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Just another nutcase addicted to hot metal
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A hammer question from South Australia
thingmaker3 replied to Andre Of Astora's topic in Hand Hammers
Sure looks like a dandy business opportunity for some enterprising Australian smith! -
Please accept our apologies, but this detail has now changed due to insurance requirements.
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Please review and pass on: http://www.knifepurveyor.com/browse/stolen.aspx Thank you.
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I'd settle for folk using the proper term"diffusion" instead of the popular term"migration." But we can at least glean from context what meaning is intended, so I guess we'll just have to live with linguistic imperfection.
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tempering a splitting maul
thingmaker3 replied to ranger225's topic in Heat Treating Knives, Blades etc
If "one dimension of the cube is longer" then it is not a cube. You want references? Principles of Heat Treatment of Steel by Krauss. Principles of Heat Treatment by Gossman. Mechanical Metallurgy by Dieter. -
tempering a splitting maul
thingmaker3 replied to ranger225's topic in Heat Treating Knives, Blades etc
HORSE HOCKEY!! What part of "body centered tetroganal" do you not understand, Mr. Stells? -
Works for metal cutting lathes too. Must be a CL thing...
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Yes. He did. :)
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Didn't Naz do a shrink fit w/ mixed media a while back?
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Rehearing five or six time to get the piece right-side-right on the anvil will result in backward-ness or upside-down-ism.
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A jack-stand? I wonder if my young friend could indeed hold up a corner of a vehicle... We'll have to try that.
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Respirators are all well and good, but protective gear should always be the last line of defense. It should be a suppliment to - never a replacement for - what are called "engineering controls." Examples include the exhaust systems described in this thread.
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Some of us still feel this forum should be about helping and supporting each other. Others will offer up different feelings. I just hope your pliers turn out to your liking.
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The bolster is indeed an official blacksmith tool. So is any other tool used by a smith. :)