[TheForge] Scale

Tue Jun 18 23:24:00 2002

There's a problem with this approach. When you dip the hammer, the wood 
swells and crushes some of the fibers. When it dries out, it will be 
looser than before. Much better to make the heads fit dry and keep them dry.

Steve Smith, who admits to having several loose hammer heads at the moment.

Shannell Sugrue wrote:

>I dip my loosest hammers in the tub to get them to tighten up a little, the
>wood seems to dry out and shrink, but thats only every week or so, you might
>be right about dipping every few minutes
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>From: "Herman, Richard A" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: 18 June, 2002 9:57 PM
>Subject: RE: [TheForge] Scale
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>>Bob,
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>>One of the things I noticed at the Abana conference was the Japanese
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>>working on the billet for their wood saw.  The anvil was sitting on the
>>ground and the master smith was sitting on a low stool with the slack tub
>>beside him.  He would occasionally dip his hammer in the slack tub between
>>strokes, then hit the steel at high heat and get a pop almost like a
>>firecracker going off.  I assumed at the time this was to knock the scale
>>off and it seemed very efficient.  Might want to give this a try, although
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>>don't know if I would do this with my favorite hammer, could be hard on
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>>handle in the long run and cause it to loosen up.
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>>Rich Herman
>>Rosemount, MN
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>>>I'm curious how everyone deals with scale?
>>>I've got a couple of problems with it that I find irritating.
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>>>I've heard some bladesmiths use water on the anvil to blast the scale off
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>>>they're working.
>>>Anyone ever tried it?
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>>>Bob
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