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Talked to an old timer at the scrap yard about my forge welds
Honestly, I was grabbing some old leaf springs and mentioned I kept getting cold shuts on my Damascus billets. He just looked at my fire and said, 'Kid, your coal's too clean, you need more green coal on top to really seal it.' Tbh, I tried it last night and my weld was way cleaner on the first hit. Anyone else find a simple tip that just clicked like that?
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anna_hill8d agoTop Commenter
Totally get that feeling. I fought with forge welding for months, convinced my hammer control was off. Then a guy at a meet just told me to soak the billet longer, like a full five minutes after it stopped sparking. The difference was insane, it just flowed together. Sometimes it really is the tiny thing you overlook.
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