CAN YOU FORGE A METEORITE!? PART 2

I'm a new but sincere fan Alec, and I must say, the music you add in is fantastic. I noticed you had Stuck in the Apocalyptic Vision by At the End of Times, Nothing. Fantastic track, fantastic band, fantastic videos.

you should melt the meteorite piece, gettin rid of the impurities and also reassemblying the material structure

The biggest problem was probably mentioned in part 1 video – 7 wt. % of Ni. Nickel forms tough oxides, that can not be dissolved by common borax-type fluxes, thus it is impossible to forge weld those nasty cracks. For example 308 stainless has 10-12 wt. % of Ni and the only way to forge weld two pieces together is prevent NiO formation. There are different approches to achieve that. One might be TIG/stick/MIG weld around the contact edge. Lithium borate fluxes MIGHT be helpful too, but they are expensive.

Its ore. Very rich ore. I think you need to melt the iron out of it and refine it as if it was ore.

Try cutting a piece into about 2mm cubes and make a canister Damascus out of it with powdered metal. I wonder if that would work.

Alec just watched your forging a meteorite vid and saw how much trouble you had with it and I must admit I was also a bit disappointed you couldn’t make a knife from it I was wondering could you not take a slice and frame it in a knife form of Damascus so you would have a knife edge of steel which would work and a nice window slice of the meteorite maybe etched to show the beauty of the crystal structure??

could you melt it in a crucible?

Alec what about melting down the meteorite so you split impurity

Think about the heat the meteorite goes thru during re-entry. What would happen if you quenched it? Maybe a couple of times to tighten the grain.

couldn't you have saw the meteorite out into thin pieces, cold hammer it till it breaks apart, take the hardest pieces and forge weld them together. Then do the same with the softest materials ?
Just like like the Japanese do to metal to separate hard from soft.
This way maybe you could get to work the metal even better without cracks.

I reckon if you get it to 1400celcius and flux it up good, you can keep smashing that mess like a steel bloom, yes it will fall apart but it should stay together slightly as impurities are worked out, and eventually become homogeneous. might have to re stack it a few times like in japanese steel making. It will be very similar to creating wrought iron, you could even then cut it into strips, carburize it and weld together just like shear steel! then you can harden it and make a solid blade.

Meteorite revenge. When you get a new band saw blade, cut the face of the meteorite flat, etch it and enjoy the beauty of nature's demascus.

We used to forged Indonesian Keris mixed with the normal Stell..

Hey alec ı hope make a kukri ı want thıs thanks

I'm don't know much about metallurgy by any means, but is it possible to heat that piece to a fluid molten state and once it cools to a solid state, then try to work it?

Hey Alec love all your vids . Your enthusiasm is truly inspiring . Can you please if you haven’t already do a comprehensive guide on blacksmithing/knifemaking safety vid . Eg that freaking awesome dust aperitifs you wear . If you don’t my feelings won’t be hurt because I can understand that it is not everyone’s favourite topic. However I think other would be knife makers/tinkerers such as myself could learn a lot from your experiences

Alec melt the meterorite. Melt it down and make crucible stel out of it to reduce the grain size…

Idea for you: try your hand at smelting iron from this, case harden it, and make a nice high carbon steel blade. You can do it. I believe in you!

Check out ASBL Lucilinburhuc. He made a meteorite sword.

Saw other vids of blacksmiths forging a meteorite. They hammered the pieces flat and restacked the pieces.

SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!?! Video game commercials in the middle of your vids? I think I might be done with you, Alec.

I loved it! I loved watching jaymie forge! Great work! I really appreciate how easy Alec makes it look, so easy to forget how hard this process really is! THANK YOU.

Before you forges a meteorite you need to refine it in the foundry cause you need to introduce it in our carbon base environment it won't work if you put it on a forge trust me it will work I work in a foundry

You can fix your bandsaw blade by TIG welding it back together we have to make sure the edges meet and it is entirely flat it will also require some filler rod this is going to save you a lot of money on bandsaw blades

Try to smelt it first yo make a bloom

Alec: This cut took an hour to complete!
Also Alec: Hold up while I go at this thing with a hand-saw.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is dedication.

Hello, pleasure to watch your work, can you melt the meteorite into a cast then forge it?