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| ksor:
I must have an avril and ess to do such things: :coffee: http://kelds.weebly.com/smedning.html OR maybe one of these induction-jigs can do it ! :coffee: Does any of you use indunction to heat up the iron for black smithing ? |
| PTsideshow:
I don't have one, but had an induction melter in an old centrifugal dental casting machine the machine after the panels were removed the crucible and melting coil This is the electrical stuff including "THE TUBE" The power coils if you will About sums it up :clap: It was from the fifties, made in Italy and imported to the US for making dental items and casting small items for the jewelry trade. By the time it passed to my hands it was abused and the company didn't have the parts that were bad. They did have some other parts. I have saved the tube and some of the other interesting parts, as a steampunkers was going to buy them. But he wanted to buy them for postage to send them to him. I didn't understand how that works :doh: I do have a friend in Fla, she has one that is imported from China and tweaked by the guy that sells them. Not cheap even for a small one, you can make your own heating coil shapes and forms. You do have to buy items to hook up the cooling water cooler Like a TIG welding cooler in addition to the heating unit. And they do work as advertised heat the metal quickly and only the part you want to heat. As you might already know they are very popular with knifers in the USA. 0ne of the DYI induction forge pages Craig Hashimoto's installation documentation and videos Craig Hashimoto's thread on IForgeIron (He's JDH Forge there): Brent Finnegan's forge, adjustable work table, small crucibles (lots of videos): A good article on what induction heating is: Information (including 2 .pdf files) on coil design and fabrication: Plus there are vid on utube up the wazoooooo She loves hers by the way, no more sweating in the Fla summers when using her power hammer :thumbup: |
| ksor:
:bugeye: WAV - I will have such a monster ! An old blacksmith will surely say that the "interaction" between the steel and the coal in a normal ess is THE "magic" - and here is no coal att all ! - is it just old superstition that there HAS to be coal involved OR do this induction process in fact miss "something" when we talk about blacksmithing ? |
| PTsideshow:
Only thing about coal and blacksmithing is it has to be the kind that can be made into coke when burning in the forge. Soft coal/Bituminous coal not the hard shinning coal that is anthracite. |
| Fergus OMore:
Of course, that's the impression but it simply isn't true My great grandfather, grandfather, father and two uncles were all blacksmiths. They used any coal that they could get their hands on. But in another generation, blacksmiths used any sort of wood charcoal to make things like swords which were so good that they could be wrapped around inside a gentleman's top hat. Do read about the Sword Makers of Shotley Bridge. Oddly it mirrors the Japanese knife makers who also made steel from adding carbon into the softer iron by 'folding it' on the anvil. |
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