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Forge welded
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:43 pm
by plain ol Bill
Forge welded a piece of good tool steel into the center of some railroad spikes and then forged them into blades. Just something to play with - welded yes, with machine no - by hammer, by eye, by hand. Sharper than an old woman's tongue.
Re: Forge welded
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:30 pm
by Rick_H
Nice Bill
Re: Forge welded
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:20 pm
by rick9345
Letter openers!!
NICE
Re: Forge welded
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 6:18 pm
by dunkster
Nice work Bill.
Some of the most fun I've had metalworking was making pattern welded Damascus with my dad for his knife making venture. His favorite I think though was hand forging blades...just a simple forge, hammer, & anvil. Miss them days.
Re: Forge welded
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:24 pm
by CMSRacing
Those look awesome! We are just putting a blacksmith shop together at work and I'm excited about trying my hand at forge welding. From my research so far it seems like so many other old world skills in that you just can't read yourself into know what to do.
That being said, if there are any good resources you guys know of I'm all ears.
Re: Forge welded
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 11:13 pm
by plain ol Bill
CMS one of the best resources I know of is I Forge Iron forum.
http://www.iforgeiron.com/
Re: Forge welded
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:37 pm
by Otto Nobedder
I've not yet attempted to forge weld.
I may, however, have welded under a forged certification once...
Steve S
Re: Forge welded
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:04 pm
by Wobulate
I don't know about that Otto Nobedder guy, seems a little shady.
LOL
Wob
PS
The first time I watched a man forge tools and other items was in Williamsburg,VA.
The second time I watched a man forge tools was at the San Francisco Exploratorium, I was fascinated, what a fulfilling job
to perform. I also think it would be a great way to work out frustration, as well as strengthen your tennis arm.
Wob
Re: Forge welded
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:08 am
by motox
Re: Forge welded
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:10 am
by taylorkh
Here is a clip of some REAL forge welding.
https://archive.org/details/SF174
Ken
Re: Forge welded
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:02 am
by TRACKRANGER
Hmm
Lucky it's a silent movie...those guys would've had industrial deafness at age 30, at least.
Fascinating to watch, thanks for sharing
Re: Forge welded
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:03 am
by Boomer63
For some reason or another, if I mention 'forging', people that know me don't think of hot metal ...
Re: Forge welded
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:35 am
by TamJeff
Nice work.