Damascus Mike

kwl man thanx

thanx guys ill try my best

Hey guys its DM here and im very interested in forge welding if anybody knows and has any advice or tips on how to do it please share it with me as i want to become a Damascus maker 4 a living whilst doing small engerneering.thanx Mike.

thanx B1946 its true what you say i mean i tried to forge weld a piece of srping steel with out flux and only half of it welded it was about 3cm of forge weld and the rest didnt stick.but hey if anybody has tips or help 4 me on forge welding id love 4 you to share it with me,i wanna forge weld springs steel and titaniam one day.i live 4 damascus

well i dont know how to forge weld

yes i understand but im not talking about doing it as a continues hobby i just wanna get a small crucible like the size of a cofee mug so i can dip the cable into the molten cable to bind them together because im not good at forge welding.well my forge is out dores and its made in such a way that if any molten metal flys out it will just hit the sides of the forge and it wont come close to me.

Hi its DM i was wondering if its posible to make a crucible from stuff avalible in a normal hardwarestore?thanx.i wanna make or get a crucble to experiment and to melt cable in it while having a piece in the forge and then taking it out a diping it into the melted cable making it all one piece instead of lots of little wires.

thanx guys, i was wondering if it would be a good idea to weld it to the top of my rail road anvil so it has a harder surface?

The other day i got given a pice of something called biziloid and id like to know if it would be good for making knives if not what can i use it for?

just weld some big steel balls on the rail, im a skater and trust me theres nothing worse than round balls getting in the way.

ok well ive made the blower housing and it fits perfectly and now i must just some how bolt it to the motor frame which is sheet metal of the sort

the blades are about 20cm apart

well its just a motor with a fan atatched to it

Does anyone have any easy and cheap ways to build a housing around a fan, almost like on a hand blower exept it will be run by a motor instead, all i need is a housing and a ways to make it and attatch it to the fan.
thanx DM

k thanx i will finish making my first blower and then ill another one like that

i actially checked out a vid on youtube about those bellows

i put mustard on my sword last night and it looks ok but will it stay like that?

i have just make a knife and i wanna make patterns on it but its not damascus so what house hold accids can i use to draw patterns on it?
thanx DM

its fine, ill just use the tumble dryer motor and fan, and ill finish building the housing for it, im still new to making stuff from metal so ill just try do it myself and ill gain experience if i stuff it up or if it works out perfect, i will post pictures once my forge is fully up and running with the blower.It should take about a month or so to fully build my forge.and then im gana build a press to do prescision work and a power hammer for the big heavy stuff such as making swords and knives and once they are small enough ill use my soon to be press.

thanx but im trying to one from almost nothing and as cheap as i can because i dont have alot of money so i wanna make one

will this mini press be suitable for making knives and trying to forge welding damascus?if not please tell me what it can do?
thanx mike

will it???

i wanna know how to build that BP0580 press,i can get all the parts very easily so all i need is a blueprint or instructions how to build it

thanx but it is very pricey

Where did i find what?

well the fan and motor i got from the dryer is in good condition almost brand new and at my blacksmithing course im building a housing around it to suck in and shoot out air, exactly like a hand crank blower but it will just run from a motor