[TheForge] forging contest

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Freehand forging a corkscrew from tool steel bar is pretty darn 
challenging for me!...end up fiddling around with them endlessly. pf

Zahn wrote:
> I always like bottle openers and corkscrews. They can be judged on functionality and ergonomics.
> 
>> From: blcksmth at wcnet.org
>> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 12:09:26 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] forging contest
>>
>> 	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
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of dan tull
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 11:57 PM
>> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net; The_Anvil at yahoogroups.com
>> 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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