Thesterlingcrab

So uh this is my first time posting since we heard the news about frosty (may he rest in peace) so it is going to be weird not having him tell me how stupid and not worth the time it is but we all must move on so I know this is an extremely stupid idea but I had the insane thought of using all the scrap steel I have and attempting to weld together it all (I am currently going to a trade school for welding and have for a little over a year so I do have the skills for this since it is just sticking pieces of metal together) and then making a large full anvil i know this is insane but I think it might be something I am insane enough to find fun especially considering I will not have to pay for any of the welding consumables my question (other then how stupid and insane am I) is what should I use as the surface face I have some old leaf spring off of a truck but that is not quite wide enough for my liking should I bevel the leaf spring and weld two pieces together? If no one ends up talking me out of this or if I come to my senses and realize how insane this is I will start making drawings and post them on here like I said this is going to be strange for me waiting for frosty to come and knock some sense into me

Oh my god I am did not expect that I log on yesterday for the first time in a while and just was to shocked to say anything I can’t believe it

Thanks for the concern but I do have a proper respirator

Thank you! I that is actually very good to know by chance do you know how us nickels would fare? So an alloy of about 75% copper and 25% nickel

It is illegal to deface currency in the way of making it appear to be more valuable then it is for instance attempting to make a nickel pass for a dime but yeah I do have the resources to cast them so I will keep that in mind thanks if it was entirely illegal to destroy currency Then those penny press machines would not exist

No I am not hoping for a pure nickel bar I know the currency is mostly copper it is just the most readily available thing that I could use that has a decent nickel content

So in the future i would like to start making larger billets of nickel for a decent size billet of Mokume Gane i plan on just going in and tig welding nickels together using nickels i cut with a coping saw for filler metal to seal it entirely so I have a couple of questions 1. How should I clean the nickels before hand 2. How well will the nickels stick together will they constantly be wanting to fight me and shear apart? 3. How will this fair im a solid fuel forge? 4. Will I constantly be fighting cracks throughout this process? thanks again people

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Oh my god I am such an idiot i completely forgot about how Pennsylvania is one of the largest coal exporting states and how cheap it would be, thanks for reminding. (P.S I am not being sarcastic i completely forgot about that lol thanks again)

So I currently am building a forge to run off of feed corn out of an old pellet grill it will be a side blast my question is should I have the air inlet low compared to the level the corn will be filled to or should it be higher up?

Hey it’s been a while the reason it is so large is I got it for free from my step brother who works for a lumber company and this peice had been sitting there for ever and he was able to get it for me and now I understand about the toe jack thanks I am probably going to buy the chainsaw bar for my father as a Christmas present in all reality and thanks for the feedback!

So I recently have acquired a log of seasoned poplar weighing about 1000 pounds from what I can remember from the last time I looked at it it was approximately 2.5’ in diameter and around 4’ in length i plan on buying a larger chainsaw bar in order to be able to cut this in half so that I can use it as an anvil stand once I get a proper anvil I was thinking about possibly making a carve out on the bottom for a toe jack to lift it if necessary but my question is is it even worth it to make this cut out or should I just leave it flat

So I recently bought an old post vice and the handle is wrought I can tell by the banding in the cracks that are splitting across the grain my question is should I replace the handle or just use it until it breaks the cracks started as minor marks but now are a decent size maybe a 1/8 inch deep

Yeah the 5” piece was a part that my instructor sent me down to have made for something he was doing and I know I am way overthinking this I have a tendency to overcomplicate things lol but thanks

The thing is I don’t have enough hands to forge them out is what I should say I do have access to a ton of material but I don’t have the hands to hold the material hold my round stock and hit it with a hammer