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I have still been working on it. My browser has been shutting itself down. Pnut

Any chance this could be pinned as a sticky? As of now I had to go back four pages to find it. It seems to be getting buried deeper and deeper into the pages of this section. Thanks Pnut

I haven't seen one in a while but it reminds me of a golf ball washer from a golf course. I'm sure that isn't what that is. I just looked it up and Garwood was a prolific manufacturer of tractor and farm equipment. I'll do some more checking and report back if my browser cooperates. Pnut

It was used in certain sabot rounds as a penetrating rod. Thomas mentioned depleted uranium which made me think of it. I either have/had some darts that have tungsten barrels. Pnut

51 degrees F about 1pm, supposed to be 19 degrees F by 6am. Hello Novembuary. Pnut

Try an S hook. It was the first thing I forged. It has a few essential processes used in much of blacksmithing. Leafs, drive hooks, and fire tools are what I started doing and am still trying to get better at. Pnut

Yes, I know, folks seem to think it makes for a superior water for distilling regardless. Quite a few of the bourbon distilleries have been using the same springs for over a hundred years. As to whether it makes for better horses I think that may be an old farmers tale or more recently a gimmick oft repeated by the tourist commission. I do like the taste of limestone filtered spring water over any other I've had the pleasure to taste. We used to have a spring on my stepdads family's farm and I remember it being the best water that I've ever tasted. An example of how porous the topography is in KY. Did you hear about the main showroom at the Corvette museum opening up one night and all the cars falling into the sinkhole? Pnut

So long as your hammer isn't dead soft it's going to be harder than steel at forging temp. and if you miss you won't ding up your anvil. Even dead soft it'll be harder than hot steel. Pnut

You could spread butter on the world's largest biscuit.

First let me say that you have much more experience than I do so this may sound silly since it's pretty basic but ,Is your fire too shallow? That will cause excessive scaling. Did you test with a magnet? Depending on the light I have a hard time judging colors sometimes and without a magnet I've been pretty far off the mark before. As I said though you have much more experience than me and I'm sure you've taken the things I mentioned in to account but there's a slim chance it may be of some help. Pnut

I got started for the price of a TSC cross pien and some L brackets to reinforce the corners where the boards meet on the nightstand I have been using as the container for a jabod forge. I brought some coffee and doughnuts to a RR maintenance crew that was staying at the hotel where I work and they gave me a piece of rail cut to thirty inches. The hotel is also where the nightstand came from. Grand total... under $17.00 . I agree with Charles, Save your money until you know what you need and if you even want to stick with blacksmithing. It's a lot more work than most folks realize. I hope you do stick with it. Good luck and remember it's supposed to be fun. Don't forget the personal protective equipment either. Sight hearing and breathing makes life much easier. Pnut

Did you try googling tungsten carbide forging specifications? As far as attempts at forging I don't know any specific sources of info. You could try induction forging tungsten carbide like you mentioned above but I don't know any specific source of info on attempts at forging. Good luck Pnut

This is real but seems like magic to me. Look up decalescance and try to find a video that demonstrates it. It looks like a shadow passing through the steel when it reaches the temperature that the steel is changing phases and is ready to be quenched. Pnut

I've befriended a few feral cats through the years and they have always surprised me how bonded they've become to me after gaining their trust. I have a friend now who is a feral cat. There's a picture of him a little farther back in the thread. Pnut

Lest we forget, military families sacrifice a great deal. They also deserve our thanks and respect. Thank you all active duty, retired, and the families of service members Pnut

Have you seen the hammer in the thread titled power hammer build, that was posted by Ted Ewert iirc. I think the way he fabricated his tup would be a good way make an Anvil out of smaller stock. Pnut

Yes it is. I thought it was pretty ingenious. I bet it works well. I've been looking every time I get a few minutes to spare but I haven't found it yet. I can't remember who posted it either or it'd be easier to find. I couldn't think of the term junction box for the life of me earlier. Pnut

I'll can't find the post where the person used the end of a piece of electrical conduit for a waste gate. If I can I'll post a link. Pnut

The spring water here in the bluegrass region is great for mixing with Scotch whisky/ bourbon due to the karst topography. It's limestone predominantly with some dolomite and sandstone for good measure. Good for distilling, mixing, and making ice to be served with whiskey. The older horse breeders claim the mineral content helps the horses too, but I can neither confirm or deny this. Pnut

My name is also Mike, hence the confusion. Pnut

If you disconnect the dryer from the pipe you can just aim it at the pipe. Aim it more or less at the pipe for more or less air. Or a t fitting with an arm open to bleed off some air. I use an electric mattress pump and a ball valve. Have you had much popping with the rice size coal? The anthracite I used would pop more after it was broken into smaller pieces. Pnut

Yep, I think I could have said it better,most craftsmen can't use their tools to the tools full potential. I know I sure can't. I'm not skillful enough to use my best air rifle to it's full capabilities. At 10m it's capable of putting ten shots through a hole barely larger than a pellet. I can't use it at that level but it is capable of doing it. How's this, " Most craftsmen never let their tools reach their full potential." Someone with more skill could make beautiful things with lesser tools easier than someone with lesser skills could make beautiful things with better tools. Pnut

I reread my post and it looked like I was responding directly to your post above mine. I try to clear up misunderstandings like that as soon as possible. It's the one thing about communicating this way I don't like. You can't see who I'm talking to and vice versa. No harm done and I feel better about it. Take it easy. Pnut

Jlpservices, I'm confused I didn't mention experience. I think you misunderstood who I was replying to. The you I was replying to was the op. I should have quoted some text but since it wasn't answering anything directly I didn't . I just happened to be watching this very episode of Woodwrights Shop this morning and thought the op who I was replying to or anyone else that hasn't seen it for that matter may like to watch it. I certainly wasn't insinuating or stating one way or the other about the validity of the advice given or experience of anyone else . Stating the op's name or quoting some text would have made it clear I wasn't trying to give the impression I was trying to discount , diminish, or contradict anyone. I was simply trying to add what I thought would be an if not educational at least entertaining avenue for someone to see Peter Ross and Roy Underhill forge a couple holdfasts because frequently people don't understand text as clearly as video and nothing more. Pnut

Is this a typo? Diesel fuel at the local gas station is under$4.00 a gal. Do you mean $45 to fill up the parts washer? Pnut