Forging leaves and branches similarly to Mark Aspery's process in The Skills of a Blacksmith Volume II. Includes a discussion of the coils used. Includes drop-tong forge welds (lap welds).
I get so excited when you upload!!! You're my favorite blacksmithing channel. I'd love to see a video about the limits of the machine and an attempt at Damascus if you're up for it!
You are the only person that I have ever seen prep there scarf joint on the far side of the anvil, it looks doable and to each his own but it looks like you are having a harder time than most people I watch do it
It's mostly a matter of optimization of heating time. The 'taco' coil is perhaps my most versatile coil. It would work for many, many projects (eg. tongs). However, if I used some of the other coils I would save 30-50% of the heating time. Further, some projects like a hammer or hardy tool just wouldn't fit. I could make a wider one that would do those but be much worse on something like tongs. I personally find that I prefer to take 30s to change out the coil than wait for long heats (unless it's just one or two heats).
Thanks so much for all the induction forging content. I just took delivery of one of the 'chinese LH15's' off ebay. My initial tests were with a coil that is FAR too large (around 3 inches in diameter) and I was using a 12 guage/30 amp 220v line I already had handy. I could feel that solid copper wire getting warm during my initial tests. I plan on running an 8gauge 40 amp circuit for it. In my initial tests, I could not get the metal past a bright orange, definitely not into the yellow range, and the digital readout never climbed above 630. I'm wondering if my circuit, or the too-large coil are the problems there.
I think it's coil-stock mismatch. (Have you seen my video showing 1/4" stock in 3 sizes of coil? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gzp4MvxLAag.html) But, I've seen one unit that came with a bad board. Guy brought it over and we tried it with my coils. It could be that.
@Zach Jackson, I'm not really set up to sell coils. Further, that size might be a bit much for the machine. There is a trick for that problem: use a T to run parallel legs of the coil.
@ EJ of the Anvil can you sell me a 6 inch diameter copper coil with flare nuts for $150. Do you do tutelage? I'm doing gunsmithing. I have a milling machine, lathe, and us solid induction forge @220v.
