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*** Pick it up IMMEDIATELY with grips, place onto hot-safe surface
*Lighting the forge
[[File:Forgewarmingup.jpg|250px|thumb|Getting metal warmed up in the forge]]
** Describe the forge and it's parts
** How the tunnel can be opened longer for bigger objects
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** Starting up the second burner if you have a need to for a long object
*Normalizing
[[File:Forgehotmetal.jpg|250px|thumb|Normalizing the welds for the first time]]
** Why we need to normalize
** What it does
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** What happens if we're not hot enough, or too hot!
* Flattening out the rod
[[File:Forgehammering.jpg|250px|thumb|Hammering out the tang]]
** Heating to a suitable colour, testing with magnet if you need to
** Squaring it off but not all the way to the dop rod
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** Try to avoid twisting, use the grips and vice to fix it if it happens
* Forming the point
[[File:Forgeformingapoint.jpg|250px|thumb|Beginning to form the point]]
** Beating behind the point to start the drop but only just behind
** Avoiding "fish-lips"
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** Fix geometry before cycles
** Using the vermiculite to slow down cooling to achieve maximum softening or furnace cool
[[File:Forgevermiculite.jpg|250px|thumb|Pouring over vermiculite to anneal the metal]]
* Shutting down the forge for the day
** As before for shut-down
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