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the_tara
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2h ago
Took me 5 hours to set one rivet because my forge was running cold
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the_tara
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15h ago
Unpopular opinion: I counted 612 hammer strikes on one bottle opener and that's why mine stay ugly
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lisat60
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1d ago
My first forge weld actually took on try 4, not try 1, and I am weirdly happy about it
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miaharris
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2d ago
Hot take: I quit quenching my knives in motor oil after a flare up in my shop last Tuesday
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black.amy
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4d ago
Tried to quench a railroad spike knife in pickle juice, and the whole shop smelled like a deli for 2 days
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spencer_moore39
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10d ago
Guy at the Rockford hammer-in swears by coal, my shop has been on propane for 3 years and I'm starting to wonder
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the_eva
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11d ago
Stop calling scale a finished surface, a fella in Abilene showed me why it matters
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henrygrant
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12d ago
Tried quenching a small blade in canola oil at 130 degrees and the hamon came out blotchy
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clark.lily
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13d ago
Switched my forge blower from a hand crank to a $40 hair dryer rig and my welds went from grey to clean in 2 weeks
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the_joel
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15d ago
I figured forge welding was all YouTube magic until a guy in Tulsa showed me the real trick
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the_mary
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15d ago
Spent $40 on an infrared thermometer for the forge and it beat my eyeballs every time
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the_wesley
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15d ago
Why does nobody talk about how much coal smoke messes with your sense of smell
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gonzalez.oliver
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15d ago
PSA: I ran my forge too rich for 2 years and a $12 oxygen sensor taught me why
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elliotm37
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16d ago
Spent 3 hours chasing a bad weld before my kid pointed at the ground clamp
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calebw50
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18d ago
Dropped $400 on an induction forge kit and it tripped my garage breaker every single heat
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