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Serious question, after seeing a guy in Boise forge a perfect scroll with just a ball-peen hammer and a stump.
What's the most basic tool you've seen someone use to pull off a complex shape that made you rethink your whole setup?
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nina_ramirez1d ago
Watched a guy forge a leaf with just a rock.
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patricia_chen671d ago
Good grief, a ball-peen hammer? That's just a rounding hammer without the flat face. The control you'd need for a perfect scroll with just that is mind boggling. I watched a guy straighten a serious bend in a heavy bar using only a sledgehammer and two concrete blocks on the ground. He used the blocks as a makeshift anvil and just worked it. Made my whole rack of dedicated bending jigs feel a little silly. It really showed me that sometimes the skill is in the hands, not the toolbox.
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