Drew, I'm glad that the drawing I posted was enlightening to you!
As I mentioned in the other thread, these drawings are a fair representation of what the pattern will look like as the bar is being ground into. Perhaps a better example would be to actually grind a rod of twisted laminate and photograph it at the various stages of stock removal. I can use my surface grinder to remove very controlled amounts of material from a rod. I know that I have a twisted rod in the shop, but need to check it to see if it will be suitable for this demonstration. When I make damascus steel for a project, I will choose alloys that will finish out best for the type of finish I want on the project. It would be best for the photographic purposes of this demonstration, to use a rod made up of steel alloys that would display a distinct black and white coloration after etching. I'm not certain that the alloys I used in this rod will do that. If necessary, it would be no problem for me to make up a twisted rod of different alloys. I will do this in the near future and post the photos on this forum.
Last edited by Steve Culver; 02/05/13 03:55 PM.
