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Originally Posted by rolnslo
Forgive my lack of knowledge here but what would be the step required to make the original round blanks used in the CNC machine? Wouldn't that be the same idea of pouring hot liquid metal into a form?
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My understanding of the forging process is that the round "blank" is poured into a mold, but while it's still molten to a degree they forge it by some type of impact, like dropping it onto an anvil or something. It's not too different from the old blacksmith hammering a glowing horseshoe--the hammering condenses the metal molecules, putting them closer together and molecularly aligning them in a manner that makes the resulting piece much stronger than just a cast piece.
Not that I'm a metallurgist or anything, so maybe I'm completely up in the night.
