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i think was a bit of decarb happened or was a tiny fracture near the edge. i started to sand it after harden/temper and that chip just fell out. wasn't impressed 

So the stepdaughter has this weird thing about a zombie apocalypse happening.(teenagers) so out of some scrap 1075 i had laying around i played with and made a 1 piece little blade to give her to use when the zombies start to rise from the graves. Warning this is rough as guts and i was running out of charcoal by the time i started to HT.

as folks above have said need a lot deeper firepot for charcoal. some form of an air valve would be good aswell so air isn't blowing full blast while hammering. it helps save fuel plus gives you a better control over your heat.

Oh and don't go breathing too close to it for a while. least until all the gal burns off the heads of them bolts you put all around the brake rotor. zinc poisoning is not fun 

On 5/2/2017 at 1:16 AM, arkie said:

An ex-spurt (aka "expert") is simply a drip under pressure....

missed a part. since algebra teaches us that X is an unknown and a spurt is just a drip under pressure then an expert is nothing more then an unknown drip under pressure 

if the "nozzle" of the blower fits inside the pipe can always go the real easy method of hole in each side with a screw in them and slowly do them up till they pinch outside of the nozzle. low tech and cheap but does the job 

looks perfectly fine to me.  

yeah i'm planning to notch out the angle iron once i start using it and figure out which way is comfortable to lay my stock on it. couple of braces might be a go aswell

so finally got my forge built. now to make some charcoal and clean shed up a bit :/

S i've seen many posts on lining forges and firepot depth and all such manner of things but how do you determine a good height to have your forge at ?

i know with anvil it's knuckles with slack arm but never seen a discussion of forge height anywhere 

So far touch wood just a few minor burns and a bit of flash burn from welding in a short sleeve shirt.(didn't realise was an inch gap between shirt and gauntlet's)

Did have to shove my hand into quench bucket full of water through when not thinking i just grabbed lump of 5/8 i had at working temp that slipped. had on said gauntlet's but was still a might warm on the ol palm.Now i have the motto of " everything metal is too heavy to catch"

maybe just tell folks you forge using combustable long chain carbon molecules ?

good point but then rivets aren't really all that big so could heat a fair few of them in that lil fire 

20 hours ago, Frosty said:

Trying to be funny eh? I'll have to keep my eye on you buddy. 

Frosty The Lucky.

well i often try. rarely succeed

could explain why i haven't tried skydiving yet 

yeah sorry i was trying to be funny with my comment. sounded more like removing unwanted hair then splinters was all with the razors and peroxide and such 

one i found helped me out was take a round bar. make the end square. make the end round. make the end square. make it round.

helped me figure out how the metal moves and changes shape as i whack it 

Oh and speaking as a former rigging supply worker i'd check out that chain before doing too much with it. most lighting chain now is usually an alloy and not just straight steel. i can't remember off the top of my head what else they add into grade 80 chain but i know it was hard as the hobs of hell to cut with even 4 foot bolt cutters. standard mild chain we'd cut 10mm with em. that stuff 8mm was a bit of a struggle 

So the last few days while working in the shed i've had the young fella from next door in talking to me and helping out since he's on holidays and seems interested in playing in a shed and making things. now i've mainly just been grinding and welding but each step i've been pressing the safety point with him.ie eye protection. hearing protection. decent leather gloves to help reduce cuts n the such but it got me to thinking about safety when forging.

Obviously somethings like wearing decent shoes,nice thick gloves are fairly standard. what i was wondering about was things like eye protection to help IR. hearing protection. if anyone uses any form of mask(i'm pretty big on wearing masks when is a chance of particles in the air after having a lung infection that stole 15% of my lung capacity)

Thought's. idea's theory on the matter ?

cheers folks

seems i either shave it,wax it or bleach it out hehe

after a few days in the shop drilling grinding and welding i've noticed my hands are having a habit of picking up metal splinters. now the larger one are not an issue a pair of neddle nose pliers and out they come. my issue is the tiny ones ya can't see and only feel every now and then.

any advice on how to get rid of the little sob's ?

if your worried about flame travelling back up the pipe just put a piece of wire mesh into one of the joints to act as a flame stopper. the gas will pass through it but flame won't go back other way.

just look at forge welded steel being used for making weapons. was invented in both europe and asia and i think the middle east aswell. slightly different method's but same idea. 

looks like a very useful lil fella 

walmart. haircare ailse. cheapest hair dryer on the rack 

ah sorry. i thought was a monty python reference 

well obviously it would have to be european since the african swollow is non-migratory. but then the european swollow doesn't have the airspeed to stay aloft with that much weight.

pattern i found called it vertibrae or snake mail but i guess really can call it what ever you want