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Hey everyone, so far I’ve been using pretty decent sized chunks of leaf spring, or pre bought and rolled knife steel (1095, 1.5x12”, 1/4” thick).
I am starting to forge weld and get into Damascus. First couple billets will be a combo mild steel and spring steel, all 1/8-1/4” and all about 2.5” long.
My question is roughly, how big of a billet would I need to make a 8” full tang drop point? That’s total length btw not an 8” blade.
just trying to wrap my head around how many layers I would need to do once I get the confidence to step up to 1095 and 15n20 billets
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Short version: what size stock would you recommend using for tong reins if forge welding them on?
So I have a decent amount of 5/8” round stock, mild steel. Seems like good stuff for making tong blanks out of, but it’s pretty thick stuff. I’d imagine that a 12-14” pair of tongs with 5/8” reins would be a nice heavy duty set of tongs, but overkill for what I will be needing. A big heavy set of tongs seems unnecessary for my current skill level, and projects that I’ll be doing. I thought about drawing the reigns out on every blank like I have done with smaller square stock, seems like it will be more work than it’s worth. I’ve been testing out forge welding on some random scraps, and I think I’m ready to try and forge weld reins into a set of blanks. For those of you who go this route, what size do you use for the reins?
thanks for the info!
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Thanks for the info Neil, makes total sense as I have so many woodworking tools that all can serve the same purpose, but are all used in their own ways. More just curious if there is a cutoff, like X amount of cubic inches/feet per burner or if you can build any size you want, just requiring more fuel.
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So let me start by saying I am very green to blacksmithing/bladesmithing so if this subject is an age old question, I apologize, I did try searching. My father and I have both started getting Into the hobby and each are creating our own workshops in different ways. One thing we both have done is start with a relatively small single burner forge. I opted for a devil forge, he bought a burner and made a coffee can style. So far both work great for our skill level.
A question that we keep coming back to is if we want to upgrade our forges in the future, what sizes could we/should we go with, with the goal being repurposing the burners we currently have? I understand that forge size is probably specific to the type of work that you are doing, but I’m trying to figure out that sweet spot for a single burner size?
What size billet?
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Good tip Frosty, I’ve already made a similar one so I can weigh it easy. Def starting with smaller ones and using some mild and scrap I have laying around until I get the hang of it. Save the good stuff