I got all inspired by Bowie's Hammer-In I guess.. I welded up an old Wrought Iron barn door hinge to consolidate and clean it up. I have never had much luck forge welding WI in the past, but this went well. I folded it long-long ways and it welded shut nicely, then I folded it long ways and it welded up solid. Hmmm. My arm was getting tired, so I came back the next day and started forging it down edge-ways to a more square cross-section bar. Wonders! It didn't come apart. I was able to forge it down square and then draw it out with-out having to weld-up up but one or two superficial cold shuts. The finished rough forged bar is shown above in the followng thumb nail. The WI is for the guard for the rough forged blade below that.
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10-28-2007, 05:44 PM
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