[TheForge] Re: Snarling iron pics

Tue Jan 27 23:20:00 2004

Anneal, thin it down, and re-treat.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spencer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:46 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: Snarling iron pics

> 
> > That's a pretty decent looking iron you have there, Mike.
> 
> Looks are everything.  On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog. :-)
> 
> > Try superquenching it to make it springier if it is too mushy.
> 
> Not mushy so much as too stiff, even when jiggered up and down in the
> vise until it's as good as possible. I think it oughta be
> more...um... whippy.  Thinner taper, maybe?  Can't be too thin or the
> working end will fatigue off at the neck.
> 
> [END blacksmithing; BEGIN YAK]
> 
> Hmm...  How about an electromagnet fixed up the way a door bell or old
> fashioned buzzer works?  Tune the frequency to the natural frequency
> of the tool by trial and error, then just step on the foot switch and
> BAAAZZZZZZZZZZ hammer out your shape.  Huh.  Real soon now.  The to-do
> pushdown stack is already in overflow mode.
> 
> And who needs superquench?  On *good* days, I have chunks of ice
> floating in my quench tub -- frozen solid this morning.  I bumped into
> a guy in the supermarket this week whom I hadn't seen for maybe twenty
> years.  First thing he does is introduce me to his buddy as the guy
> who used to sit in a straight chair on top of the kitchen wood stove
> to keep warm. (Thanks, pal.)  Things have improved dramatically since
> those days but 5 below (F) is still um... non-optimal for a shop temp.
> 
> - Mike
> 
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