[TheForge] mokume- gane

[Ron Childers]

I saw Ryan Johnson put a stack of quarters in the jaws of a heavy pair
of tongs, heat, flux, then heat to red and whack the whole thing with a
hammer. He then ground off the edges and cut some grooves in it then
forged to shape and made a heart. A birds eye effect can be achieved by
drilling holes and forging again.


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I checked Amazon for that book. New price is $511.00 Hope it is a
misprint. 
LOL

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From: Blakkpawss
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 8:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] mokume- gane

First I'd recommend not doing any mokume in your forge that you work
steel from. Especially when using copper alloys. I was always told that
it leaves copper behind and that it would keep welds from forming in
steel. For reference I have a book at home that's not too bad. I believe
the title is "Mokume Gane for the small shop" by Steve Migette(may have
that last name spelled wrong). If you have things done right you don't
really need flux. 
However, burning a little bit of wood in a forge while making the
initial weld seems to help kill oxygen in the forge and help with the
weld. Expect some delaminatikn at the edges of your billets and expect
some wasted metal. 
Part of the process.


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Subject: [TheForge] mokume- gane
From: Dan Scheid <damales at pollybutte.net>
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I have been welding lamented steel (Damascus )  for going on over 20
years.
And I thought of doing Mokume gane. I read that you can use US quarters
as your start press, heat, then weld  but could not find anything about
if it needs flux. Anyone got a link or a book on a simple start for
mokume game?
Thanks
Dan Scheid

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