postleg Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 The temp was 95 with heat index of 112. So what do you do? I forged a cross for an up comming art show. It is 18 X 10 made out of 1/2 in sq bar and has 6 copper acsents. The scroll work is made fron 1/2 round bar I hammered in 1/4 sq. I buffed the steel then blued the four cross points and heated the copper untill it turned a purple/ red. Not exactly what I envisioned when I started but thats what I like about this hammering steel thing you never know what twist the hot steel will will take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry H Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Nice work, I do the same thing when the temp goes up, stand in front of a 2000 degree forge and when you step away 100 degrees is not that hot, are we crazy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postleg Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 Yes sometimes I wonder if I'm slow cooking my brain. Ours is not to reason why. One thing I did find interesting about this posting was that the word hell was replaced with xxxx. I didnt realise that hell was that offensive. It seems that the four x's leaves the posting title open to a more offensive interpitation. But then again maybe it's the heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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