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Ragged forging on a drawknife tang set down


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The metal pushing out on the sides is starting to form a cold shut, and your inside corner is a bit sharp. I would suggest (1) alternating hammer blows on the set-down and on the sides, and (2) forging the set-down over something with a slightly rounder edge. This piece can be rescued before you do any more work by filing or grinding the sides flat and that inside corner round.

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Looks like you set the step on a sharp edge of the anvil. A sharp inside corner which is a stress riser and the likely initiation point of catastrophic failure. 

Prevent it by setting a step over a rounded edge, 1/8" - 1/4" radius are good though it's also good to give an edge a tapering radius.

Frosty The Lucky.

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I radius both edges of my anvil from the step to where the heel begins from 3/8" to 0". This gives me a sharp edge when needed and a 3/8" radius for most of my shoulders.

Like Thomas said,, a hot rasp is your friend.

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I made one of those as well. It was my first experiment with super quench and the 1-1/2" block was mild steel. I made it for my treadle hammer. It's used a lot and the super quench works well. 

I use it a lot for the finials on my cabinet pulls. 

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