[TheForge] Iron Foil

[Jerry Smith]

Cameron,
         That is why I am looking for iron foil or thin gauged iron. I was 
last night that I was getting 50 pounds of old fashion iron from a narrow 
gauge, donkey pulled type rail system. As with such things, I will have to 
cut it, not a problem and then thin it down, which my new power hammer can 
do. But that is a lot of work. So I may have some for sale or trade.

Jerry

At 10:20 AM 10/14/2004, you wrote:

>>>From: Jerry Smith <jfsmith at ameritech.net>
>>>Date: 2004/10/13 Wed PM 08:15:04 EDT
>>>To: Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Iron Foil
>>>
>>>Dave,
>>>         I am looking for something as thin as steel banding. I can get 
>>> lots of bridge girder sized stuff, but I need some thin stock.
>>>
>>>
>>>Jerry
>
>I just realized I've made some small pieces myself. For mokune, I forged 
>down some pure iron to about 1/8" x 2" strips and then just used a manual 
>jewlers rolling mill.
>I took the metal down to approx. 22ga. The cool part about pure iron: it 
>dosen't work harden. No carbides to break up smooth crystal planes in the 
>metal. I went from 1/8" all the way down without annealing! If you only 
>need small pieces this might be a viable but somewhat tedious way to get them.
>
>
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