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One way of designing a scroll
Not being artistic at all, I put together an excel spreadsheet that helps me to design an Archimedes Spiral type of scroll. It's not a fancy program, but it works. You can check it out at: By the way,...
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Thermal expansion of steel
I was playing with putting a cross inside a small ring yesterday and found out that steel expands and shrinks when heated quite a bit more than I thought it would. Made the cross fit and hold by...
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Rivets from Nails
This list has been pretty quiet for a while, so I thought I'd at least say something in blacksmithing. Anyway, I have been working on my gothic domed chest again and it's getting closer. As part of...
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Rabbit Plaque: brass casting
I sent my new page out a while ago to my e-zine subscribers and thought I would share it with you too. It is a plaque I did using lost foam. Here is the address: D This page details the Rabbitry...
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Blacksmiths Journal Top 50 is terminating, or not?
I got a email from the Blacksmiths Journal folks a couple of days ago saying that they were terminating their Top 50 list as of yesterday, Saturday, May 8, 2010. I noticed that it IS still up and...
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How to quench a digging bar
I have a 6 foot long "digging bar" that I bought for $3 at a garage sale. It is made out of a 1 1/8" or so hex bar. On one end of it, it looks like a metal chisel (not wood chisel). On the other end,...
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Wrong question: I should have asked "what are railroad rails made of?"
FYI: I got this from wikipedia rail profile: "The American Railway Engineering Association (AREA) and the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) specified carbon, manganese, silicon and...
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Railroad spkes
This is an old issue that keeps popping back up. I used to have the metalurgical makeup of the RR spike. But I do remember they have a minimum carbon content of .30%. Depending on the batch they...
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How hard are railroad rails and railroad spikes?
I spent the weekend with a couple of guys who spent most or all of their lives so far working on rail systems. Add to their input the input I have gotten from other sources and I am totally confused....
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Hammer heat treating
Since we were talking about how to heat threat an anvil, it reminded me that I also would like to hear ideas about how people heat treat hammers. I've modified a couple of hammers and had to heat...
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Anvil Refacing... Your opinions/experience requested
I had originally posted this on One of the gents suggested that I post this same request here. I know that this topic has been revisited many times... I've started the search for Rankin BBG and DDG...
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William Flores Jr. carried on after dad in blacksmith shop
came across this. http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/article_90c09187-b3b0-51d5-afa9-4bcc164e9ffb.html
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pressing engagement
or shall i say, some fun in the shop ! i had a project that required some pressed sheet metal. that is, scroll elements pressed into 16 gauge steel. i formed the scrolls from 3/32 inch welding rod ....
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Some fancier ironwork on the Yucatan Penninsula
I just added a third short east Mexican ironwork gallery to this page. This one is mostly interior ironwork at the Avalon Grand Hotel in Cancun, Mexico. Pete Stanaitis
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How much does steel stock weigh?
I just put up this short page that has a few tips for figuring/ obtaining the wieght of steel that you might be buying, etc.: ideas have only been around for a few centuries, so I don't think I will...
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