ThomasPowers Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 As you get real thin the balance between scale thickness and metal thickness tends to get off and so it hammers more like you are working scale---a "crunchy" material (and it's so easy to overheat at that thickness!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 Thanks, guys. I really appreciate it. Very helpful. I need to find me some hammer time---and yes, ThomasPowers, crunchy may have been what I was feeling---everything was too thin. I had a moment where I thought I had accidentally folded over an edge because I was messing with it a lot. That 3/8 hot-rolled went into the fire way too many times. Even I knew it was too many. So why didn't I stop? Because I can be dumb. And I was excited about doing something with fire and a hammer because who doesn't like that? Fire plus hammer is like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup---the perfect combination. As far as the spinning, I came in from the shop because I'm just tired enough to do something stupid at the lathe. Time to step away. So if I have any courage, I will give it a spin tomorrow and see if I can make a recognizable something. Or I'll make a mess and then ask you all to help me figure out how I screwed it up and we can give it a name so I can sell it as "art," because I'm obviously in this for the cash and glamour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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