Shalev Zohar

For sure, heck, I used stone, iron weights and then construction rails, they are good, but I'd like to step up my game (first sword, and a Rapier nonetheless) and what I have just won't do anymore.

Thanks, will do my best, and if I'd known it was under pressure I wouldn't have tried obviously.

I don't know anything about struts other than general parts and purpose, but by what you're saying it seems like I had a small less harmful one. It released less than 10 centimeters and the spring looks smaller than others, although it released at once its full power it didn't even jump. I may have made jokes but I'm dead serious when I say I'm not messing with struts and haven't since when it happened a year ago, bashing me has no good outcome.

If you're a fourth then I'm a 1/16, only made a handful of tools yet, I'll be trying to make a sword soon which is why I'm here. I live around jerusalem and look for people who would let me work in their shop, tel aviv works too. Looking at the folks in givatayim (Rodich and Atar) - do you know them?

Not gonna do it again anytime soon, but you're overestimating the risk, I could be badly injured, yet unless it shot a knife into my eye I can't see how it would kill me. I love my fingers though, and now I don't need anymore spring... As I said I won't do it again and this topic is meant to warn others (though it seems like everybody already knows) The leaf spring was properly clamped of course, and it had less pressure, also the flat surface and shorter movement up made it easier to dismantle, I'm going to use that rather than coil from now on, the metal shape is also much more compatible with forging. It was kind of a joke, my forge is a coated grill connected to a vaccuum cleaner (that can actually melt steel but that doesn't matter) and I have no anvil, so I've been looking a lot for blacksmiths in my area who's shops I could raid but I found only industrial metal workers who focus on houses and stuff I don't need. I used "blacksmiths" as the more traditional ones, and those stack in the north, I've heard of about four workshops.

(Hope I'm replying correctly) I've read about it, I live in Israel and there are about 2 and a half smiths in the whole country, and I already know where they are, but I'll do it soon, just setting up some things first.

As it was under no external stress (away from car) I thought the spring was safe to cut out of the piston (or more so didn't think at all), turns out the piston held it under pressure, long story short my disc went flying in a boom. Hold it with some clamps. Or, tell me your stories to make me feel less like an idiot. (I'm new to this forum, please tell me if I'm doing anything wrong)