Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:03:51 +0000 admin@iforgeiron.com (I Forge Iron) IP.Blog 60 http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/23/entry-622-good-manners-go-a-long-way/ First of all, I have the philosophy that when someone...]]> Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:01:00 +0000 http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/23/entry-622-good-manners-go-a-long-way/ http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/23/entry-318-vise-mounted-bending-forks-part-2/ Previously, I wrote an article, with drawings, showing how to bend both tight and wide curves using vise mounted bending forks with a narrow gap between them. This allows folks to either bend tight or sweeping bends, contingent upon how much hot length you feed between the forks between bends. Although trained as an industrial smith, I now... Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:57:00 +0000 http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/23/entry-318-vise-mounted-bending-forks-part-2/ http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/23/entry-299-babbiting-a-hammer-part-ii/ REPAIRING THE BEARING CAPS


In the first installment, I described how to pour babbit bushings in the main bearings intrinsic to the hammer, front and back. Those bottoms of the bearings, now babbited, need similar babbiting in the tops of the two bearings, in the cap pieces.
Both of the bearing caps that you...]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:21:00 +0000 http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/23/entry-299-babbiting-a-hammer-part-ii/ http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/23/entry-296-babbiting-a-hammer-part-i/ PART I OF A 2-PART ARTICLE

About two years into my apprenticeship, I knew that I wanted to eventually establish my own shop. I found the opportunity to buy some equipment, and bought several anvils and two triphammers. One of them, a Williams and White 150 pounder, which is similar in design to a Champion actuated by...]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:26:00 +0000 http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/23/entry-296-babbiting-a-hammer-part-i/ http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/23/entry-197-to-light-a-fire/ links to scrolls, from shackles to basketball rims. Happy Forging!
TO LIGHT A FIRE

BY JACK LONDON PATTERN(STUARTTHESMITH)

The first impediment that the novice faces is starting and maintaining a coal fire in a forge. In order to forge anything with any level of efficiency and competency, a suitable fire for the project to be...]]> Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:01:00 +0000 http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/23/entry-197-to-light-a-fire/ http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/23/entry-169-vice-mounted-bending-forks/

There are many good ways to bend curves in steel and iron. Many blacksmiths bend curves over the horn of the anvil, whether the curve is ½ inch in diameter, or five feet in diameter. When striking hot steel over the horn of the anvil, one by necessity has to leave hammer marks on the...]]> Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:53:00 +0000 http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/23/entry-169-vice-mounted-bending-forks/ http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/23/entry-158-european-apprenticeship-system/
Hello, my name is Stuart Geisler. I am an industrial blacksmith. The path that I followed in becoming a blacksmith may be interesting to the members of IFORGEIRON . From a modern American perspective, I became a practitioner of this craft in a highly unusual manner. I thank my lucky stars for the fortuitous...]]> Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:10:00 +0000 http://www.iforgeiron.com/blog/23/entry-158-european-apprenticeship-system/