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charlier34
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16h ago
PSA: Don't quench 5160 in straight water, I learned that on a Saturday and lost a blade
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robertb47
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1d ago
Caught a piece of scale in my eye at the shop on 4th Street, and my safety glasses were sitting on the bench 2 feet away
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alice_hart
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3d ago
A guy at the flea market in Boise told me my forge was running too hot, and he was right
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val949
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7d ago
Appreciation post: the old smith down in Abilene who showed me a bent railroad spike trick for drawing out thin tapers
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averymartin
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7d ago
TIL I can't go back to a coal forge after 6 months on propane
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hayden_nelson85
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7d ago
Why does nobody talk about the guy at the swap meet in Tulsa who schooled me on quenching
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sanchez.pat
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9d ago
Went with a coal forge over propane after 3 years of swearing I'd never go back to solid fuel
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mila_brown10
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9d ago
Am I the only one who dropped $220 on a cheap belt grinder and now I can't go back?
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robinson.hannah
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10d ago
Hot take: I thought flux was mostly for show until a rail job in Cheyenne last month
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keith_rivera19
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10d ago
Watched a guy at a demo in Boise fold a billet without flux and it messed with my whole process
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mark_price
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13d ago
Moved from a coal forge to a $400 propane setup and I keep going back and forth on whether I regret it
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johnm28
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13d ago
Wrapped my tong handles in old bike inner tube and the grip changed everything
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the_eva
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13d ago
Warning: stop quenching 1084 in old motor oil, it wrecked 3 of my blades
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jamiew53
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13d ago
Can we talk about how I quit using my coal forge for knife steel and went propane last spring?
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val949
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14d ago
Ran out of flux at 9pm on a Sunday, tried plain borax from the grocery store, and my forge welds came out cleaner
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