[TheForge] Science fair project

[Marc Godbout]

I'll guess that he won't be actually forging at the fair? 

Can he draw out and taper a 3" piece of 3/8"sq to a long "string"? That
would show a constant volume. Have a before and after piece there.

How about upsetting? Could he forge a ball or even a cube from, say, 2"
X 1/2" Sq? Again, another befoer and after sample.

Would you be willing to forge weld a small piece for him? He could
hacksaw it in half, showing the fusion, and explain that a blacksmith
did the weld for him. If you kept it a little sloppy, it would show that
they were indeed two pieces at one time.

Have a chart of forging temperatures with their colors.

A ball-bearing hardness test. He could make a "tester" out of a clear
plastic tube with graduations. Drop the same bearing onto steel bars of
different hardness, showing the different bounces.

Why can't adults have their own science fairs? Sounds like fun :-)

-Marc

 
On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 16:41, Kelloughs wrote:
> My 10 year old son is going to do a science fair project soon. He frequently helps me at the forge and also likes to do his own little jobs. I thought that it would be a good idea to do his project on blacksmithing as no one at his school has done a project on this subject in recent past (that we know about).
> My question would be: does any one know of a good project for him, or any recourses we could use? Please keep in mind that he is ten years old, and I want him to pretty much do the job him self with only my supervision.
> Thanks in advance
> John Kellough
> 

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Marc Godbout
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