[TheForge] Being restricted to the shop isn't that bad....

[Bruce .]

Steve -
I think we should confine you to your shop more often!
Bruce
NJ


On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 7:11 PM Stephen Bloom <sabloom at ironflower.com>
wrote:

> Being restricted to the shop isn't that bad....
> http://ironflower.com/blades/Pages/T/Images/T002.jpg
>
> A project that was finally finished -- think of the 'wheat twist' - a 'U'
> of steel - twisted clockwise and another counter-clockwise the same number
> of turns and lay them side-by-side.  Now make each 'U' out of 4 pieces of
> tool steel (1085 & 15N20 - 1/4" square & 12" long).  Forge weld them
> together and forge a blade.  Use up scrap blocks of handle material - glue
> 1" x 2.5" x 3/4" blocks of alternating color on the diagonal.  Saw the
> block down the midline and saw those in half on the other face.  Restack &
> glue.  Make a pommel out of copper & cupric nickel fused using a torque
> plate.  Shape a guard from 1/4" x 1" x ~4.5" cupric nickel.  Assemble.
> What is wild (but obvious once you think abut it) the directions of the
> chevrons reverse from side-to-side.
>
> Now to repeat using 4 bars.....
>
> Steve
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> on behalf of Bruce . <freemab222 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 4:55 PM
> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [TheForge] Copper vs. coronavirus
>
> Well, it IS a metal!
> Maybe make all handles, knobs, handrails from a copper alloy?  Or maybe
> just copper-plate steel?
>
> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xgqkyw/copper-destroys-viruses-and-bacteria-why-isnt-it-everywhere
> Bruce
> NJ
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