Pattern Welding Tutorial - Part 2 - Drawing out the billet after the initial weld

This is the second installment of the pattern welding tutorial. This video shows some of the process of drawing out the billet by hand after the first welding. After the billet is drawn out for the first time, it is cut into 4 pieces, ground clean, restacked and welded a second time.

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Howto & Style

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• Pattern welding tutorial
• damascus
• blade
• knife
• forge
• blacksmith
• bladesmith

[jonwelder]

Graham, you need that hydro press!!! Jon

[FredeenBlades]

@jonwelder

Hey Jon,

This video is from awhile ago, before I built my little press. As a result of drawing this beast out by hand a few times, I built that little press and used it to finish off this billet. Now I'm finding myself "needing" a bigger press....

[RingLord3]

This looks bright enough that you would need a welding mask?

[FredeenBlades]

@RingLord3

Some of the brightness is IR wash out from the camera. Cameras don't like IR and  will show things looking a bit brighter and sometimes different colors. In real life the intensity is not really enough to warrent something like a welding hood, however I would recommend some UV protective safety glasses (IR filtering lenses would be nice as well, but they are pretty expensive). You can also get safety glasses in a low welding shade (like a number 3 or 4).

[glovnhand]

is there any way to keep the anvil from being so slippy? other than a well practiced hand, that is....

[FredeenBlades]

@glovnhand

Again, I typically don't work at the anvil in this direction, I usually work from the side of the anvil, which makes the slipping movement less of a problem. Hammer control and proper grip on your work give you the control you are looking for. A lot of the un-control was from grabbing the handle too far back a few times (and not stopping to re-adjust because of filming) making it more difficult to control the billet.

[ConorC96]

What happens if I just make one billet of pattern welded steel, then I make another and I keep those for other use?

[TheJimyyy]

pk c mauve ?

[attackoftherandom]

@FredeenBlades how you build press???

[jtwilson85]

love your vids i am very interested on makeing knives in general I havent made many just a hobbey that I am starting to get into but pattern welding is something that I havent done yet and I am very interested in and your vids are great they are very explicent and I would like to see more and have more Questions

[Breathor]

@MizuPsi You can use magnets to reduce the ringing sound of the anvil

[MizuPsi]

Your anvil is so quiet... Mine rings like a giant bell :/

is it the anvil, or how you have it fastened?

[RingLord3]

@FredeenBlades Thanks uv lucky for me I have uv protection glasses and contacts.

[pipeiroba]

Great work with the damascus!