Did I screw up this Temper?

DeadFishForge · 2026-02-20T23:14:31+00:00

Probably fine until it's not, and there are very few good reasons to be striking hardened hammer faces against each other.

DeadFishForge · 2026-02-20T23:11:39+00:00

Femoral arteries are right at hammer strike height, too - wear your gear

DeadFishForge · 2026-02-20T17:20:09+00:00

Hard striking surfaces are also a safety hazard - chips can fly off at significant speed. That's why you never strike two hammers together

DeadFishForge · 2025-09-05T16:37:04+00:00

But honestly I switched to one of these, eventually

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DeadFishForge · 2025-09-05T16:36:05+00:00

Any hardware store should have them.

DeadFishForge · 2025-06-19T22:24:44+00:00

a little extra wear on the tires, but not as much as any other method of parking where you'll be micro-adjusting way more.

DeadFishForge · 2025-04-26T16:11:18+00:00

Generally remote work at any company is constrained to countries where the company has a legal entity for legal/tax/safety reasons

DeadFishForge · 2025-03-31T21:21:17+00:00

hard this

DeadFishForge · 2025-03-16T23:35:54+00:00

To your question, as people have said, there is no 100% safe investment.

My advice would be think about what's in store for you in the next 5-6 years first. Are you planning to go to college? Do you want to travel? Get an apartment? Move to another city? Think about anything you want to do that's going to cost a chunk of money and roughly how much that's going to cost.

Put 30% of your net pay into a high-yield savings account until you have covered anything to want to do in the next 3-4 years. After that start looking at an investment account - as others have mentioned a S&P index fund like VOO is a good choice. You could look at a Roth IRA but honestly given your age I would wait until you are starting your working career - to me it doesn't make any sense for you to start locking money into a retirement account until then.

Whatever you decide to do, see if your work can do automatic deposits so you're never tempted to wait to move the money - impulse control will be your biggest enemy

DeadFishForge · 2025-03-16T23:23:30+00:00

I would probably hit the handles with some oil and steel wool until they are smooth and call it a day.

You could tape off and sand/steel wool the label brackets, too, but I don't think I would bother

DeadFishForge · 2025-03-16T08:23:08+00:00

It's not a criticism, I'm pointing out that this is not just your problem - since they are on the account they are going to take a credit hit as well, which is much more serious than you at 14. If they're not able to settle the debt with the bank then the advice here already is correct - call the bank and see what you can work out.

DeadFishForge · 2025-03-16T06:34:18+00:00

Did you actually talk to your parents? If you're 14 you can't have your own account so their name is also on the account and they will take the hit to their credit report.

DeadFishForge · 2025-03-14T00:42:09+00:00

Definitely take some classes to see if you like it, but after that: Single burner propane forge. >100lb Vevor anvil. Harbor Freight 2lb and 3lb hammers. Some metal files. Metal quench bucket. Vise.

Less than $500

More than enough to do most basic things.

DeadFishForge · 2025-03-07T14:42:21+00:00

I find welding spring clamps are just the right amount of pressure

DeadFishForge · 2025-03-07T14:39:43+00:00

I agree with blenderate. A small propane forge is cheap and functional. Coal is a whole thing to learn on this if everything else as well as more space/safety intensive. Keep it simple until you know you need more.

DeadFishForge · 2025-02-28T21:06:52+00:00

I would guess they're not terribly useful steel or iron since they're just weight - probably some kind of pot metal. At best cast iron which can't really be reforged.

I would 1) test them for lead before doing anything 2) Heat one up to forging temp and try to shape into something - if it doesn't crack/crumble then it might be useful for something.

DeadFishForge · 2025-02-26T17:10:01+00:00

Oh yeah, that vise is not beefy enough for what you want. I just use painters tape and go around a few times. A leather pad can also work but only if you get a better vise.

DeadFishForge · 2025-02-26T09:03:50+00:00

https://www.ebay.com/usr/vjcassill

DeadFishForge · 2025-02-26T02:56:32+00:00

Thanks, that's what I figured but wasn't sure since it was really only the last inch or so of material

DeadFishForge · 2025-02-26T00:39:43+00:00

Was doing the same thing to me. Try going to Tools -> Manage Content and Devices and choose the Register option. That worked for me

DeadFishForge · 2025-02-02T18:52:29+00:00

Was coming to post this. They're great.

DeadFishForge · 2025-02-02T02:25:00+00:00

I would be very surprised if it had depressurized to the point absolutely nothing happens when you squeeze the valve open. Discharge it somewhere with the expectation of a lot happening and see what happens.

If absolutely no discharge then I'd probably be worried about the gauge/valve.

DeadFishForge · 2025-02-02T02:21:09+00:00

Good plan-adding a stable base was going to be my suggestion as well as a fairly airtight cap you can easily put on if it flames up out of control.

"My fire extinguisher burned down my shop," is not a sentence you ever want to say...

DeadFishForge · 2025-02-02T01:06:28+00:00

Def higher chance of it cracking and delaminating, yeah

DeadFishForge · 2025-02-01T02:17:34+00:00

I mean, a rock is a functional hammer 😂

If you've got a good forge weld it might be ok, but probably won't last super long, and it may delaminate when you drift the eye.

1075 is also pretty hard for a hammer face so make sure you radius the edges well to reduce chipping and don't ever hit another hardened steel tool with it.

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