Wrought iron from the beach
I tried posting this a few minutes ago but IE explorer crashed on me and I don't know if the post went through (please excuse me if it's a duplicate).I did some scavenging today and found some old...
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When I manage to salvage old pieces of wrought they are usually caked with gunk. I knock off the heavy stuff and the rest seems to burn off / scale away in the forge.No flux needed.. wrought iron has...
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Work it really hot, hotter then you'd work mild steel, near welding temps.~Andrew W. "NT Cough'n Monkey" Petkus
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Work it at welding temp or it will break apart on you like a rope unraveling. It also etches really nice. You can get some wonderful striation patterns out of the...
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Remember too there are different grades of wrought iron and some work to our likings better than others.Ive seen some that worked at a comfortable forging temp and some that seperated no matter how...
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Thanks for the tips, I'm sure it'll save me some frustration.These pieces appear to be either from an old ship or a pier or something. After cleaning, they look like big pins or something made out of...
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wrought iron... a very good material to forge.. i'd still use some borax to flux it... but still it'll weld like all get out.. !but i'd watch out.... if its the lo grade muck bar... you may get some...
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Thanks again, I worked some a little bit last night and it does forge pretty nicely. At least once all of the old corroded crap just under the surface fell away. Have a little trouble getting my...
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Oh yeah,That stuff was making some interesting colors of flame initially when the corrosion was burning off. Blues, purples, a little yellow. I stayed well out of the smoke, I don't think it was...
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Wrought iron actually comes in a LOT of different grades, but generally we can seperate them into about 4 different levels as far as blacksmiths are concerned.Muck bar is old wroungt iron forged from...
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Hey algecko, welcome to the board. Great to see another west-coaster getting into the hammer's swing.If I may add to Tony's good post, if I remember correctly, structural grade is also commonly...
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yes indeed, thank you Stephan you are correct.Many folks think that structural (or merchants) grade is blacksmith's iron, but it's not really the case, it's just by volume, the most common, and while...
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Tony, I have my share of WI to keep me going for a while, but it is not in the Tonnes. Did you find one elusive source for the stuff, or are these little pieces from here and there? I'm thinking I may...
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Well, it's from a lot of sources. I got allmost all my structural grade stuff about 6 years ago durring a bad drought. I checked for places that had railroad bridges that had been knocked down,...
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