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With a long enough handle, that would also make a great backscratcher.
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Flattening the bulging sides will lengthen out the eye a bit; drifting will complete the job.
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That's actually CMELTING. It would have been SMELTING if you had used an "S"-shaped mold.
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My assistant is on a diet, I don't eat sweets, the Classics Department faculty is all multi-lingual. I may just take them home and feed them to the teenager.
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I made a flatter a while back from a section of car axle upset and flattened in the portable hole. Came out horribly misshapen and asymmetrical, but the one time I've used it, it worked very well. In retrospect, I wish I'd put the time and effort into making a proper cold-cut hardy. I would have gotten a whole lot more use out of it.
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That's what the comments are for!
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@Charles R. Stevens's photo-heavy comment that was up above has been split into its own pinned thread.
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I knew that if I just kept talking, someone who actually knows what they're talking about would eventually show up.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step!
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Check with shops that do automobile AC, perhaps? I don't know if they use a different kind of tank.
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For household vinegar (5% acetic acid), yes. If you get the extra-strong stuff ("horticultural" or "cleaning" vinegar, 20% or more), take extra precautions (gloves, etc). Vinegar + galvy = zinc acetate, which is also pretty benign.
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Update: after a few days of them not being on the job (because the building is actually in use as a meeting space, rehearsal hall, and concert venue -- amazing acoustics!), I finally got hold of one of the guys who not only gave me absolute free rein of the dumpster ("Anything that's in it is yours -- just leave the stuff outside alone"), but laughingly refused the doughnuts. Now I've got to figure out what to do with this box of quality baked goods.
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I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by blacksmithing, sweating hysterical filthy, dragging themselves to the charcoal forge at dawn looking for a welding heat, birch-headed hipsters burning for the ancient workmanly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of iron,...
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Go for it! More trouble than it's worth. Just grind slow, don't let it get too hot, and give it plenty of opportunity to cool. Since you have a couple of hammers to work on, do them in rotation. Grind on one until it starts to get hot, move to the next, repeat. Each one will have a chance to cool down and not overheat. Yes. Start a new thread in this section with a title like "Help me identify this hammer?"
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6" dia. x 8" long would still be a great NSA (Non-Standard Anvil), if your JCB part hadn't been available. Might want to go back and nab it anyway. -
Always struck me as a Rocker.
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Or just dulating.
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There's an interesting-looking set of videos on YouTube about an artistic collaboration between Albert Paley and Jesse James, where each will start a sculpture, and the other will finish it. Here's the first video of the series:
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A little Google-Fu tells me that it's spelled "Hobkote" and (to quote Hobson's website) has "5-8 micron in thickness and a specially formulated passivation. The Hobkote® coating performs with 33% more corrosion resistance than Zinc Plated product." More than that, I could not say.
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What did you do in the shop today?
JHCC replied to Mark Ling's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Tong clip? -
The other problem is that the work baskets of their two cherry pickers are resting on top of the dumpster. Can't get to what's underneath.
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Help me identify this yardsale find
JHCC replied to David Matthews's topic in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels
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Baby steps = good. Coil springs are good for punches and chisels and (eventually) tongs (which are not a beginner project). It's tougher to forge than mild steel, though, so you should probably seek out a source of mild for your decorative projects. See if there's a steel supplier or fabrication shop near you that will sell you their drops (offcuts) for cheap. Oh, and please add your location (Ontario?) to your profile.
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Went back and dug out a couple more pieces before it got dark. I'll see if I can get some more tomorrow.