[TheForge] Dies

[Mark A. Pesetsky]

 The only way that I MIGHT be able to do it at home would be the chop
saw way...But setting the rail up for the job/postioning it etc...BIG
HEAVY RAIL!!! Ha....I do think that I have a smaller section omewhere
that I can use for a trial die though...will have to look...

Mark



Will it fit through a 14" chop saw?
(might be hard on the wheel but should work)

Can you prop it up and heat one end in your forge (easier if you have a
pass-through gas, or side-blast traditional)?  I'm not very experienced
but I think you can get a good anneal without bringing it up to forging
temp.  You could also throw it in a backyard fire, campfire,  or small
bonfire, once the coals are built up :) Are you wanting to anneal
because you have a band saw available, or does it just need to be
annealed before anything can be done with it at all?

I have a couple 2-to-3-foot segments of some type of joiner rail, I'll
try to get some pix posted, but am also curious on this subject --
thanks again & as always to the many contributors here, just know that
you're quite a help to a lot of people!

ben