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Okay so basically the k.i.s.s. method applies here instead of doing a ton of work building the oven and getting it going I can actually just use my forge to temper most things then I presume? For instance as my fire sits without the blower I can use that bed of coals to temper most things I need to by watching the oxidation colors?

Oh okay that's pretty cool I had made plans for this awhile back right after I got my forge since I use wood as fuel and I got to thinking if I did a lot of stuff like chisels punches and drifts all in one day then in theory that would've worked better than having my oven running all day in the house I know there are several different methods but the oven was the most common I'd read and I got to thinking about making an Adobe brick wood fired oven since its what I use in my forge and use that when I wanted to temper a lot of things at once I have since thought more into a thrift store toaster oven but wanted to see if my original idea had any validity as a good idea

I actually hadn't thought about the mass it would take of wood but in the theory of the brick pizza/bread oven style wouldn't it be doable to use charcoal in it as well seeing as how it's being used as a tempering oven and not for actual baking or anything like that. This is all hypothetical I'm just trying to see how this idea I had considered once before could play out.

That's interesting I hadnt thought about the polishing one I'd seen a few things on YouTube about using the oil method but I've come to trust very little I see on YouTube from many of the comments I've read on IFI about the ones that claim to know what they are doing but really have no clue and how a lot of new smiths are being misled by these people

This is mostly an educational inquiry since I see people mentioning how others have it much harder than so many of us and I was thinking from a bare minimum ideology it could potentially be a tempering solution for someone lacking a power source in their smithy or someone that wants their work to be completely done by hand with no electricity involved. I also have yet to find any reference to this idea anywhere and I see ppl mentioning using their ovens to temper quite often I just look at it as taking the more of a luxury technology out of the equation

I was perusing the threads of the heat treating discussions and I have yet to come across a thread about this. I am considering the possibility of creating a wood fired tempering oven similar to a small outdoor brick pizza oven. Has anyone on here ever experimented with such a project and if so what were your results and could you comment your pictures on this thread? My main concerns are that there would be too inconsistent of a heat for tempering and that the oven wouldn't maintain the heat long enough to get a proper temper. Thanks in advance and happy forging.

touché sir I was assuming it would've been frosty or tp that said this

I'm not really sure what it is but I recently found this at the scrap yard for less than $10 US. I have used it once and started a coal rake it works pretty well. It looks like a top hat the way I use it but the hole on the other side is threaded and about 1 inch in diameter. It has a decent ring and about 70% rebound. It's not much but its what is getting me started. I'm planning on using rail spikes to anchor it to the stand once I finish it. What do you guys think it is?

I have considered using a piece of pipe just small enough to fit inside it and use exhaust clamps like they use on mufflers but I wanted to try to figure out a cheaper alternative if possible lol that would be a good kinda invisible fix in case I sell the car

Well I have to add a piece of pipe into the gap where it basically pinched it and I'm trying to spend as little money as I have to on this seeing as how I am on a tight budget and just had the crazy idea about forge welding it and figured someone had insight on it because I know I'm not the first to consider it

I actually hadn't even considered that seeing as how it's exhaust pipe and it's roughly 2 inch diameter I think so I hadnt even considered threading it due to heating and cooling expansion from the exhaust grear idea though I'll look into it

Ah fair enough thank you to I was looking for a quick and easier solution since I'm a bit frugal and thought I could use my forge to fix my problem but I'm basic I've barely got a forge and right now I'm using a brake rotor nailed to my table as a temporary anvil and I haven't done much with it since I got it set up

Oh okay I didn't realize that I work for a company that builds electric motors and we braze the wire together so I was thinking just basically heat up the steel and just kinda use a blow torch to melt some stainless onto it with a piece of pipe over it

No I haven't my back up idea is a brazing type technique I was thinking about its on a car exhaust pipe I have a gap I have to fill from hitting some stuff and that was an idea I had Hadn't actually heard of hard soldering I honestly thought it was mainly for aluminum and copper wires

Hello everyone I was wondering if anyone had any experience in forge welding stainless pipe I have a project I'm working on and I don't actually have a welder yet and I was thinking since I need the inside of the pipe to be open I could stretch a piece of stainless pipe on both ends to fit the other 2 ends that I'm needing to connect and forge weld it but I'm not sure how to go about setting the welds with it being a pipe. Any help or insight would be awesome. Thanks in advance guys.

I have seen quite a few ppl making stands like this one and I am not sure what the benefit of having the wood stacked like that is. Is it for sound deadening, tools, some other unknown reason? Photo is courtesy of pinterest I couldn't find one similar to it on here so if that isn't allowed I apologize and wI'll remove it if I can I was just trying to find a way to show what I was asking

Well alrighty then I will be doing the same as I don't wish to be blind. I had thought about asking of anyone had tried mixing it into their wood fires in their forges but thought about it awhile and I came to the conclusion nobody would do that if their forge was metal especially I'd imagine it'd turn into a puddle on the ground rather quickly. I am considering that configuration you mentioned I even found a picture of one online

I didn't plan to do it I just knew they used it to weld rail together and have seen thermite used before in the military but never actually used it myself. Just thought it could be a thesible way to do it and thought it would be worth asking about.

Just curious wouldn't it be easier to weld that using thermite seeing as how that's what a lot of rails are welded together with?

The toggle could have also been a way to assist with removing it from the log or stump it was driven into I could see it having a tool that went with it similar to the claw on a claw hammer that went a little into the hole in the toggle and was used as a leverage stop to pull it out so as to not lose the tool. Could have also been a way of securing it to their belt.

Well I hit it with my hammer last night just to check on a thin piece of random metal it put a mark on my hammer and on the metal with no sign on the ball that I even hit it so I think it's hardened

Okay I didn't know if it only worked well for hardened metals or if it worked for unhardened as well but I assumed it would work that's why I picked up a 1 inch ball bearing I seen on the side of the road I planned on using it to find a good improvises anvil

I actually read something in another thread about testing anvils you are going to buy and I feel like I know what the answer is but here's the hypothetical part in my mind. Say I go to the scrap yard looking for a piece of steel to use as an improvised anvil and let's say for aregiments sake I come across a 6"×6"×6" cube of metal but the workers don't know if it's steel or cast iron or what it is right off hand. Could the ring and rebound tests be a good indicator as to if it's a good piece for an anvil or could it be affected by what it's on or around it too much for those tests to actually work seeing as how it is in a scrap yard

I dont think I'll be buying a new one just to see if it works but I have been leaning more towards sledge hammer heads until I can find a bigger chunk of steel I can fashion into a special anvil me and my grandpa designed a long time ago we just never built it. If you feel it would benefit any of the new emerging smiths I'd say it's a great idea to make a commentary thread on it.

I've been really considering buying one until I can get something more efficient I have been given an old rr track anvil my grandpa used as a welding anvil by my grandma but I haven't been able to go get it yet but I seen a thread on here I may try with a different piece of track I'm trying to get.