 12:45 AM

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  14. Forging vs. Cut, Shape and Heat Treat

    by David Weaver 1/1/24, 10:14 PM

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  15. Practical Steel Sources

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  16. Carbide vs. Matrix in Steels

    by David Weaver 1/1/24, 4:56 PM

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  17. Martensitic Steel and Basic Discussion of What Happens During Quench

    by David Weaver 1/1/24, 3:19 PM

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