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Super Quench formula - BladeForums. com You can also make good blacksmith hammers with it, and when you super-quench tongs made from 1018, the handles will be nice and springy and they'll stay that way as long as you take care to cool them off between heats Metallurgy snobs love to hate on mild steel, but you can actually get some pretty decent properties out of it with a super-quench
A bunch of public domain blacksmith books on PDF I recently purchased 30 blacksmithing ebooks on eBay for $5 A little research and I came up with some details All of them are works published prior to 1923, so they are in the public domain The guy on eBay claims to have all resale rights, but he's full of it You can find the following
Forums - Bladesmiths Forum Board North American Bladesmith and Blacksmith Directory 43 posts North American Bladesmith Blacksmith Directory Marketplace By Lorne W , September 17 Forges, Tools, Equipment and Materials Tools and Tool Making The tools of the trade and how to make them
Tire Hammer Plans by Clay Spencer - BladeForums. com Ray Clontz Tire Hammer Plans by Clay Spencer These plans are for a 50 lb power hammer that uses the rear axle and hub from a front drive car and emergency spare tire and weighs about 700 lbs It is powered by a 1 hp, 1750 rpm electric motor, 120 or 240 volts, runs about 250 blows per minute
Where is Furrers Ulfberht sword now? Richard Furrer Supporting Member 2k Gender:Male Location:Rural Wisconsin Interests:General blacksmith with an intense interest in steel making and swords of various periods
Waxing carbon steel for corrosion resistance - BladeForums. com A classic dark finish used in blacksmith iron working is beeswax that is essentially burned onto fairly hot steel to form a resinous coating, but I'm talking about lower temp uses: The simplest way to get wax to flow evenly onto a blade is to heat the blade above the melting point of the wax with a hair dryer or the like
ROLLER MILL BUILD STARTING - Bladesmiths Forum Board with the encouragement of Dave Stephens i have started building several roller mills based on Hugh McDonald's design I am going to build several extra of the parts that require mill work or lathe work if anybody else is interested I have re done the orignial plans to all english dimensions and
Best gas forge for a serious home hobbyist? | BladeForums. com I have the two burner blacksmith forge by Diamondback Ironworks It works really good for general bladesmithing It is a great size, easy to use, and is very portable; Dennis makes a quality product and has quick shipping I have also done other projects in it, I like the blacksmith model because it has the side door to put larger items in