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 threadPalmAndNeedleMar 17

150 to 200 Euronen gets you a used Feldschmiede (field forge) round these parts, either treadle powered or with an electric blower. Probably cheaper where you are @yngmar

@dustin

Show threadDustin
@PalmAndNeedle @yngmar that's cool- i haven't come across a treadle powered blower yet.
Mar 17 at 5:42pmWeb
Show threadPalmAndNeedleMar 17
@dustin @yngmar used one very similar to this for the blacksmithing course I took at the harbour museum in Hamburg last year. Works really well. Very controllable. We made some nails and replica iron age knives from cold chisels.
Show threadDustinMar 17
@PalmAndNeedle @yngmar i think i saw a video of someone that made bellows with a treadle, so it would make sense that a blower like that would be available too. i just hadn't considered it. if i ever set up a solid fuel forge, i'll have to look into that.