[TheForge] forging contest

[Bob Willman]

	This is one I used several years ago at our local hammer-in. I
prepared several pieces of 1" round cut 1.27" (I believe)long. This makes
each piece 1 cubic inch in volume. The assigned task was to hammer each
piece into a cube as accurately as possible. The only tools allowed were
hammer and tongs and a pencil or some other marking device - no other
measuring devices allowed. My intent with the marking device was that they
would set the round on end at the corner of the anvil and mark a 1 inch
square at the corner but no one used it - they just started hammering. I was
not concerned about being exactly 1" cubed as much as the cube having equal
sides and square corners.

	Be prepared for judging with calipers and a square. To determine the
winner the final 2 were checked with a square and calipers and it was not an
easy task to eliminate one of them to second place. As I remember the winner
was within about .030" from having equal sides and very little out of
square.

Good luck. 


Bob Willman
Bowling Green, Ohio
The Eagle's Anvil
WB8NQW

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Subject: [TheForge] forging contest

Trying to come up w/ a contest for a conference. Needs to be less than 30
mins.,and more objective than subjective. All skill levels. Forge welded
rings, nails, RR spikes, and just plain drawing out for length  have been
done in the past.  What do you think could be done w/ a min. of special
tools?


dan tull
Georgia
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