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Offline mullet

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First Run With the New Forge
« on: December 31, 2019, 02:34:05 pm »
Kevin, you're right, it is addictive. I didn't realize how long I played with the forge today until I quit and looked at the clock. just played with some simple stuff to get used to how hot to use it.
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Re: First Run With the New Forge
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2019, 02:36:03 pm »
Forgot the cross.
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Re: First Run With the New Forge
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2019, 05:32:35 pm »
Eddie.
Holy smokes .
your a natural.
forge weld on the 1st run?
all of it looks real good.
Kevin
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Re: First Run With the New Forge
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2019, 06:25:48 pm »
Looks good Eddie, looks like you have been doing it for years.
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Re: First Run With the New Forge
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2019, 10:20:24 pm »
Nice stuff, Eddie. Like Kevin said, you are a natural.  (f)   :OK
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Re: First Run With the New Forge
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2020, 07:33:17 am »
I like it Eddie. You'll be buying up old farm steel all over FL now.

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Re: First Run With the New Forge
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2020, 01:43:22 pm »
Nice work!  Looks like another addiction started!
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Re: First Run With the New Forge
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2020, 02:47:26 pm »
Aww, shucks. Thanks, everybody. Kevin the blacksmith gave me a quick lesson on forge welding when I picked up the forge. He made me do all of the hammering, showed me using Borax for flux. I brought it home and finished welding it up. I'm still not through drawing the blade out. He also walked me through making a set of tongs out of rebar.
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Re: First Run With the New Forge
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2020, 10:15:10 pm »
looks awesome.
any help or tips with regards to the forge welding
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Re: First Run With the New Forge
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2020, 06:10:10 am »
looks good Eddie
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Re: First Run With the New Forge
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2020, 02:34:38 pm »
TSA, What he showed me was pretty simple. Once the two ends was folded over real close, just so you could see light between the gap, I filled the space with Borax. Then put it back in the forge till it was good and hot. Then started beating it from the middle , out towards the edge. Anyplace you could see light between the two pieces was filled with Borax, reheated and the process started over again until there was no light between the two pieces. Once it was welded then I reheated it and started to draw the blade out.
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