
RainsFire
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16yr old knife/blacksmith interested in all aspects of metalurgy
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Metal work, many forms of art, writing, and some kid stuffs..
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plus, if your hammer work is good, you can do different things than can stock removal, or folk who rough forge and do most of the forming by grinding. Hammer finished spines on blades would be a big one, you have to hammer it down to the final dimension, and still keep it looking good sorry for the repost
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hammer work is still insanely important, I've practiced it for 5 or so years, and can hammer a blade to final dimensions, while leaving it about as thick as a nickle, and only have to grind down the scale for the heat treatment proccess.
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WROUGHT IRON how much interest in using it
RainsFire replied to winterbear's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
monster metal, you serious? I'll buy some from you -
treadle hammer safety catch?
RainsFire replied to shipto's topic in Power Hammers, Treadle Hammers, Olivers
could also just kick a brick under the pedal quick fix -
yeah, Ive heard 1070 for the clips.
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Generally you want a post vice, because they transfer more of the force to the floor, instead of all being soaked by a machinist vice, where you can actually eventually break it :/ It'll will work for most things, and is a good investment, but a postvice is what has always been used for blacksmithing.
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WROUGHT IRON how much interest in using it
RainsFire replied to winterbear's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
if you are selling it now, I would love to buy some from you or her. and I could certainly help you market it to knife makers. I know of a few sites where it would be immensly popular. -
I imagine there's actually a quite a market for hand forged wood worker rasps. might almost be worth the hours and hours of punching, and sharpening your chisels.
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Whats your weekend Project,
RainsFire replied to Tom Lumpkins's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
im building a hot tub for in my shop powered off recycled heat from my propane forge more to please my lady then anything.. but after a few hours of smithing, a soak with her will be awesome. -
Hi, so, as the graduation finale for our highschool, it is required of us to do something called a senior project, where in we take from beginning to end a task that is closely wound with our interests. I of course chose blacksmithing, and metal forming so, for my project, we needed to make something tangible, so My mentor and I have converted a stall in our pole barn to be an enclosed, (ventilated) blacksmith, and general metal shop. its about 12x 40ft and will have all my existing equipment in it. I'm not new to blacksmithing, though I certainly have a way's to go. but anyway. As part of the project, I need someone to interview, it can be an online interview, all I need is a printout of our conversation, and I would be seriously in debt to any of the Knowledgeable members of this forum if they wouldn't mind helping me out. The project is due next Wednesday :/ What I would need advice on is the layout and placement of the elements to my shop. I have a 120lb Russian anvil, a 200lb metal table, a charcoal/coal forge, a propane forge, a post vice, and bins/racks for scrap material. so anyway, if anyone is interested in helping me out, I would really appreciate it. Thanks again, -Kenon Rain
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I can shear through soft fire bricks, and pumice stone like none other magic.. got nothing to do with it, admittidly.. I can do that without a sword same as wet clay..
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can I turn mild steel into high carbon steel
RainsFire replied to chrispychris's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
you can also do the simple steel method mentioned in the bloomeries and buttons sticky section.. its the top pinned link.. I'm actually about to go try that one myself..