[TheForge] Wire question

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Phlip,
>      I don't use wire, I just weld the end and watch for shear (layers
sliding sideways in the billet)  I have never had any luck rewelding any
spot where I have had shear.  I have reground and reworked and still no
luck.
>
> -Crimson

OK, well, I'm sufficiently a clutz, that I figure all the extra stability I
can get is a Good Thing ;-) I'm using shim stock (0.007) for my layers, and
I specificly want to use simple carbon steel for the project, so I'm
figuring if I start out with thin layers, I can minimize carbon migration.
Later, if I decide to play with some of the more complex alloys, I won't
worry as much, particularly when I experiment with nickel, but for the time
being, I want to minimize time in the forge, as well as time picking things
up off the ground (I SAID I was a clutz) because I wasn't holding them right
;-)

And, since I'm using Hrisoulas as my instructer, first time through I'm
going to do my best to do it exactly the way he describes. Later, I'll
experiment and screw things up all by myself ;-)

Saint Phlip,
CoD

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

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And never a rider who cain't be throwed....