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Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver

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  1. Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver
    Vir my oog lyk baie goed!
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    Naval Brass and forging brass are both copper and zinc, Navel has a tiny (<1%) amount of tin and forging brass has a couple percent of lead. Both forge easily. Never seen a brass that wouldn't forge. Sure gotta watch the heat though. When annealing, fast cooling is just for convenience, makes no difference in the resulting hardness.
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    Other than the grind, I'd say the warning is probably because hot chiseling will harm the temper for cold working.
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    Tell ya what I've learned being around Brian; he has done so much with so little for so long, that he can now do anything with nothing!
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    Das why blacksmith are so naughty, eh?
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    Brakes are overrated.
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    I won't tell Santa!
  8. Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver
    Me? Well, I'd probably just run it.
  9. Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver
    There are old smiths, and there are bold smiths, but there are few old, bold smiths.
  10. Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver
    Best to find out what's broke before you start fixin.
  11. Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver
    ALL molten metal can cause explosions when they come in contact with water!
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    Just for future reference: Is there any good reason a cone has to have a square shank? Just something to think about. For a blacksmith, square is easier to make, for a machinist, round is easier. Nice job on the cone.
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    Mind if I parse your sentence a little differently? "You heat the blade.............. for quenching in a bath of molten salts". even confused me the first time I read it. If there is any confusion, Matt meant "You heat the blade in a bath of molten salts, for quenching" .
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    Did you hear the sound of reindeer on the roof?
  15. Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver
    No, it's true solid-state welding (as they call it in the technical stuff) not fusion welding. Much like mokume.
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    Yep, finally got around to trying it. I used silver brazing flux, but borax should work. You need a long heat because copper conducts the heat away so fast. Seems to weld like wrought iron.
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    Wayne is just too humble. He sells grinders and kits and videos. Go to his site --> WAYNE COE ARTIST/BLACKSMITH
  18. Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver
    At least it was homogeneous. Never heard that, got a source?
  19. Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver
    And yet Huntsman seemed to do just that.
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    Huh?
  21. Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver
    Yep, the most popular machine I supply and the one you see in most of the videos runs on 220 single phase.
  22. Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver
    Patience Grasshopper! ^_^
  23. Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver
    Yep, there's a lot to be said for primitive. Fire, hammer, anvil.
  24. Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver
    I think his analogy itself was overkill! I think he was just pointing to their relative effectiveness at their intended job.
  25. Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver
    I can tell you that in my operation, I was using around $300 per month in propane and now using induction exclusively, my electric bill has gone up about $35 to $50 per month.
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