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Planning new anvil purchase, TFS, Peddinghaus...
trinculo replied to dntfxr's topic in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels
When a i was buying a new anvil several years ago it was between the 250 Fontanini and the 275 Pedd. The Fontanini was less expensive than the pedd @ the time and that was what I got. I think it ended up around $1350 with shipping to NC. Shortly after I got a deal on a slightly used 200kg Old world haberman pattern and would recommend their anvils without hesitation. I saw the Blu anvil at the NCABANA gathering and it looks like a baby haberman. Josh at Big Blu told me they are made from 1045. No idea of hardness but they looked very nice. Here is a little sheet comparing prices at the time around 4 years ago. Anvils worksheet.xlsx.pdf -
So because you never run across it it can't be L-6? Seems about the same degree of certainty as the OP assuming it is L6 based on a Junkyard guide. It is a mystery steel until a spectrograph or specs from the manufacturer define it as otherwise and it should be treated as such.
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Gorgeous knife. Please continue to make and share more.Sitting down or standing up you certainly have the eye and talent for it.
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I think Hofi uses stuff called sikaflex to glue the handles.
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Show me your Bottle Openers!
trinculo replied to Arbalist's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
I like 'em Black frog. Very cool idea with the jet. No doubt it will mean alot to the lucky septuagenarian grease monkey. -
Nice Tools Curly. The possibilities are vast with what you can do. Bending and straightening are so easy with the fly press.
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Home build induction heater
trinculo replied to Daniel.85's topic in Induction Heating, Oil forges, etc
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http://www.iforgeiron.com/gallery/image/38110-5-flypress/ Whatever size table you will want to bolt it down, there is a tremendous amount of lateral torsion.. Here is the one I made for a Karachi #5. Base plate is 1.75" plate drilled and tapped to bolt the press down. Legs are 3" x.25" wall square tubing @ 18 degrees. I'm going to add some diagonals as even with it bolted you can see the table twisting when using the press with gusto.
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pm sent w/ contact info.
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I can't see the taper of your drift from the thumbnail but that could be one thing. Upsetting with a flatter and cupping tool at least 4 times rotating 90 degrees each time usually shocks it loose. I'm not far from you if you want to come over one day and troubleshoot. Happy to help.
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The Faggot Weld
trinculo replied to brianbrazealblacksmith's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Dan, i don't know you but if you think Brian has not been exposed to any real smiths . . . . Well then perhaps it is you who need to get out more. I've seen quite a few people forge, but very few have the chops Mr Brazeal has with a hammer and an Anvil. I would love to take a look at some of your work but your website appears to be offline. -
For a first hammer I would suggest a rounding hammer between 2.5 and 3.5 pounds. There are likely many people on here who could make you one. Do a search for a Brazeal style rounding hammer. That's a good place to start. A few people sell them on ebay. Aaron Cergol and Dave Custer that I know of make fine hammers and could make you whatever you want for less than hundreds of dollars. I think they sell in the $125-150 range for a nice forged hammer.
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Welding H13 to Mild for flypress tooling.
trinculo replied to trinculo's topic in Welding/Fab General Discussion
Thanks Larry, what i'd always though. -
Welding H13 to Mild for flypress tooling.
trinculo replied to trinculo's topic in Welding/Fab General Discussion
I followed Andrew recommendations (except) I TIG'd them. They are seeming to be holding up well. I used a slight breeze of compressed air to harden a few of the shapes that didn't get hard the first time in still air to a file test.