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National Curriculum Instructor, Victoria Ritter, goes through the steps to forge a basket handle fire poker – it is a great project to learn and practice forge welding! This is Part 1 (of 3) and is part of the ABANA National Curriculum Level II instruction for blacksmiths.
0:00 Intro
0:24 3 Types of Welds
1:07 The Secret to Forge Welding
6:12 Forge Weld Discussion
13:40 Types of Flux
17:35 Order of Operations
19:37 Drop Tong Weld
20:51 Welding Plane vs Shear Plane
28:05 Another Way to Start Your Taper

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