JustinJ

Mr. Powers, You’re absolutely right. Thanks for sharing your experience with me. I know the heat treat is a critical multi step process and I was very wary about starting it and not finishing it in a single go. Thanks for letting me know where I can pause the process. I appreciate it. Thanks again!

Love it. you should sell these

Thanks. I really appreciate it! I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, but there’s a lot of room for improvement. I’m really excited to try again now that I have a better understanding of the process. I was worried about that happening. Do you think I’d be safe to normalize and save the quench and heat treat for another day?

Hi, I’m brand new to blacksmithing. Here’s my first attempt at a hammer. Prior to making this hammer I only had about 3 hours at the anvil to be honest, this was a very challenging, albeit great learning experience. I’m really happy with how the peen came out, but the face bows outward a little on the right side and I’m not happy it’s not more square. I’m wanting to take a second whack (pun intented) at it but had a quick question first. I can only get 3 hours at a time in the gorge and with hand punching this I don’t believe I can finish in a single session. Would I be okay to normalize and quench during one week and then grind/heat treat a week or two later? Just want to make sure that 1045 can be heat treated that far after quenching, I’ve read some steels only allow for a short window between these. I did a google search with “iforgeiron” in it but haven’t found an answer, sorry if I’ve missed the thread.