Just got my little smithy fired up in the garage and for my first attempt I made some (absolutely horrible) cable damascus. Looked like crap but actually got a small part of it to weld up. Have some tune up to do on my forge since only one of the two burners is working. Must have a plug somewhere. I've got some old leaf springs from an early 60's mustang that I'm fairly sure are 5160 to practice forging with. Then on to some 52100 I picked up from Rex. Lot's to do to make the smithy workable and lots more to learn. Should be a gas.
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Welcome to the club brother! It is great fun to be sure.
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Way to go....Have fun forging as you will not think of anything else now for awhile..
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Welcome
It's a great club full of great people. Forging blades is a disease for which there is no cure.
YMHS--------------Bob
It's a great club full of great people. Forging blades is a disease for which there is no cure.
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Enjoy the forging.
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Hey Tracy, what feels the worst, a grinder burn or one from hot steel? Welcome to the new dimension and obsession! Sandy
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Tracy
Just checking did you give the cable a couple of twists with a monkey wrench to start with to get the cable tighter. Before hammering.
Just checking did you give the cable a couple of twists with a monkey wrench to start with to get the cable tighter. Before hammering.
Sandy, nothing compares to the smell of Barge cement.
Reg, I didn't twist the cable. I need to make one of those two handled monkey wrenches first. I just smashed the hell out of it and I was ear to ear grin the whole time. I couldn't wait for it to cool so I could go cut it up to see how it welded.
This weekend I'm going to smash up some 5160 and have even more fun.
Reg, I didn't twist the cable. I need to make one of those two handled monkey wrenches first. I just smashed the hell out of it and I was ear to ear grin the whole time. I couldn't wait for it to cool so I could go cut it up to see how it welded.
This weekend I'm going to smash up some 5160 and have even more fun.
