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anyone home?

no new posts for days?? Whassup widdat?
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by wolves
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by wolves

Forming twists in titanium ?

I was smithing a little Ti yesterday, trying to make bracelets. Not sure what the alloy was - scrap 3/4" bar, drawn dow...
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posted by dingbat
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by dingbat

Do blacksmith's craft condoms ???

I need some steel condoms for the asshole of my boyfriend, because his digestive juices are too agressive for rubber con...
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posted by pain_wheels
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by pain_wheels

annealing stainless

What is the best way to anneal stainless steel such as 440C for easy working. The standard slow cool from about 1800-190...
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posted by nlb
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by nlb

blacksmith conference

14th Annual Ozark Conference April 29, 30, & May 1, 2005 at Warren County Fairgrounds, Warrenton, MO. ( 40 miles we...
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posted by w
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by w

Anvil or ASO?

Hello Smiths, I've a question or two for you anvil experts out there. I was given an anvil about 30 years ago, it is ab...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by redgreen((
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by redgreen((

crossbow prod

Do anyone got cad drawings for a crossbow prod with a draw weight of 230 lbs, and draw lenght of 8 inces ? haaken(remov...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by nkrbjhvee
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by nkrbjhvee

propane forge full/idler hardware mounting?

Jeez, it seems like I've been asking questions about building forges for years. Well, the time has come and I'm actuall...
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posted by grant
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by grant

propane regulator question

I'm building some pipe burners and as part of testing/tuning I'm wishing I had a pressure gage to read gas pressure. My...
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posted by grant
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by grant

Phoenix Forge..

Hi... I recently aquired an old Phoenix forge (brand name)... It has a Champion blower on it that was driven with a fla...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by lcm
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by lcm

Iron pour tomorrow, Atlanta

Red Top Mtn. State Park. We're pouring skillets, Noon. Be there early ..10 ish.. Dave, The Smith
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by MMDCL
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by MMDCL

Alvin Aressted

Alvin I was thinking about what you said about using the arrest point for an indicator to quench and it brings up a few...
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posted by f0rgerHOOK
18 comments posted 21yrs posted by f0rgerHOOK

Cinder block heat safety

Greetings, Google news gave no matches... A photo in the fall-winter Japan Woodworker catalog shows a master chisel bla...
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posted by nospam
14 comments posted 21yrs posted by nospam

Can tempering go wrong?

Hi! That's my question, regarding knife-making. I mean, if I do the hardening of the blade with rather less-than-profes...
26 comments posted 21yrs
posted by spam-muelleimer
26 comments posted 21yrs posted by spam-muelleimer

Re:blacksmithing?

Not to pull anyone's chain, and I *do* get a lot of useful info here, but has it occured to anyone else that the 'craft...
12 comments posted 21yrs
posted by wolves
12 comments posted 21yrs posted by wolves