Crazy Mosaic Damascus Pattern! (Plug Welding)

Join us today while we embark on a journey of drifting holes in perfectly good damascus just to stick more damascus inside it!
Plug welding is a very cool technique and this is the first time we've tried it. But it wont be the last!
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[@ponyboyc]

This is awesome imagine a water jet and your able to cut some awesome designs

[@shadetreeprospector6292]

I really like that Damascus that is some slick-looking still almost like a knotted woodgrain I dig it👍

[@jozefros9178]

Sehr beeindruckend 👊👍

[@rodneylangstroth4577]

Rod here of little valley forge. that 65 ton press really does a fast job.
great job Coy

[@BakerForge]

Thanks Rod! Its a real arm saver for sure

[@pae5284]

It was great! Thanks for the video!

[@TheChristCenteredCraftsman]

Absolutely amazing

[@glassgod85]

Looks pretty good you have to start somewhere. I plug while it's a meteorite into a blade and make sure it was at least a 16th above on both sides. My parent material was at least 3/8 of an inch thick at minimum. When doing large bars like this if you are at least a heavy 3/8 to 1/2 inch then there should be an sufficient amount to get the job done and your plugs should be at least 16th to 1/8 above the surface. All in all looks great

[@johndavy7634]

That look awesome.

[@cae2487]

So I don't have any experience doing plug welding like this but watching your video I was thinking to myself if instead of tig welding the plugs into the holes if you were to get a good friction fit with the plugs and leave them good and thick you could then hammer them like rivets so that they would expand inside of the holes you made thus joining the forge weld from the inside out of that makes sense. Anyways just a thought but on to more important things and that would be this project was extremely awesome to see you guys tackle. You all deserve a big pat on the back and a round atta boys. Can't wait to see what you do next. Now it's time for me to hammer that little subscribe button on the channel.

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Ambitious! I love it!

[@shauntheknifeguy]

Sweet!!! Looks so cool. Amazing job!

[@sebastiensoulier7471]

trop beau, excellent travail 😍

[@lorneclose7312]

Awesome looks like knots in a timber plank

[@TheChristCenteredCraftsman]

I had a similar idea a while back. I’m very new to forging and thought about trying to do something like this with ball bearings.

[@brysonalden5414]

Looking at the final billet it almost seems a shame to make anything out of it! It's a nice piece of art on its own. Nice technique, many thanks for sharing it.

[@BakerForge]

Thanks 👍

[@garykerr163]

Now try with 3d printed plug

[@jordonberthelot1421]

Hell yes!!!

[@jasonbelanger7525]

What band or bands is the music?