In the footsteps of the great James Black

[brihacharan]

The old timers around here might remember that famous line from "Sholay": budhiya chakki pising and pising and pising........

Here's a buddha chaaku ghising and ghising and ghising............
Some progress:
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Note the curved unground portions near the tip - these are the dents left by the hammer of the lohaar
Remember the small piece of metal leftover from the spring? This is its new avatar....... WIP:
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Ouch! My arms!!
By the way (plaintive bleat) can the mods relook at the image posting method? That bleedin' photobucket website takes humongous amounts of bandwidth (and time) showing video ads and so forth!!

Hey essdee,
> Man, that's great grinding / beveling you've achieved
> All you got to do is giving the grind a 'profile' aka 'Chamfering' akin to a 'hollow grind'.
> You could take the bevel a little higher up - Refer to the drawing I gave you.
> Please go through this link & see the video - it's well demonstrated > www.youtube.com/watch? V=D6-IEJue
Good Luck
Briha