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On 5/4/2019 at 6:46 PM, BIGGUNDOCTOR said:

Not blacksmithing related other than it is two and a half tons worth of steel and cast iron. 1956 Imperial

Too bad the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend just happened. My vote is for Rat Rod.

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Driving down our favorite path from town, my wife looked down and said, "There's a horse shoe".  I stopped and backed up to collect said shoe and discovered it's a two-fer.  Strange.  I never realized horses got retreads. 

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Actually per my reading the test for farrier for the US military used to include taking two worn out shoes and forge welding them together to make 1 good shoe; not quite as impressive as the guy who forgewelded baling wire into a shoe---but that wasn't on the test.

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Stopped by the old stock supply today and while picking up some more bar stock i was given this. 1" x 1 1/2" x 14" ( or abouts 14") hunk of D-2. 

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I am thinking hardy tools, fullers, cone mandrel, etc. to use it for. Any yall ever use D-2 for tooling? It is a nice big hunk and i would like to figure something out with it. I tried to cut a piece and thought i was going to burn out my angle grinder. Pretty tough stuff. 

 

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Read the official heat treat specs for it!  I know a fellow who used to make blades from it; but by stock removal and had a computerized electric inert atmosphere custom heat treat furnace to get the best from it. (Din't hurt that his father was a research metallurgist...)

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