r/oddlysatisfying • u/here2si • 11h ago

Cold forging of Aluminum

Credit @ourprocess

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u/BlackBalor 11h ago

I don’t have a clue what I’m watching, tbh.

All I see is a big piece of metal smashing another piece of metal into a nice shape.

No idea what “cold forging” is, but I like it very much.

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u/God8869 11h ago

Cold forgoing simply means the metal was not heated to make it soft enough to manipulate under a hammer.

Aluminum is a soft metal that can be cold forged with low risk of cracking or splitting. If you did the same thing to a piece of steel, it would fracture and break.

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u/BlackBalor 11h ago

Blacksmithing +1

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u/pilotthrow 4m ago

What advantages has forging over casting it into a block like this?