Much better day on the forge. I did 5 fagot welds on 1" x 1/4" stock. Aside from one time when I pulled the metal out of the forge way too soon, all of the welds came out perfectly. I did grind tests on some of the welds and they all looked clean... Patience pays off.
With the sucess with the welds, I was also able to see if I was able to do what I wanted this for in the first place. I esentially want a bar of steel that is about 30 inches long. The dimensions of the bar is 1" x 1/4". The exception is for about 4 inches on either end. On the ends, I need the bar to be 1 1/2" by 1/4". So, I'm doing the fagot welds(bending the steel back on itself) so that I have enough metal to make the bar thicker at those points. I drew out 4 of the welded pieces and in each case, I was able to get it close enough to what I wanted that I know that it should be no problem.
I'm going to start documenting the project with photos just in case anybody ever stumbles across my blog. Even if noone ever does, it is very helpful for me to document the entire process.
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