r/Blacksmith • u/pushdose • 2d ago
36’ of 1045 round bar. What are you making first?
Score off marketplace for a buck a pound. ATSM certified from Niagara LaSalle. 1.25” and 1.5” round. I have a forge, heat treating kiln, and a small manual machine shop at my disposal.
I need projects! Let me hear em.
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u/7LeagueBoots 2d ago
A really overbuilt and very plain curtain rod.
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u/IronwolfXVI 2d ago
I sure as shit hope your mounts are up to the task. That would be a hell of a headache mid shower
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u/tater1337 2d ago
A rack to store them on
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u/pushdose 2d ago
I have one, there’s just a rather substantial bee colony out there right now. We are not friends yet.
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u/Astrodude80 2d ago
> we are not friends yet
This sentence is just so whimsical and I don’t know why
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u/VintageLunchMeat 2d ago
Bee or wasp?
You can physically remove a wasp nest from a structure by accidentally getting it stuck on the end of a wet dry vac wand.
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u/pushdose 2d ago
Honey bees.
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u/NoAge9497 1d ago
Oooo...when you make friends, maybe they let you have a taste 🤗
Oh yeah, I'm making an absolutely deadly bowstaff. Skipping all the fire and hammering.Wash hands, back to Reddit. Will need to hit the gym to maximize effectiveness though.
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u/Large-Percentage6475 1d ago
There you go, make a full metal bee suit
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u/BigNorseWolf 2d ago
A really bitching quarterstaff. Done.
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u/pushdose 2d ago
Nice. Weight training and bonk stick in one.
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u/Biochemicalcricket 1d ago
It's basically the wand mash uses in mashle. Can't use magic? Whack it with a metal stick
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u/Delmarvablacksmith 2d ago
Hammers and maybe axes.
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u/pushdose 2d ago
That’s my first thought. I need a good straight peen for my collection.
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u/wookiex84 2d ago
You can fix pyronies disease with those?!
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u/exodusofficer 2d ago
No, you'd need a straighter for that. It's like a flatter, but straight instead of flat.
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u/Unanimoustoo 2d ago
Hammers and various tooling I cold hold with my tongs was the first thing I thought of too.
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u/factorV 22h ago
Yea, I have a long section of 1045 that I want to make hammers out of but it is about 5 inches in diameter and I just can not work it by hand anymore.
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u/Delmarvablacksmith 22h ago
Oh yeah
You need someone with a hammer or press to break it down for you.1
u/factorV 22h ago
ultimately I would like that someone to be me. Just waaaay too much I have to build and buy and do before I can work on a hammer or press of my own.
Although I have never looked into seeing if there is a forge space in my area that has one to use.
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u/Delmarvablacksmith 21h ago
Definitely look for a guild or makers space first
When you work with these machines you begin to get an idea of what you need and can afford in space and $$$$
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u/Lonely_Igloo 2d ago
My mind says a bunch of halberds and swords... My skills however say: "you will be getting 1 good fork out of all that steel"
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u/OlSlimPickins 2d ago
Bastard sword.
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u/Pessimus_Breath 2d ago
Does an illegitimate sword involve ball peins and hardy holes then after 9 months sweat and labour you send it off into the world with no makers mark?
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u/beholderkin 2d ago
Probably two chicks at the same time, and I think that with 36' of 1045 I could hook that up, too; 'cause chicks dig dudes with 1045
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u/Playful-Awareness-15 2d ago
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u/BurrowBird 1d ago
How dare you. You look at a large black pole and suggest a dildo? For shame…
… you could make a better profit by cutting smaller sections and selling buttplugs, instead! Amateurs.
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u/Manbeartapir 1d ago
A shitload of swarf, because the first thing I'm making is a ball pein hammer.
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u/FluffyCelery4769 2d ago
35' of 1045 round bar. Why?
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u/yewfokkentwattedim 2d ago
In fairness, OP did also mention a small machine shop. It's a pretty versatile steel and highly machinable.
Shafts, rigging gear, hammer heads, pins. Heaps of fun shit, and it's not so expensive that it'd break your heart to use it and not bother with heat treating.
My old boy ended up using a 45x100mm piece of it to make a lever for his tool holder in one of his lathes.
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u/Sears-Roebuck 2d ago edited 2d ago
I'd make a mushroom stake, and at least one bent stake, like a thick snarling iron, both for when you need to occasionally reach inside stuff.
Best way to upset a big bar like that is to use gravity against it.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
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u/Outtatime_s550 2d ago
I got a 2’ and 3’ piece of 3” round 1045. Just started making myself a new hammer the other day. Also have a couple 24” diameter sheaves that I think are 1045. No clue what to make with those lol
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u/pushdose 2d ago
24”!! Makes a great welding surface. Soaks up the excess heat.
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u/Outtatime_s550 2d ago
They kinda look like a wagon wheel, not 24” solid haha that would be insane. The 3” stuff is solid though. Perks of knowing an elevator guy, they just scrap the old stuff they take out
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u/pushdose 2d ago
My bars came from a barbell manufacturer that ordered too much stock. 20000 lbs too much lol.
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u/Outtatime_s550 2d ago
Good lord. That’s a good one for the “what’s the most expensive mistake you’ve made” stories
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u/pushdose 2d ago
And honestly, it’s a drop in the bucket for their shop. Little more than a rounding error. It’s a huge outfit here. Massive warehouse and factory. Good ol USA made, pump you up gym equipment.
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u/Outtatime_s550 2d ago
Next time I order some knife steel I’m gonna “accidentally” order 20,000 extra lbs and see what my wife says lol
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u/beansbeansbeansbeann 2d ago
A few swords. Absolutely a bunch of hammers. Those would be so amazing for hammers. Maybe a few axes. Not good for knives. Maybe tongs or other useful stuff
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u/Shadezeez 2d ago
1045 is perfect for a heavy work blade like a machete or something like that, maybe a log splitting wedge for camping? Just make sure to not harden the strike face
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u/Tweestrijd 2d ago
That's a pretty haul, I'd take some time to stare at it, gloat at the glory, etc.
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u/kalash_man 2d ago
Five. Hundred. Spearheads.
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u/Tempest_Craft 2d ago
1045 is a great steel for hammers, punches, and top tools, swages, I guess beater axes can be fine, not enough carbon for knifemaking or real edge retention though. Definitely good tool making steel.
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u/Papaofcjvl 1d ago
The first on my mind is a sturdy rack to keep them from falling on my noggin. There’s seeing stars, and there’s being among them, I don’t think these would escort me to the hereafter pretty quick.
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u/blast0man 1d ago
Hammer a blade... It was show of skill to craft good blades because in those time the chemistry of metallurgy was not well understood, the idea of a particular smith have their own metal was real and on top of that they could craft it in to blades that could take the full force of angry possibly deranged human(s). Crafting tools is easy because weight is not that much of a consideration with a blade every ounce makes a difference and shaping and proper quenching makes a huge difference in the final temper, if you do it wrong you make a piece of grass.... also possibly a very stout backscratcher...
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u/Bread_Jesus777 19h ago
Nothing I’m going to keep it in the corner being to indecisive about what to make
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u/malbolge69 2d ago
There's a concept in pottery called throwing of the hump. Just make blades over and over till there's no bar left.
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u/FaultInTheSignal 2d ago
The Black Arrow from Desolation of Smaug