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Old drill bits?
paulc:
Food for forging something? Never see them mentioned so probably not?
Paul
dylanholderman:
So long as they’re not carbide they should be fine to forge, but not really worth the trouble.
Getting the flutes untwisted and flattened out is a lot more work than it looks like and is a lot of trouble for unknown steel, not to mention some bits are high-speed steel which can cause trouble in forging and heat treating.
Mesophilic:
I just use them to teach my kid and her friends about forging basics. We use 1/4" and up, and draw out only the shank portion of the drill bit in to a little knife. Usually a blade not much bigger than a scalpal.
If I get some time today I'll post a pic of our current batch we just heat treated and cleaned up a little. I may have a finished "knife" or two laying around as well.
paulc:
Love to see what you've done...I had this idea I could somehow make some Damascus type steel :-) my first smithing project...🤣🤣🤣
Mesophilic:
Almost forgot. Pic quality isn't great from the phone but you get the idea. I just drill into a block of wood, glue the "tang" in, and let the kids shape the handle.
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