Hello all,
I am new to forging iron/steel and decided to make the leap and give it a go:
after many hours watching other blacksmiths at LARP-fair's and Historical Reënacting on several occasions.
From my study: Mechanical Engineer (i'm still a student) i have basic knowledge about iron, steals, quenching and iron-carbon structures (austenistic, martensite etc.)
From my first project: forging a coal noun (to stir up the coles) from an iron rod, to forging a crude cross for a friend of mine.
I experienced i could not weld the irons together (yet) with my woodstoked forge using a square brick of granite for anvil (its crude but it does the job)
With deep respect i now look upon the blacksmith's work and hope to learn a lot on these fora.
i'll be trying to fireweld the cross next (think i'll use a gass-burner + wood or "cheat" by regular welding) and would like to thank everyone in advance for the knowledge i've already gained from these fora.
Yours sincerely,
Gorlimtouk
any tips on projects to start on (for educational means) are welcome!
a Rooky, hobby 'blacksmith' (cant call myself that yet before i get all basic skills atleast)
P.S. english is a 2nd language so i'd like to apoligise in advance for any language/vocabular mistakes i make