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Heat Clay

Does anyone know how to get heat clay? links? suppliers? random info? Regards - Adam
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posted by goo-itez
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by goo-itez

How my Demo went

I asked you all about what to demo and got a great response. Thanks. Here is what I did. I started with a Rococo leaf (...
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posted by andhi
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by andhi

Cable pattern welded blade start

Hi Guys, Just an update. I did a raw material swap with a nice bloke in America, I gave him a couple of Australian burl...
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posted by charlesanderson
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by charlesanderson

hydraulic forging press?

Anyone know of any plans out there for building a hydraulic forging press? Could something like that have a fairly fast...
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posted by dontsend
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by dontsend

annealing temp chart for various items?

I'm looking for a chart with the temps for annealing various products. I've seen them and had one till I changed jobs r...
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posted by clannorm
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by clannorm

Looking for Propane Forge/Kit

I've been taking an introductory blacksmithing class, and am interested in purchasing a 2-3 burner propane forge (possib...
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posted by muck
15 comments posted 19yrs posted by muck

Anvil ID help needed

Foreword; The following post was originally in sci.eng.joining.welding, I was advised to post it here. Thanks, Jim Gree...
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posted by jimnthemNOSPAM
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by jimnthemNOSPAM

Material for making tongs

I have at my disposal a bunch of 7/16 rods that were the spokes on some old metal wagon wheels. Is this material too th...
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posted by rlgroshans
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by rlgroshans

Spark arrestors

Because he thought it would keep my neighbors happy (and the building inspector happy) our engineer has spec'ed a spark...
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posted by noMail
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by noMail

balancing a hammer??

Gday all, After making a hammer a while ago and modifying one recently, I got to thinking what makes one hammer feel go...
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posted by troy_honeman
21 comments posted 19yrs posted by troy_honeman

Magnetic field effect on grain growth/size?

I was wondering if there have ever been any attempt to see if a strong magnetic field applied to a piece of metal durin...
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posted by JohnFlyTn
21 comments posted 19yrs posted by JohnFlyTn

Question for Smiths

I have a demonstration on October 7th for my local ABANA chapter. It will be held at my shop in Stroudsburg PA. As of y...
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posted by andhi
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by andhi