George G.
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Here is the billet we are trying to forge into an axe. It has been going very slow with forming the eye and we are having trouble heating it past orange temp. Maybe it would have been better if we first thinned the billet and then punched hole for the eye?
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Thanks for the advice guys. Great welding info, didn't know that about brazing flux. I'm definitively going to try those unusual fluxes as well. One man told me that lime tree ash can be used as flux, I tried it and it didn't work. I will post pictures today, and you guys can tell me what to improve.
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I agree that forging an axe from O2 steel is too advanced for a beginner. I would try to forge it from mild steel and forge weld a O2 insert for bit, but i cant find borax to buy. Yesterday we punched a hole for eye and today will try to forge the blade. It should be over soon and if it turns out right, God willing, I will post photos.
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Thank you all for warm welcoming. I will make sure to search forum before I ask questions. We will soon try to forge an axe from O2 steel and if it turns out good I will post pictures.
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Hello everybody, I’m 18, come from Serbia, work as a tool and die maker apprentice and have wanted to learn about blacksmithing for quite some time. My friend and I have set up a small smithy at his place about a year ago and have forged there some primitive tools. We have an improvised coal forge with a vacuum cleaner as blower and old 40kg anvil. I look forward to learning more.