brianklein

Interesting thread!!!

Or who sells that type of stuff, preferrably in round stock (about 1/2" in diameter and 9" in length) ???

...Titanium??? I would like to try to draw out a piece of CP Grade 2, 5"X5"X1" into a flat plate and using a Coal forge and an Anvil, but i have heard that Tianium has a serious problem with oxidizing??? Does anyone know how i can forge Titanium and elimate the oxidation problem??? Thanks

Do you want a shaft with the splines outside (male) or a square block 6" long with a 5/8 splined hole inside (female)?

I would not try to put accurate splines on a long internal hole, thats more of a job for a shaper that can index and bore out the grooves. External splines are more often rough forged and at least finished by milling , if not cut from the raw stock entirely with a mill.

You almost need a milling machine to make a die to form the splines to make a rough forging that you might need to mill for accuracy. Chicken and egg.

internal spline into a square block of metal (steel) like this:

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I'm trying to figure out if i have a 6"X1.5"X1.5" piece of steel, in which i need to put a 5/8 OD spline centered in the middle, how would one be able to do this??? How would i be able to heat forge the spline shape into the piece??? Or is this something that blacksmithing can't do???

what type of flux is need for Stainless???And can you forge weld two pieces of 416???

Interesting thread. Has any tried this process with Stainless Steel 416???