[TheForge] Forging Tungston?

[Jerry Frost]

The only tungsten alloys I'm familiar with require some serious mojo to 
forge, typically well beyond a home shop.

Let us know how you fare.
Jer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
To: "theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 5:54 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Forging Tungston?


> At our last event I had someone give me a couple pins that he said were
> tungston.  They look like they were punches out of some kind of punch 
> press.
> They are 5/8" dia rd about 8" long with a ring/recess cut in them about 1"
> from one end.
>
> Have any of you worked with tungston? Can I forge them with normal
> blacksmith processes?  What would be the best application for them? It 
> would
> be nice to have a hot cut that I didn't have to worry about overheating. 
> Or
> maybe a hammer head eye drift.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>