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    Slender bick for forging

    While finishing the cone mandrel, just posted, I was working on this, as well as other things.
    Slender bick for forging-img_0735.jpeg

    Perhaps you can say what the spike is? I think it is a marlinspike.
    Slender bick for forging-img_0738.jpeg

    Something else salvaged! Too good to waste.

    This is why I want a bick and a cone mandrel.
    Slender bick for forging-img_0740.jpeg

    See, it gets in nicely round the spiral arms. This spiral was started while the bolt was heating, and continued afterwards.

    I found a couple of scrap flat pieces, one of which had a hole which was a loose fit on the spike, welded them together after drilling a hole in the other bit for the tapered pin, which locks the assembly.

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    A brass ferrule from an old tool handle over the spike makes a tight fit.

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    Thanks Philip Davies! We've added your Slender Bick to our Forging and Casting category,
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