drogo

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Matt_K

Those are Much too small.....Thanks anyway though!!

Drogo

Hey gang,

I am Looking for a supplier for hexagonal tubing in Stainless steel and Brass/Bronze. Looking for 1", 1.5", 2", 3" flat to flat OD with a wall thickness of 1/8" to 1/4" I onley need about 2 ft of each to start.

Thanks Drogo

Hey Guys,

IT WORKED!!!

used an old file and quenched it in water(made sure it was clean first...thanks Don A). Nice big sparks:)

Thanks a bunch

Thanks guys...Ill try it and get back to you all!!

I have been trying for a while to make some Fire steels. I just can't get them to work:( I've tried everything from iron to high carbon steel, difrent heat treats and diffrent pieces of flint. How do you make one? I'm going nuts here:o

thanks in advance

I support Drogo all the way. I've got one, and saw another this weekend at Yesteryear. They are designed pretty well, but it is cast iron, not steel. They're made in Alabama, near or in wetumpka, I beleive. for that price, go for it if you want, it's a hanfy size

That my friend is an ASO. I have one and I Use it for demos(its about 45lbs) Ive dented it and chiped it. But it still works. It all depends on the price. If you are just getting started it is not a bad anvil to mess arround with. My USA was my first anvil and now my 9yo daughter is using it.
So if you can get it for arround $1.00 a pound GO FOR IT

Mine is Rabenwald Metalsmything: Rabenwald is German for Raven's Wood. Which refers to the Ravens that would caw back and forth behind my old shop. Metalsmything: because we will work in anything that wont kill us, Smything is an old way of spelling smithing, and as a friend told me a while back...Metals-my-thing"

I use the orange HBT 4 1/2" grinders every day and have one of their 7" auto buffers with a cup brush(thanks to a demo by Bill Epps). I wouldent trade any of them. A couple of years ago I blewup a DeWalt grinder 2 days after the warrentee expired. The HF ones are going strong and are a LOT less expensive. Just like everywhere else, some of their stuff is bad...some good.

yeah......that was me at the faire. Solvarr is the one to talk to for the ammo can stuff

Drogo

John B-

Thanks for the info

Drogo

How about car and truck axels and sway bars for small hammers? Is the steel of a high enough carbon? I've read that you just harden it and dont back temper it but im not convinced.

Drogo

when someone asks you to fix anything(like the computer) you reply.........I'll go get a hammer:)

why use a forge burner at all. if you are just trying to back temper(heat treat) why not use a burner for a gas grill. they cost less than making a burner and give off a large eaven heat.

just my .02

As for a Switch system try using a reed switch (security switch for windows) the kind that uses a magnet to activate. Put the magnet on the handel to the blower and the switch on the blower housing. when you want it "on", leave the handel in the right position and the electric fan stays on. You could also put the magnet on a swivel so the electric fan isn't going on and off with every turn of the blower handel.

hope this is clear

Thank you Glenn:)

This site has brought the Blacksmithing Comunity closer for the Benifit of all.

I have learned Sooo Much

Drogo

about the hight of the anvil (or a little higher) to start with and half of it culvert grate for cooling and holding tongs. couple of hammer rings and a coffee cup holder. Maby a removable orginizer for small cut lenghts of stock.

Drogo

I thing a 4' x 8' would be good.....heavy enough to park a car on (not that you could) and about belt buckle high so you can bend over it and so its not too short. A shelf underneath for tools and make a section with culvert grating(my supplier sell it) for a cooling rack. some hammer rings on the side would be good too for hammers but not too many(remember it is belt buckle high;) )

If it was a platen table I would say a littel higher for mechanical atvantage while bending stock.

Drogo

hdwarner.....

Oh that was goooooood

Im almost crying

just finished....hope it helps

Drogo

My general rule is:
Time + Materials x 2 = Wholesale
Wholesale x 2 = Retail

There are certain things that vary. Sometimes the equasion is multiplied by 3 or higher. sometimes only by one. I do manly production work so I always make things in bunches.

The reason the prices vary is simple but wierd. I have found that if you raise the price rather that lower it the item sells better. It tends to work like that accross the board.

Drogo

Grog: 6 oz of rum to 1 gal of water, sugar(about a 1/2 cup) and lime juice to taste.

or

crushed up firebrick to go in your clay for lining forge.

the first one tastes better(fire bricks are tooo crunchy;) )

I use old propane tanks for my slack tub(30lb) and oil quench. I just cut another 30 lb apart(top, bottom, and then in half) so I could put a 100w light bulb under the water and a hot plate under the oil(warm oil is beter than cold for most oil quench steels) Just cut a keyhole in the side so I could put the outdoor fixture under it. Ill put the light on at night when not in the shop to keep the water from freezing:)

I get the old propane tanks from a friend who works for a propane company. They take the valves out and wash them out for me with water. Then I let them sit upside down for a month or two. Completly empty when I start cutting.....If you dont know...NEVER cut into a propane or other type of tank without being completly sure it is TOTALY empty and depreasurized. Big BOOMs suck:(

Drogo

Sounds like a great start!!! We all burn up some metal frome time to time;) good luck and keep practicing

Drogo