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schmidt.blake
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3h ago
Old man in Cheyenne put his hand on my shoulder and said 'let the steel talk' and I still think about it
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the_sage
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2d ago
Update: my hammer marks went from a mess to a real pattern after I swapped one thing
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casey787
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5d ago
I finally learned why old anvils ring and mine just thuds
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oscarm24
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6d ago
Showerthought: The old coal forge at the fairgrounds in Pikeville is what got me off the gas burner
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barbara429
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11d ago
Vent: dropped $310 on a belt grinder attachment I use maybe twice a month
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wren301
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14d ago
Bought a $300 post vise off a guy in Bozeman and it fixed my hammering
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ward.tyler
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15d ago
A guy at the swap meet in Tulsa told me my forge weld looked like cold cat shit and he was right
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taylor_moore
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16d ago
Switched my anvil stand from wood to steel last month, not going back
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joseph_lewis92
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17d ago
Just learned a traditional Japanese swordsmith folds steel around 15 times, and I can't stop thinking about the math
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lucas159
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19d ago
Counted my scrap bin after forging 100 bottle openers and 23 of them ate it at the twist, what am I doing wrong
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leo_price
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20d ago
Guy at the hammer-in said my quench was too fast for 1084, now I'm second guessing my whole setup
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kellymurphy
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21d ago
Unpopular opinion: stop quenching 1084 in motor oil, it's gumming up your whole heat treat
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sandra146
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23d ago
PSA: I spent two years drawing out my tapers by eye before a guy in Toledo asked why my tongs all look the same
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ray210
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25d ago
Took me 6 months to stop dunking hot steel in the water bucket, now I just let it sit on the bricks
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emma_young
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26d ago
My first forge weld blistered because I grabbed the wrong flux at the shop in Boise
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