Tips & Techniques

For the benefit of other makers and to satisfy the curiosity of buyers, I'll try to document some of the more unusual procedures, jigs, etc. that I have found to be helpful. These include:

"Portable" blacksmithing - an anvil & vise bench
Hand Blower to electric blower conversion
Center-punch (cheap and accurate)
Hydraulic Press(moving frame)
Magnetic Chuck
Polish comparisons
Portable forge & bench
Non-bolted pommel construction (NamBam series)
Salt pots with heat-treat sequence (both low and high temp units)
U-Joints for pommel alignment

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