#Forging

[theuglymachine]

Some hand forged dragon claws

[renard-des-marais]

[facts-i-just-made-up]

What's the worst type of forge for blacksmithing

The kind for checks.

[threeriversforge]

A working smithy and cobbler's shop in Tasmania. He might be on the other side of the world, but we speak the same language.

[null-entity]

Smithing..

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[butcher--boy]

bear creek NC

[tilbageidanmark]

Rust

[praise-the-lord-im-dead]

Malleable, for January's Patreon poll! <3<3<3

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[materiallugy]

What is the forging process?

Forging is the working of metal into a useful shape by using localized compressive forces. These forces are applied through various tools such as hammers or presses. This process is integral to producing high-strength components for various industries, including automotive, aerospace, and construction.

Most forging operations are carried out hot, although certain metals may be cold forged. Two major classes of equipment are used for forging operations: the forging hammer, or drop hammer, which delivers rapid impact blows to the surface of the metal, and the forging press, which subjects the metal to a slow speed compressive force.

[foldingfittedsheets]

For their birthday I’m taking my betrothed @aorryn47 to forge a knife. There’s classes at a forge not too far from us and we’re gonna make a knife out of rebar. Got a bunch of friends to go and do it together.

I fully expect my knife will be so garbage but I’m terribly excited to make it anyway. (Theirs will probably be quite nice).

[aeniith]

Sonoran green turquoise (mined about 20 years ago, when it was more blue like this). Set in a forged silver ring.

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[threeriversforge]

I love hurricane lanterns as much as I do a good story, and if some forged iron gets thrown in the mix.... well, all the better!

When I ran across this unique bit of work, I wanted to make sure to collect the story so it wasn't lost to time. Far too often, we find contraptions like this on the table at a flea market or estate sale and scratch our heads trying to figure out what the item was meant to do, imagining all sorts of amazing possibilities. Sadly, most times the truth remains a mystery because the story wasn't kept.

This hanger shows great ingenuity. The design might be simple and the forging rather basic, but there's not a hint of wasted movement anywhere. After suffering a tragedy, the folks involved got to work making the best of their situation, and that attitude shows in the ironwork they produced. I can see me lighting the forge to make a few of these Yankton hangers to hang my Feuerhand lanterns in the shop. It'll be real nice to spend an evening in the warm glow of those trusty lanterns adding to the ambiance. "This handy holder was made in the 1900's in Yankton, South Dakota ~ after one of the Lumber Yards had a fire, which destroyed a large part of the inventory. The lumber yard tried to salvage merchandise & started making these lantern holders from the iron strapping that had formerly been used for strapping the old wooden wagons."

[instabilitylili]

Started getting into blacksmithing kinda recently, finished up my first big project making a hook rack

[rosemarycedar52]

This is a Virginia bluebell flower in the beginning stages of its life. These flowers, symbolize humanity, gratitude, and everlasting love. I can’t wait to see them Bloom.