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I'm new to the game. How do you heat treat with a pressure washer?
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First RR spike hawk
BlasterJoe replied to BlasterJoe's topic in Axes, Hatchets, Hawks, Choppers, etc
Great info. Thank you. I did upset to get the mass for the beard but didn't think to beef up the socket. -
This is my attempt at a RR spike hawk. I had some trouble with the drift. I made the drift about a week ago. I don't know if it was from the tool or placement. Any criticism is very welcome.
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Ausfire these are amazing. I borrowed your idea and made one for my daughter for her birthday. She loved it. They are fun to make as well. Each one kind of decides what it wants to be.
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Get That Hardie Tool Out Of The Hole Before You Start Hammering!!!
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I also have a 70# NC. I love it. One thing I did when I started doing heavier work was took my stump and put it in a 55 gal drum cut about 2' deep and pour a bag of qwickcrete in it for extra weight.
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Gotta love the dirt road scrap yard . I haven't had to buy any steel since I started. Maybe I will get lucky and find an old forge and a 250# anvil laying around. You never know.
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I actually ground that notch in. That makes total sense. I won't be doing that anymore. Thanks doc
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Alright got my kids to help me with the header. I'll give you Alaska for being far. For us lowly 48er rural Nevada is as desolate as it gets. The good part is that I have thousands of miles of scrap to dig through. Old timely miners traveled light.
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Thanks Frosty, the tongs are actually the first set that "turned out". The fork spoon is a broken rein from a previous learning experience. I am in Round mountain NV. About as far from anything as you can get.
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Hello all Blasterjoe here, I started blacksmithing about a year ago. I live in a small mining town right smack in the middle of Nevada. I am a blaster by trade. I have a small devil forge and an NC anvil. I have taken a handful of blacksmithing classes in Tonapah NV. Learned a lot of the basics but now I'm going at it on my own. I really enjoy the forum and am looking forward to sharing projects and get feedback.
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I have a single burner devil forge I got as a Father's Day gift. It's a good little forge but it was made in Serbia. None of the connections will fit US propane. It was an easy fix though. find the US equivalent in sizes and get BBQ fittings. There is a YouTube video on how to covert that was hard to understand and way to difficult. Just cut the hose off and replace with a clamp.
