![]() ![]() As the carbon % rises the sparks will get brighter and move up the spectrum towards white heat. Anyway, low carbon and wrought will have red or dull orange sparks that travel quite a way from the grinder without bursting. high alloy steels don't tell us a lot spark testing. The type of sparks will depending on the carbon content in simple carbon steel. Stroke the item on a grinder or use a disk grinder to generate sparks. Shop tests, after estimating depending on what you found, typically start with a spark test. Todat's spring steel isn't the same stuff it was 30 years ago let alone 100. There are some pretty complete lists but you still need to test because steels change over time. ![]() There are charts and lists of the kind of steel you can expect to find in various manufactured parts, leaf and coil springs or axles for instance. I've been doing some yard work, spring cleaning, bruysh whacking and packing and I'm too beat to think. I'd post a link but my searching is off line for now. There are I believe some long discussions of identifying steels hee somewhere. Making assumptions is a time honored method of stepping in the pucky or having to develop a taste for your own feet.įield identifying and shop testing found steel is an art in itself. Silicone isn't a metal? REALLY! Neither is carbon. They'll look cool though, just advertise them as letter openers and nobody can accuse you of dishonesty. Be very careful of any fumes coming off it in or out of the forge! It won't have enough carbon nor chrome to make good blades beyond the kitchen table. If you're thinking about forging old wrenches into sellable items like kitchen ware, garden tools, hangers, hooks cabinet hardware, etc. Zinc plating can be dangerous but not nearly so as cadmium or chrome. For instance, chrome plated steel can be very dangerous to put in the forge. That's about all there is we need to know as blacksmiths. #3, will it effect the finished product, if so how. #1, is it toxic? To work it or the finished product. What we as blacksmiths need to know about Chrome Vanadium, or any alloy or plating is: New folk to most any craft want the perfect tools and materials and conditions thinking it will improve their product. Don't worry, it's pretty common for new folk to do just what you are. This dressing makes the anvil more useful, as forging with the sharp corners tend to pinch the steel and create cracks.Natkova: You're really trying to overthink the craft. And the round horn ground nice and even to remove cast marks and the black paint. ![]() The anvil comes unpainted with the edges undressed.ĭressing the anvil is done by rounding the edges using a flap wheel on an angle grinder, or hand files. This allows for stock being upset to be based lower than the anvil face for more power.
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