Despite it being really hot here this weekend, I had to get out to the shop and do some forging with the new press I got from Larry Donnelly. I can say that I will be getting a good bit more work done once I get used to working with the new machine. Already, on my standard sized billets of 1 1/2″x3″x6″ I can work a single heat after welding and have the billet drawn to 1 1/2″ square by 12″ and ready to cut and fold. I took a 13 layer billet to 208 layers in about an hour and a half yesterday. Now I just need to pattern that billet and draw it to final size and it’s done. I’m liking this a lot 🙂