[TheForge] texturing long stock

[Gladish Family]

What a project!
Why is it that the simpler the form I want to make, the more work it is to
get it right?
I just finished texturing some 12' sections of 1 x 5/8, hot through drawing
dies. The whole time I was wrestling with these long bars and watching them
sag and twist and go all noodly I thought, "if I were working with a more
experienced smith, he'd laugh and suggest a much easier way of dealing with
this."
Any observations or suggestions, for the next time?
TIA,
Andy Gladish
Guemes Island, WA

 ~ The beatings will continue until morale improves.