[TheForge] Super Quenched Dies?

[Dan Tull]

Chris,
We should all remember where we came from. All of us had to start somewhere.
My comments were to "cause to action" to try to get newbies to "just do it".
Get out there and find a big enough piece to make dies. They're there for 
free.
Caterpillar track pins, coil springs off a D-8, etc. are for the asking.
Right tool for the right job kinda thing.
Blacksmiths have a hard enough time making ANY money w/o having to pay for 
tool steel,
but also don't waste time making dies you might not be happy with.
One of the great things about this forum is:
We don't have to keep re-inventing the wheel. Use others expertise.
"Sharing of information."
Yes, I agree, one of B/S'ng biggest problems is the 90% ratio of hobbyist to 
pro's. If you have to do it to make money, you do it different than
someone doing it for fun and pleasure. But if someone has done it before us, 
shouldn't we consider their "trial and error"?
You can forge a leaf MANY different ways,  but if you had to make 200 of 
them( and the customer didn't know the difference)
would you do it the hardest way?

I do not mean to put down experimentation, some things are done way too long 
just because" that's the way  we've always done it".
Super quench has it's place.  Tooling for repetitive operations is not it.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Kilpatrick" <crimsonkil at lycos.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Super Quenched Dies?


I have spring shop drops, lumber yard bandsaw blade, a couple of axles and 
other odds and ends, However, none of them is large enough for a power 
hammer die.  My point was not to be snide or demeaning, but to help those 
professional smiths out there remember some of us are not full time smiths, 
with well stocked smithies.

-Chris K.