This build transforms ordinary welding electrodes into a polished, functional knife. The process involves removing coatings, forging the steel core, and carefully shaping the blade profile. Heat ...

A simple garden trowel becomes something entirely different when forged by hand. Heating, shaping, and tempering raw steel ...

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I’ve always been fascinated by how steel is made. Think about it for a moment: a material strong enough to hold up stadiums and battleships, yet flexible enough to bend with a skyscraper in the wind.

This article was updated April 26, 2023. It was originally published Oct. 12, 2018. Heat treatments let engineers and metallurgists tailor the properties of metal parts so that they are a better fit ...

Change being considered amid global glut driven by supplies from China along with a rise in protectionism The UK is expected to reduce the amount of foreign steel it allows in tariff-free, as the ...

A study of elaborate 2,900-year-old carvings in stone monuments found in Portugal has revealed a rather amazing fact. It seems these Late Bronze Age engravings could only have been made with hardened ...

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