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90yotaman

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  1. Wow i had no idea there was a place in Morganton, that's only 15 mins from me. Ill have to defiantly check them out. As for the I Beam, i was going to either use it or just get an old stump and tack it to the stump until i found a good solid piece of steel to weld it to. I didn't know which one would make the most noise when hit. I'm not a big fan of allot of ringing...
  2. No im wanting to find a nice solid piece of steel or iron i could use. I have a friend who owns a scrapyard keeping an eye out for me. So far what i have seen that i would like to get is a piece of a broken forklift fork and weld it to a large I beam my father has.
  3. I understand that, but why not try to put a small piece or sliver of wood in with the die so when it swells the wood acts as a bushing. So then after you have welded it you can knock the die with the wood bushing out and your die should slide freely.
  4. Why not get you a piece of metal, or wood (probably be better with wood) in with the die while welding it up. That way when it swells or distorts it will press against the wood and not completely shut on the die your using. Could try that to see if that would work for what your doing. Of if you wanted to heat the piece back up and wedge a larger die in there to open it up more it may work but i would try the other first to see if it would work.
  5. Hello everyone, New to the site here and new to forging. I used to make knives a couple years ago then decided to get a house, ect.. and that was put on hold. Now i finally have a spot to start this back up and i have everything to get it rolling except a anvil. Just going to have to find one so i can get to forging. I have looked though the site and there seems to be allot of talented people here that are quick to share there knowledge with others. I hope to pickup allot of tricks and tips from you guys. Well ill be posting up what im making when i finally get my anvil. If anyone has any advice on which one is a good and a portable one (because ill have to be moving the anvil around, not such a good neighborhood) I will be mainly doing knives, axes, gigs, mostly. If anyone can point me in a direction of what size would be good i would appreciate it.
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