[TheForge] Re: Artist-Blacksmith

[robert hensarling]

Hey, here we go!  Drink yourself to death while breathing yourself to death! 
I thought about lead yesterday, and almost tried a 1/2 x 1 x 3" piece I had 
laying around.  However, I got to thinking about the next time I forge hot 
steel and the vapors I'd get from some of the lead being in the dies.  I'm 
already pushing not being here a whole heck of a lot longer, so I better not 
agitate things  :o)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 3:22 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: Artist-Blacksmith


>
>> Say, I bet, within the next few years, there become a material
>> available, probably plastic in nature(besides clay), that will forge
>> exactly like steel, or is there?  I'd love to practice scrolls etc
>> without the heat.
>
> Well, not "exactly like steel", but you can do neat stuff with
> lead, no heat required.  There's an extensive downside -- toxic dust,
> thin bits sag, etc. -- but you can do some real nice work.  And the
> ease of working it means that if you choose to mix your forge work and
> your scotch tippling, the finger-loss-&-immanent-death index is
> reduced by, oh, say, 50%.
>
>
> - Mike
>
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