December 31, 20169 yr Aussie smith Phil ( aka ) Forgemaster bashing out a ball under his hammer . Dale Russell
January 1, 20179 yr Cool videos, thanks for posting them. I think the first one would be a good demonstration of how stock temperature will increase under a hammer. They're all doing it but #1 is most dramatic, the slugs go from orange to yellow quickly. Frosty The Lucky.
January 1, 20179 yr Nice videos. For balls were there are high volume it would be hard to compete with these guys. Forged despite part of the title.
January 1, 20179 yr Here's an interesting simulation video that shows the ball forming just past the middle of the video.
January 2, 20179 yr It would be great to hear from Phil what these balls are for? He must be making a fair number to justify the tooling. I would have thought someone would be mass producing 5" balls fairly cheaply.
January 2, 20179 yr These videos are pretty cool, I always thought that the balls for ball mills were cast, not forged.
January 3, 20179 yr Author One more of an Asian smith doing open die ball forging. Notice how he forges it on the diamond to bring it back:
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