knives85 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Salutations to all. i have come to this site for many reasons ,but the most pressing is my curent endevor to master the box joint. I have read a post from here on the topic ,but its usefull links are down. I have personaly forged two "succesful" pairs of pliers, but they are sloppy in the joint and i cannot gurantee succes in a third, or, at this point, fiftenth atempt. What i realy need is a pictoral tutorial and measurements of the parent stock and the subsequent steps. Can anyone show me the proper way to do this? with gratitude, david Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 i have made box joint pliers multiple pairs in fact part of the secret is to forge a close fit and leave a little extra on the female part so that after you punch and drift you can forge back and fill any gaps ... it takes a certan amount of fiddling to get it right . i took a class with Pieter Ross years ago to learn how ... i suggest checking to see if anyone in your area can teach you as hands on is always a better teacher for blacksmithing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Sadly the video is gone http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/19207-forging-a-box-joint/ Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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