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get a guillotine or smithing magician to setting a hidden tang when forging. If you use the round bar technique by yourself you will have to hold one end between your knees, smack the other end, miss just a hair, and have the end between your knees come up to hit you right between the legs. Takes the fun out of the whole day after that.
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never attempt to save a blade from hitting the concrete floor just prior to heat treat because you werent using the right tongs going into the forge- my neighbor almost passed out, shin stabs bleeds alot.
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If you are working in a shop with someone:
Never grab a blade they are showing you. They always hold the cool end and offer the hot end to you. If you walk away from a grinder with a nice new sharp belt on it, never expect it to still be there when you get back, even if you are only gone for a few seconds. The drill bit left in the drill press is always the wrong size or broken. If they yell quiet! They mean listen for it to hit. What ever is loose is easier to find if you hear it hit something before it stops. If you didn't lay the steel next to the forge, don't pick it up. Just because it isn't red doesn't mean it isn't hot. If he says that his hand is going to need some stitches and doesn't want to turn loose for you to take a look, don't ask the second time. If your ballpeen hammer gets welded to your vice while you are on vacation, offering a piece of steel with super glue on the bottom side is considered getting even, not revenge. For revenge you need to be crafty... |
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take a leather glove...
Take a leather glove, maybe one you lost the "mate" to,, cut the fingers off, long enough to slip over your thumbs, if you use the fingers, they will fit tight.. just right. Now when you are grinding blades, you can hold the knife with your fingers, and push the blade into the belt with your "now protected thumbs" for just a few seconds longer on each grind before they heat up. You can dip them in the water bucket right along with the blade as you grind. Saves time and finger nails, thumb finger prints ect! -------Jon
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