Hi everyone, To test my new forging press

I'm making a new cu-mai billet

Following the same steps and working on similar dimension billet

To be able to compare time spent and effort taken to make it

Workinf temp for cu-mai is ~1000 degree Celsius

This is the temperature when it leaves the kiln, temperature is dropping during forging

We must take this in consideration, I'll explain later why

Clean surface of metal sheet is important if you want a clean lamination

A good weld is important also to prevent oxidation

Here I'm cleaning any weld ftom steel surface to not be included in final billet

It is important to heat the anvil to prevent delamination of external layer

An the first test

Not very eficient..:(

Let's test another dies form..

Time to cool down and think this thru ..

Gues what I'm drinking.. Waiting for your comments below movie :)

If we consider that working temperature is 900+ degree Celsius

Metall quantity that I'm able to move with pretty wide dies

It is similar with what I'm moving with a hammer but no effort

Doesn't look so bad after all

I also have tha advantage of a better surface finis

I'm pretty happe with new surface finishing and minimal effort using such low temperature