dkunkler Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 I bought a hunk of nickel aluminum bronze at QuadState and forged the 2 bigger crosses a couple weeks ago and made the little one saturday with a scrap from a larger cross. The original piece was about 1" square and I reduced it down to about 5/8" on the rolling mill. I was amazed at how tough this stuff was and how hot it could be worked (orange heat). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Nicely done! That is a material that I am unfamiliar with. If it has much nickel I am not surprised that it was tough stuff. Monel (.63 nickel-cobalt) is the hardest stuff I have forged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Beautiful crosses! Nice job. Mark <>< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Wow makes me wish I had bought some of that off Patrick at Q-S! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkunkler Posted October 11, 2011 Author Share Posted October 11, 2011 I got it from Patrick Nowak. I couldn't remember the alloy number, so I emailed him last night with this reply "The alloy is UNS # C63200. You can also find it listed under Copper Development Authority (CDA) # 630. This alloy forges very well in the range of about 1300-1600 F. forging it colder than that will likely result in cracks. Also, it can be heat treated. If you quench it, unlike copper, it will harden so I would advise air cooling after forging.". If anyone needs some NiAl Bronze, his contact info is in this thread. http://www.iforgeiro...__fromsearch__1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptree Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 I got a hu8nk as well and found it very difficult to hand forge as well. I made a Celtic like cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkunkler Posted October 17, 2011 Author Share Posted October 17, 2011 I got a hunk as well and found it very difficult to hand forge as well. I made a Celtic like cross. It's some interesting stuff to work with and buffs up to a bright shine. Could you post a picture of your cross please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I am familiar with Patrick, I introduced him to blacksmithing when he was still a metallurgy student at OSU...His wife may have forgiven me or is keeping it bottled up plotting some hideous revenge...(I'm betting on the first one as Melody is good people!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avadon Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Very cool. Love the work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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