Took me 6 tries to get a solid forge weld on a cable Damascus billet

I spent 4 hours on Saturday fighting with an old piece of wire rope, flux flying everywhere and the weld just peeling apart. Turned out I wasn't getting it hot enough in the back of the forge - once I cranked the burner and let it soak for a full 3 minutes, it stuck on the first try. Anyone else have a 'dumb simple' fix that cost them half a day to figure out?

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tessa_roberts12mo ago

Learned that lesson when my car wouldn't start and the battery terminals were just dirty.

matthew_owens91mo ago

Disagree with this one honestly. But that's just me. Battery terminals being dirty is such an easy fix that it barely counts as a lesson. Give me a real electrical gremlin like a failing alternator or a dead starter motor any day. That'll humble you way more than wiping some crud off a connection with a wire brush.

felix_thomas732mo ago

Honestly used to think it was always the battery. That changed my mind quick.