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Re: Blacksmithing tools Originally Posted by Lis2323 I have a rule of thumb concerning anvils (and vises) Small ones always appear bigger in photos than in real life. Oddly enough true MONSTERS appear smaller. My pet peeve is sellers listing them without dimensions. Plus I will always disregard their estimated weight. I have no clue what my anvil weighs. Prolly around 175 go 200. Looks like a 75lber in pictures... I do have it on a 24" dia section of white oak, though. Gives me a place to set stuff.
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Re: Blacksmithing tools I have a rule of thumb concerning anvils (and vises) Small ones always appear bigger in photos than in real life. Oddly enough true MONSTERS appear smaller. My pet peeve is sellers listing them without dimensions. Plus I will always disregard their estimated weight.
Re: Blacksmithing tools Originally Posted by whtbaron Personally, I like them and if that was close by I would probably have to buy it just because it looks so cool... but it seems to me that the consensus is they really aren't tough enough to make a good blacksmithing tool... I'd use it as a light duty vise if I had it. Maybe for sheet metal work or jewelry.
Re: Blacksmithing tools Personally, I like them and if that was close by I would probably have to buy it just because it looks so cool... but it seems to me that the consensus is they really aren't tough enough to make a good blacksmithing tool...
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Re: Blacksmithing tools Originally Posted by 52 Ford One of those is held together with a bent nail... LOL... and I pulled that pic off the net so I assume it's for new tools, not my old junk.
Re: Blacksmithing tools Originally Posted by 52 Ford Masterlock?! Either Bosnian Bill or LPL opened a Master no 5 with a piece of bamboo.... Love those guys and can't wait to put all my learning to the test! Originally Posted by whtbaron Cool ... might have to do that as well. I've always just used this style in a drill in spots like that.... I've used those a lot, and have always found they fall to pieces pretty quickly. Of course, if I had any in stock, I'd probably use them for the project. Instead of going to the store and spending a few hundred dollars (bidenomics is a wonderful thing!), I'll spend a few hours in the shop cussing and spitting as I try to make the home-brew version out of scrap! Talking about tool designs that are unique, I just ran across this young whip's idea for a treadle hammer. A Treadle Hammer is one of those tools that can be really handy. They work even to "press" in bearings, but really shine if you want to texture metal without wearing down your shoulder. The sucky part is having to make new tooling because the head of the hammer doesn't rise high enough for you to use the tooling you made for at the anvil, or stuff you bought at the flea market. His guillotine design fairly handles all the negatives while also taking up less floor space. I like that idea and might have to see what kind of stuff I have in the pile.....
Re: Blacksmithing tools Originally Posted by whtbaron Cool ... might have to do that as well. I've always just used this style in a drill in spots like that.... Attachment 1782445 One of those is held together with a bent nail...
Re: Blacksmithing tools Originally Posted by Insaneride Thanks for sharing that VaughnT. Im gonna make the ridgid and flex. Cool ... might have to do that as well. I've always just used this style in a drill in spots like that.... Attachment 1782445
Re: Blacksmithing tools Originally Posted by VaughnT You shouldn't be keeping secrets like that. Now I'm gonna have to make one from copper wire, too! Don't forget to show your work. I just looked and I have an old masterlock cable lock that's seen better days, the key long gone. I think it'd make a great candidate for repurposing, especially if I can get the shackle open and use the crimped on solid end to chuck in the drill. Time to practice the skills I learned from Lockpicking Lawyer! Masterlock?! Either Bosnian Bill or LPL opened a Master no 5 with a piece of bamboo....
Re: Blacksmithing tools Originally Posted by 52 Ford I never thought to make a post about it, but I made one similar with copper wire a few months ago for cleaning a cast bronze name plate without scratching it. You shouldn't be keeping secrets like that. Now I'm gonna have to make one from copper wire, too! Originally Posted by Insaneride Thanks for sharing that VaughnT. Im gonna make the ridgid and flex. Don't forget to show your work. I just looked and I have an old masterlock cable lock that's seen better days, the key long gone. I think it'd make a great candidate for repurposing, especially if I can get the shackle open and use the crimped on solid end to chuck in the drill. Time to practice the skills I learned from Lockpicking Lawyer!
Re: Blacksmithing tools Thanks for sharing that VaughnT. Im gonna make the ridgid and flex.
Re: Blacksmithing tools Originally Posted by VaughnT This is one of those tools that you never think you'll need as a smith, but I sure do wish I'd thought of this myself. Quick and simple to make using the scraps you already have hanging around, but oh so handy when you need to get flash rust out of the nooks and crannies of a project before you can finish it. I have a small tool tote that I've been meaning to refurbish, but always put it off because I just hate trying to get into the corners - the one place that's sure to have rust since it knows I hate working in corners. And that bendy style? Well, that'll be first on the list to be made! Just thinking off the top of my head, I'd be inclined to add a good dose of epoxy rather than rely simply on the clamping force. The upside to no epoxy is that it'll be easier to trim off a bit of the copper pipe with your pipe cutter should the bristles wear down. I never thought to make a post about it, but I made one similar with copper wire a few months ago for cleaning a cast bronze name plate without scratching it.
Re: Blacksmithing tools This is one of those tools that you never think you'll need as a smith, but I sure do wish I'd thought of this myself. Quick and simple to make using the scraps you already have hanging around, but oh so handy when you need to get flash rust out of the nooks and crannies of a project before you can finish it. I have a small tool tote that I've been meaning to refurbish, but always put it off because I just hate trying to get into the corners - the one place that's sure to have rust since it knows I hate working in corners. And that bendy style? Well, that'll be first on the list to be made! Just thinking off the top of my head, I'd be inclined to add a good dose of epoxy rather than rely simply on the clamping force. The upside to no epoxy is that it'll be easier to trim off a bit of the copper pipe with your pipe cutter should the bristles wear down.
Re: Blacksmithing tools Originally Posted by whtbaron So basically you're telling us, you just really hate hammers and feel a permanent need to beat on them... They love it.
Re: Blacksmithing tools So basically you're telling us, you just really hate hammers and feel a permanent need to beat on them...
Re: Blacksmithing tools Yep, I agree. Dad started me early, I did the cement walkway around our house with a wheelbarrow, shovel and bags of portland at 7, I roofed our house at 10. Carpentry with BIL in my teens, then 30 years of forestry contracting on my own. That went **** up in '12, back to carpentry, built a shop with a forge...swinging a hammer is second nature to me now. Just wish I could fit more smithing in, it dont pay ****, but I love it.
Re: Blacksmithing tools Originally Posted by Poleframer Well, to be honest not my better work, I'm a carpenter most of the year, and get in to pounding steel in the winter when I can. It takes me 3-4 days or more to get back into the groove, first day looks amateur, 2nd is passable, 3rd I can get a smile. That handle is day 2. IMHO, carpentry and blacksmithing go together pretty well. Get good a swinging a framing hammer and you're leaps and bounds ahead when you start smithing...
Re: Blacksmithing tools Well, to be honest not my better work, I'm a carpenter most of the year, and get in to pounding steel in the winter when I can. It takes me 3-4 days or more to get back into the groove, first day looks amateur, 2nd is passable, 3rd I can get a smile. That handle is day 2.
Re: Blacksmithing tools That handle looks great. Nice and consistent.
Re: Blacksmithing tools Looks good... about time somebody got to work and made something over here. I've been swamped with bookwork and building reno's...
Re: Blacksmithing tools Veining the leaf Attachment 1780693 after both ends have leaves I form the handle Attachment 1780695
Re: Blacksmithing tools Was going to continue in the hammer thread, but I havnt posted in this one, thought it would be a better place. I rarely take the time to use the camera when blacksmithing, just not enough time, as anyone who smiths knows. With large stuff ya have a lot more time than smaller or thinner, making leaves you often only have 10 seconds or so to get a few blows in before it's too cold to move. Havnt been at the forge in too long, and need some handles for a job I'm on, so I took a few pics of my process of making a handle. First the twist Attachment 1780683 Heres the power hammer dies I'll be using today Attachment 1780685 Attachment 1780687 then drawing a point, and necking for the leaf stem Attachment 1780689 Then spread the leaf, I come in from the side of the dies to do this Attachment 1780691 then veining the leaf Next post...
Re: Blacksmithing tools For medicinal purposes, of course.
Re: Blacksmithing tools I bet it would go good with rum too...
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