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November 19, 2020 at 5:08 am
(November 19, 2020 at 1:06 am)onlinebiker Wrote: (November 16, 2020 at 1:15 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Too right it is! I haven’t made anything yet, still getting the techniques down. So far, I’ve:
-Hammered a square bar into a round one.
-Hammered that one back into a square.
-Hammered points onto both round and square bars.
-Bent bars into curvy shapes over the anvil.
-Put multiple folds into a flat bar.
This stuff is SO cool!
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Whatcha using for heat?
Propane. I was going to go full traditional and use coal or coke, but the local Powers That Be get all weird about burning coal in a residential area.
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November 19, 2020 at 5:10 am
(November 19, 2020 at 1:01 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: (November 16, 2020 at 1:15 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Too right it is! I haven’t made anything yet, still getting the techniques down. So far, I’ve:
-Hammered a square bar into a round one.
-Hammered that one back into a square.
-Hammered points onto both round and square bars.
-Bent bars into curvy shapes over the anvil.
-Put multiple folds into a flat bar.
This stuff is SO cool!
Boru
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Based on the current state of my learning curve, not sooner that 2035.
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November 19, 2020 at 8:17 am
Bet you could speed that up by going with bronze, combo of rail and lost wax casting. Alexander conquered the world with kopis and dory.
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
November 19, 2020 at 8:53 am
(November 19, 2020 at 5:08 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (November 19, 2020 at 1:06 am)onlinebiker Wrote: Whatcha using for heat?
Propane. I was going to go full traditional and use coal or coke, but the local Powers That Be get all weird about burning coal in a residential area.
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Damn... Expensive way to go... No oxidizer?
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
November 19, 2020 at 1:01 pm
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(November 19, 2020 at 5:08 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Propane. I was going to go full traditional and use coal or coke, but the local Powers That Be get all weird about burning coal in a residential area.
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Damn... Expensive way to go... No oxidizer?
Not that expensive. I can run the forge wide open for a little more than a dollar (US) an hour.
Not sure what you mean by ‘oxidizer’.
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
November 19, 2020 at 1:08 pm
(November 19, 2020 at 1:01 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: onlinebiker
(November 19, 2020 at 5:08 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Propane. I was going to go full traditional and use coal or coke, but the local Powers That Be get all weird about burning coal in a residential area.
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Damn... Expensive way to go... No oxidizer?
Not thajt expensive. I can run the forge wide open for a little more than a dollar (US) an hour.
Not sure what you mean by ‘oxidizer’.
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Anything for a bump over atmospheric O2....
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
November 19, 2020 at 1:18 pm
(November 19, 2020 at 1:08 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: (November 19, 2020 at 1:01 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: onlinebiker
Damn... Expensive way to go... No oxidizer?
Not thajt expensive. I can run the forge wide open for a little more than a dollar (US) an hour.
Not sure what you mean by ‘oxidizer’.
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Anything for a bump over atmospheric O2....
Ah. No, I’m getting 2400F as is, which is sufficient for right now.
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
November 19, 2020 at 2:03 pm
(November 19, 2020 at 1:18 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (November 19, 2020 at 1:08 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Anything for a bump over atmospheric O2....
Ah. No, I’m getting 2400F as is, which is sufficient for right now.
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The flame - not the workpiece?
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You must be doing smaller stuff... Anything bigger than 10mm or so - and I go right for the oxy/acetylene....
Propane would take forever....
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November 19, 2020 at 2:17 pm
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It doesn’t take forever. I can get a 20mm bar to forge temp in about two minutes. I can spare the time.
And the 2400 is for the workpiece, assuming my pyrometer isn’t lying to me. 
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
November 19, 2020 at 3:13 pm
(November 19, 2020 at 2:17 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It doesn’t take forever. I can get a 20mm bar to forge temp in about two minutes. I can spare the time.
And the 2400 is for the workpiece, assuming my pyrometer isn’t lying to me.
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It is not that hot.
If it were - striking it with a hammer would be awfully exciting - as you would only be 100 degrees or so from melting - and in my experience you can't get that kind of heat out of straight propane....
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