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I wonder how much carbon was added to your mix from that graphite crucible itself.

Yes now everyone’s identical rounding hammers will look even more the same

Awesome.....but I can never keep my dies square.

Not to be a nerd, but you are melting, not smelting. Smelting is a chemical process of reducing an ore to a metal

Good Point, You No Longer Need Coal to Make Steel.

I had this process in mind for a long time. Since I couldn't really find anyone doing it, I assumed there's a snag. Now this is great, I can finally convince myself to get one of those induction heaters. Thank you so much, for sharing your technique.

Game changer.

Silly question here, but im curious, are induction forges to be used strictly for iron based alloys or could it be used with other metals? or just ferromagnetic metals only?

Yall are freaking awesome! 😎

This looks friggen good. There goes my little bit of savings :)

No freaking way!

What is te wattage when there is no piece of metal in the coil ?

Consider bagging that Kaowool in something to contain the glass fibers from floating in the air. It's similar to asbestos (deadly).

That green stuff is chromium. Probably one of the most hazardous metal you can use. It's chromed on the outside for durability in a hydraulic shaft. In contact with air it will release hexavalent chromium.

Use the green button instead of the pedal

Been doing this since December with a 15kW (350g ingots). I use a small C-clamp on the pedal instead of a heavy weight. Nice demonstration!

For real Wootz I seem to recall that the secret ingredient was either a piece of previous Wootz steel, or some magnetite. Also, would have been great to see how the steels turned out in the end.

This is incredibly cool. I had no idea you could make Wootz with an induction furnace. Well done!

altho keeping in the liquid phase for 10-20 min is ok, to properly form a dendrite structure, wootz vs just a piece of steel, it has to cool down slowly for about 12 to 24 hours.

Gotta have some Vanadium in there for good patterning :)

This is awesome content! Keep it up fellas!

Make a foot pedal.

Man if i had one of those id be making crucible steel out of EVERYTHING!

This is awesome!!!

This is really cool, Thanks.

Now that's freakin awesome

Great job Brett !

Would this process work with the Coal Iron 15kW?

This is awesome!!!!!

This is freaking awesome!!!!

When will we see the finished blade ?

For some reason comments weren't turned on for you H-frame press comparison video just released. One thing I find odd in your speed test comparison is that you (arguably) miss the most important speed factor. Fast approach and retracting to your work piece is important but how fast the work get's done under pressure is completely passed over. If I was buying a press the speed the cylinder moved in the high pressure stage is as, if not more important than the speed it moves in the first stage with no load. From an advertising perspective your missing out on a huge selling point of going to a larger gpm pump and bigger motor. This is especially true for a significant part of your clientele, knife makers use these presses to make thin billets to sell to customers. I have no idea if you get your pumps custom made to untilize the full hp of the motor in the first and second stage or if you have to live with what's available on the market. If your taking what the market has to offer then your high pressure stage on your 5hp models could be well over twice the speed of lower hp units. I know i had a difficult time finding the optimum pump for my 3hp motor but I eventually did. It's not much slower than most 5hp powered pumps on the first stage and often quite a bit faster on the second stage of 5hp units. Anyways, it seems to be an overlooked area with many press buyets and builders. Many operate under the assumption that all 11 or 13gpm two stage pumps are the same. If you have your pumps made then you likely have presses that do the actual work much faster than the vast majority of non coal iron press owners. I often see 5hp two stage systems that don't untilize over half the motors available hp on the high pressure second stage.

Just wondering how part 2 is coming along?

A33 brought me here, flutagon that is,

The forbidden fleshlight

Great explinations! Awesome demo! Thanks for sharing!

With some cinnamon, I like some cinnamon on my french toast.

🖕🏼 Rick Hinderer shove your cease and desist letters up your A$$

just my luck lol. introduce a tong rack after i ordered my cart. maybe it will be available by pickup time. I can't wait to start using the press and cart combo

I recently bought their 12-ton. Wish I'd held out for the 16 but the 12 works like a charm.

Friday night IBA Conference demo with Paul and myself; Large upset flower (I think we'll use 1.25" round stock), we might do a candle cup that we learned this past weekend, and depending on time... we might get around to doing a hammer for the auction. ;)

It was great to hear this interview with Mr. King. I was fortunate enough to be at the hammer-in @ Coal Iron in December and Steve helped me make my first set of tongs at the same time he was helping Corbin. He was approachable, patient and great at explaining the processes. He was also great at communicating the importance of the order of steps. This community is amazing, and it was an experience I won't forget.

That is a very nicely done video. Thanks for putting that together.

Makes my 12 ton look like a baby 👶 haha

Wow that is nice ! See you at Blade Show!!

Very nice. I like the cross braces

I like this.

thank you for sharing the process of developing the hammer, it was really interesting and informative.

Awesome chat. I love to hear others' orgin stories !

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