![]() ![]() I made a ton of PW steel on my 25 pound Little Giant before I bought the press. ![]() It's something I would never consider doing, and I like to think of myself as being very handy with tools and capable of building almost anything. Contact him for ordering and options information. Geoff is quite right about the dangers of making a press yourself. Click here to see 'Bowies' hydraulic forging press in action. That being said, a decent power hammer or trip/treadle hammer can go a long way to help making Damascus, and is generally about half the cost of a decent hydraulic press. The examples he gave also included multiple smiths working together. He was right of course, but the methods are very labor intensive. I was once publicly scolded by Rick Furrer for suggesting that some patterns like feather or W cannot be made without a press. ![]() It is clearly evident that much pattern welded steel was made throughout the ages without benefit of the press or any modern mechanical contraption such as a power hammer, and very elaborate and beautiful patterns at that. Hey guys, I have learned that its very hard to make Damascus without a press.ĭifficult yes, very difficult, I'm not sure. ![]()
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