Friday, November 25, 2011

"Lock Bar Carbidizing"

Hello all,
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving?
Well, I'm at the shop today milling the outside profiles on the new Nebuli blades.
While they are cycling, I have 4 1/2 minutes of idle time.
I decided to multitask, and carbidize the lock bar faces on the Titanium frames.
Carbidizing puts a thin layer of carbide on to the Ti hence making it more wear resistant when the lock bar engages against the hardened S30V knife blade.
Here's a quick video of the process.
Kenn
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8 comments:

  1. emanNovember 25, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    Kenn,

    Thanks for sharing.

    Hope you relaxed yesterday.

    Thanks for all of your hard work on the Nebuli

    John

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  2. Kenn Jordan Jr.November 25, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    John,
    Yeah, I had a nice day with the family, thanks for asking.

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  3. UnknownNovember 26, 2011 at 4:22 PM

    Does this mean we're close?

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  4. Kenn Jordan Jr.November 26, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    Darriel,
    I'm a getting there.
    Between yesterday & today I was able to machine the outside profile on all the blades.
    Tomorrow I'll start the "Grind" operation.
    It's gonna be a wicked long day, but I hope to complete that opp. as well.
    Next, will be to add the angle for the lock bar engagement & drill, tap, and counter bore for the thumb disk. That will go pretty quick though.
    So hopefully after next weekend I can send them off to heat treat that Monday.

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  5. localguyDecember 2, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    Kenn, thank you for sharing this with us. :)

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  6. Kenn Jordan Jr.December 2, 2011 at 7:39 PM

    You're welcome Steevens.

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  7. emanDecember 2, 2011 at 11:17 PM

    I love watching the sparks fly!
    Great vid!

    thanks

    John

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  8. Kenn Jordan Jr.December 3, 2011 at 8:40 AM

    Gary,
    Yeah if it wasn't for the sparks I doubt I would have posted the video.
    They make a mundane process look cool...:)

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