It followed me home

[FredlyFX]

Yeah Sandpile, I have been building this relationship for a while. Even when I am in a hurry I take the time to stop and chat with the old guy whenever I buy anything. He is facinated by my forging. He has been a welder & fabricator all his life, but never did any forging.

You were reading my mind. I was thinking tonight that I would make him something cool as a nice thank you. I've been playing with some cable trying to make some knives, and I will probably give him one.

[meco3hp]

here's this past weekends new haul from my buddies! hope to have more next weekend! Now if it'd just rain so they'd lift the burn ban so I could forge something!


the shorter chunk of pipe is drill casing, not sure about the longer one, although I think it is too. Also got a hand full of pullys off of verious elec. motors.

the rest of the tube drops in a bucket, and one of the yard/shop cats, inspecting the latest haul.

I know I"m not the only one that gets good stuff in all the time,,, lets see some more pics of your good finds!

[ThomasPowers]

Burn Ban? two words: Propane Forge

We're past being dry as dust here in NM but had a wet spring and so a lot of *very* dry grass and brush. The propane forge in the shop with the garage doors open doesn't lift an eyebrow from the local fire folk.

With all those short pipe pieces you could go into production making bending jigs and selling them at a hammerin.

Thomas

[meco3hp]

Hello,
Thomas,
3 words, price of fuel! I've got a gasser, but I havn't got my little shop set up for it. It'd take a little work to do. I've got coal and it'd be easier to build a charcoal retort than to work on getting the gasser set up.
Thats my thoughts on the tube drops also! now if there was any hammerins near by! The closest one is a 3 hr drive away. :cry:

Anyways I ran across a find today!!!!!! I was headed down town and drove by a place that I guess the old folks had went to the oldfolks home or something. There was some furniture, a bagger from a riding lawn mower, and a old table saw!!!!!
I know this isn't BSing related but the saw is such a find that I had to share it with you all! I've got another yardsale table saw, that I bought for $10, but this looks to be older and better built than it is.

[Mills]

Yessir that is a good looking saw. Good find!

[ThomasPowers]

Cost of the propane for my forge is about $1 an hour---cheaper than a movie and I always try to make one "sales item" each time I fire up to cover it.

You're only 3 hours to a hammer-in---you lucky devil! Most of the smithing meetings around here are at least 2 hours and for a hammer-in---I haven't heard of one that was less than a day's drive so far. I went 1500 miles to go to the SOFA Quad-State last year; do that a couple of times and you've paid for a power hammer...

Nice saw---watch your fingers! I have a friend who's wife won't let him have a table saw, he's chopped off both index fingers---about 14 years apart and they did re-attach them...

Thomas

[Nolano]

A nice use for the table saw is to replace the blade with an abrasive cut off wheel. Makes an excellent cutter, for whatever kind of steel. And the blades only cost $3-4, tops.

[GobblerForge]

Make sure you get all the sawdust out before you cut steel. Might get exciting. Brad

[meco3hp]

Hello,
Here is the finished results! All thats needed to finish the beader is I need to get my wood lathe restored so I can turn a new wooden handle for it. I'm also looking for any dimensional drawings for dies. I've got a set of Ogee dies right now, but need to turn out some of the others on my metal lathe. Some of the dies I could figure out pretty easy, but some would be dificult. Anybody have a manual for one of these? Enjoy the pics!

Thanks
Richard


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[henerythe8th]

Got a drill press?

You can "turn" yourself a simple handle for now using it like a vertical lathe, I made a handle for my Champion blower that way. Granted it's not as smooth as one turned on a lathe, but it provides good grip!