Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmarMar 17

High quality treasure today.

This was a stack of leaf springs from a truck, sitting in a mud puddle.

Cut away the bands, hammered the rust and mud off and stored them for blacksmithing later. Should be great material for making blades.

The one I cut an end off took about 10 hammer blows before it broke despite leaving less than 1mm material on the cut 

Will be a good while before I get to play with these, but great find.

#Steel #Blacksmithing #Recycling #Homestead #Cleanup #Treasure

Show threadDustinMar 17
@yngmar what kind of set up do you have for blacksmithing? I would love to have my own smithy someday with gas and solid fuel forges, and maybe even an induction forge.
Show threadY⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmarMar 17

@dustin The sauna oven and a big chunky steel block of unknown origin to hammer on 😆

Want to make a little forge from a disc harrow disc and attach a blower to it.

Show threadDustinMar 17
@yngmar I've even seen folks use hair dryers as blowers for coal forges before!
Show threadY⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar
@dustin Was imagining something like this: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008721211639.html
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Show threadDustinMar 17

@yngmar that is probably _way_ more reliable than a hair dryer! that looks like the blowers i've seen on most folks' solid fuel forges.

a guy i know in my area has a hand crank blower similar to that electric one. he claims he likes the extra control it gives.