hill.josh

Could you upload the picture to iforgeiron?

Which part of the flowers would you be trying to make thinner?

I really like the idea and wanna know how this works out. Out of curiosity though.. the crucible is relatively shallow compared to pieces of stock, so it seems like only the ends could be heated unless there was a hole in it.. which would be dumping the CO2 out. Not trying to put the idea down, just wondering about how thats suposed to work.

You know that guys name Sweany?

I thought about that but aren't there welding rods that are also hard.. I mean I'm not an expert or anything but I'd guess that there were some?
If one was to forge weld it on tho, what type of joint would you suggest?

Had this idea just come out of nowhere but wanted to know if anyone had ever tried forging a knife out of mild steel then hardfacing it with welding rod and grinding down and heat treating.. I know that its somewhat unconventional but I've always heard that knives with a soft core are superior to ones made completely of tool steel. Anyone got any ideas on this?

As for exact details, I don't know, But my rule is to never put anything galvanized into the fire or any steel that has any coating on it. A basic list of Common dangerous metals though but NO WHERE NEAR inclusive is;
Zinc (used to plate metal)
Cadmium (used in silver solder and some paints)
Chromium (if welding stainless steel)
Arsenic (used in treating wood, only applicable if you make charcoal or burn wood)
Lead (used in old paints)
Selenium (used to replace zinc in some brasses)
these are also dangerous as a dust.. so don't grind them off either without the right protection..I'm sure the above metals also have other uses.
If you do some research you should be able to come up with a good list.. anyone else got somethin to add to the list?
Good luck blacksmithin man.

When I first got my regulator it was turned very far in the anti-clockwise direction and so it could turn a little and no appreciable change would happen.. eventually just figured out turning it further clockwise fixed the problem.. so if its new might wanna try that otherwise there's definatly a block somewhere.

Dude thats very impressive to get a forge weld on the first try.. much less twice. For the heat just put a valve of some sorts. It can be really crude jus make sure theres a place for the air to leave before the valve so when you shut it off all the way you don't screw your blower if its electric. And the scale will go away with less air.. or you can make a deeper fire to consume all the extra oxygen.

This guy does only casting.. but hes built alot of oil burners.

A homemade waste oil burner

It could be the laquer on the pipe? otherwise you might wanna try something else than cowboy brand.. you might just be allergic to something in the wood. What'd you insulate it with?

case hardening actually introduces more carbon into the steel therefore making it harder.. while heat treating as a whole either hardens or softens it depending on what you do but doesn't add any more carbon.

its pretty simple: put a point on the rod for the screw and make the handle if its a part of the same rod (ie: not wood or plastic) then take a round piece of steel that is the diameter of the corkscrew you wanna make and wrap the corkscrew steel around it.. if its gonna taper down make the "die" taper by forging it first

Doug, all aluminum is fine for forging so far as i know. Somebody correct me if thats wrong. I melt aluminum stock then forge it normally so its a larger piece.

You can also burn the holes into it. If you want it to last longer try hammering some sheet metal into the most used parts.. worked pretty good for me

I think what they are saying is to not use mild steel.. which leaf spring is superior to. There isn't anything "special" about it it just makes good tools and its cheap or free. You could just just buy some tool steel if you wanna spend a little and not wait, or go to the junk yard.

Get some GOOD protection for your arms. It was raining hard and just wanted to finish the pour (I work outside) and some hit on the outside of my elbows.. both of them. They actually got infected which wasn't fun. Other than that you look like your good to go. Might wanna get some chaps too though. Good luck with it. And a side note: you don't even need to heat it up when forging it always cracks when I heat it.

Never done it and I assume you know you can just go and buy high carbon steel. But the way Ive seen it is by putting animal bones, hoofs and stuff into the fire and soaking for a couple of hours I forget how hot though

o yea yea I've got a craftsmen belt sander but my brother has it and hes out of town. so instead went and got a cheapo one and it seems to work

o yeaa.. forgot that they sold those there. Thats probably a better idea.. I already tried to slap one togethor and managed to throw some metal around and strip the thread on the bench grinder. So I'm heading to home depot now.
thanks Neal, I don't think there is a harbor freight close by though(atlanta traffic makes anything across town a couple hours).

Does anyone know a quick and dirty way of building a belt grinder? it doesn't have to last long or be very strong just needs to be finished by TONIGHT, for the power its just gonna hook up to a cheap bench grinder without one of the wheels.

I was figuring I would make the door slide horizontally so it wouldn't need to be counterweighted and if you insulated the door as well if you made the sliding groove slightly loose wouldn't it be able to handle the exspansion?
And thanks for the website happycat.. Id forgotten about it

I use one like that for my main one just the bottom is steel sheet.. the wood burns at the bottom, other than that it hasn't burned down ( I only forge maybe 3-4 times a week on a good week).

Thanks for the ideas I'll definately be using the sliding doors and welded handles for the forge.. any other suggestions are more than welcome

Hey warhammer welcome to IFI. I have no idea how strong you are but don't use a hammer you don't have good control over.. you'll just end up messing your work up. Personally I use a cross pein hammer primarily and a ball pein for lighter work. Good luck forging and make sure you wear safety glasses. every time. almost lost an eye when a piece of metal broke when hammering and it hit right beside my eye. If you can't find your glasses don't do it and save yourself a trip to the hospital. Not to scare you or anything haha. just use common sense

ok, I'm getting around to building a new gas forge.. and wanted to know what you wish you had built into it that you didn't.. or that your really glad that you did build into it. Its gonna be for mostly general forging and will probably use a forced air burner if that helps.