[TheForge] Re: Powder Damascus

Andrew Vida osan at netlabs.net
Sat Dec 11 11:26:39 EST 2004



Dan Scheid wrote:
> 
>  Can you use a power hammer instead of the press or must it be "pressed"
> Dan Scheid

	Press is going to give much better control and a better guarantee 
against shearing the welds, all 250 million of them, when trying to 
stick the billet.  Initial sticking in a stack is a comparatively 
delicate matter.  Light pressure and no violence seems to work best.


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