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    Machine Induction forge failure

    I found some 5/16 plastic hose. At first glance it didn't want to hold, being just a bit small. But this morning I heated the ends to flare them over the male part of the fitting and it looks like it's working. No leaks, at least when running cold. I'll have to give it a bit of duty cycle to...
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    2002 VW Golf refurb

    General source of decent hardening steel. I don't know the diameter of the material, so the actual use still TBD.
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    2002 VW Golf refurb

    I'll take dead springs off your hands. Paul
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    Machine Induction forge failure

    Yes, this is what I was thinking of. The fittings are soldered on and there's no way I'll be moving them - just too risky. The biggest annoyance is the metric hose. Any idea why this otherwise plain plastic hose has a braided casing? There is clear hose in some parts of the machine, but it...
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    Machine Induction forge failure

    And it doesn't end. I don't think it's related - it's on the opposite side of the machine. So that's it for blacksmithing until I get to town and match the hose.
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    I love having a clear clean workspace. I love spending 8 hours in the shop and using the last 30 minutes to clean everything up. But that never happens. I get 30 minutes here, an hour there, and there's chips that will take 30 minutes to clean up and ain't no way it's getting cleaned the way I...
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    Machine Induction forge failure

    I don't have one on hand. I'll see if one jumps into my shopping cart sometime soon!
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    Machine Induction forge failure

    That sounds eminently sensible. At the same time, I'm concerned that the current sensor generates enough current to heat these wires - I'm going to have to go understand how these work instead of just "kinda knowing". Replacing with bigger wire requires disassembly into wrapped toroids which...
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    Machine Induction forge failure

    I don't see anything there - they just run loosely inside the case. They may have been damaged during the shipping mess and it took a while of heavy use for the problem to surface. I'm going to run it for a while and then inspect the wires closely and see if anything is happening.
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    Machine Induction forge failure

    I wound up wrapping them in electrical tape and using that to separate them and put them back to work. I'll see how it holds up!
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    Machine Induction forge failure

    Well, here's a smoking gun. Those two yellow wires had their insulation fused together and some burn marks at one end of the fused section. Here they are teased apart: These are absolutely part of the current measurement system, coming right off that double coil threaded on the main power...
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    Machine Induction forge failure

    It was all just going too well. And now, just as we're entering "thou shalt not use solid fuel" season, my little induction unit failed. When I press the pedal it tries a few times to dump some power into the coil and then buzzes out an "over current" error that doesn't go away until I power...
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    Tips/Techniques Wall covering in garage shop.

    My city shop is 1/2" ply up to about 5', the drywall, exactly for this reason. 5' instead of 4' because my concrete kerb at the bottom is exposed and almost 12". My country shop has 3/4" sheet standing upright fastened to the wall girts. 1/2" was too flimsy to span the two girts comfortably...
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    What's Paul up to?

    Got back from my travels with some horrid viral crap. Now a couple of weeks later I'm well enough to be back in the shop. Got a bit of time in the smithy today: Not much to look at, but it is forge welded from 5 separate pieces. The upper stems got some aggressive form work, which I need to...
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    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    You can keep it in my shop.
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