forgemaster

Dale Nice to see you again so soon. The arm is healing well, just hope moonie has calmed down after that little blip in my forging diary. I understand Damo has registered also on IFI. Been set on being a smith for 33 years now after a school excursion to Old Sydney Town in primary school. Actually been a time served card carrying metalbasher for 28 years now. Long live Aus

Hi All I thought being blacksmiths you would have made your own reducers from 2" pipe. Cut a piece of pipe long enough to handle, heat it up and swage the end down to the smaller dia you want to use, you may have to use a few sizes of swages to get it down without crimping the end. If you do end up getting a crimp just drift it out to remove the crimp and then start swagin again. Once I figure out how to post pickys on here I will post some showing the end result and if anyone wants a step by step photo. Swaging them down leaves a nice smooth radius inside, no weld joints, and if they burn out in a years time you can just make some more. Simple.