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was i on crigs list and saw is post wondering if anyone could help these gents out

thanks
Jake

Want help to identify an antique

If u do weld the firepot, pre heat the firepot and the rods and grind the crack before welding it, and peen the weld after you weld it

what u got there is a thing called hunting but i forget what causes it or how to fix it

i have a hammer that i use for straighting stock and the face is domed is there any tricks or tips that any one could offer. It seems to me that i could heat it up make it flat and then harden? right any one see any flaws in that logic?

Thanks Jake

we were on a job on time and had a tire go flat on out dual axle trailer. so we drove the one tire up on a cement block and welded the needed socket to a peice of 1x1 tubing and used an open end ajustable wrench to spin off the lugs. But of cause there was no spare so we just drove'er back to the shop with only one wheel on the side. to this day we still carry the socket welded to the 1x1 on the truck with the rest of our install tools

Make a log of your product. It needs to be a compisition notebook. Number all of the pages. Dates are importent, staple or afix any and all recipets. and if at all posable have the pages noterised by a notery. this will help if u end up applying for a patent.

there ones one for sale at a surplus dealer down the road and they were asking 800 big ones for it

defiantly need to blueprint that bad boy

i believe this is what u were serching for:

UNDER a spreading chestnut-tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.
His hair is crisp, and black, and long,
His face is like the tan;
His brow is wet with honest sweat,
He earns whate'er he can,
And looks the whole world in the face,
For he owes not any man.
Week in, week out, from morn till night,
You can hear his bellows blow;
You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,
With measured beat and slow,
Like a sexton ringing the village bell,
When the evening sun is low.
And children coming home from school
Look in at the open door;
They love to see the flaming forge,
And hear the bellows roar,
And catch the burning sparks that fly
Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
He goes on Sunday to the church,
And sits among his boys;
He hears the parson pray and preach,
He hears his daughter's voice,
Singing in the village choir,
And it makes his heart rejoice.
It sounds to him like her mother's voice,
Singing in Paradise!
He needs must think of her once more,
How in the grave she lies;
And with his hard, rough hand he wipes
A tear out of his eyes.
Toiling,---rejoicing,---sorrowing,
Onward through life he goes;
Each morning sees some task begin,
Each evening sees it close;
Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night's repose.
Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught!
Thus at the flaming forge of life
Our fortunes must be wrought;
Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
Each burning deed and thought.


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

when it took welding in high skool we had a kid that was in the class because his buddy was taking it. And all he would do during the shop time was tack scrap in the shape of an animal stick figure and call it art.

thanks for all the advice and tips so far everybody. i looked out the pipe yesterday and theres lonly a thin layer of carbon. but nothing else. its been an ongoing problem the weather been diffrent and it still drafts the same right now it hot and dry with some breeze. it seems that once the pipe gets hot it vent fine.

ok we never had a problem with the drafting of our forge at our shop but it seems that now that theres a back draft. the only thing thats been changed is the lenght of the pipe. we added alittle to it but i would think that it would improve the draft. theres a blower mounted to the side of the pipe that i think blows air both up and down but everyone says that its been that way forever and that can;t be it. Any tips or ideas are welcomed.

THANX

crZy jaKe

for me it depends on the client. if i know them good enough ill ask em what they think is worth. and if its to low i'll reason with them. But for the most part i like to get 20 dollars and hour plus a 20 dollar shop fee plus materials and any other charges that my work there way into the equation. for the most part people are so impress that there willing to shell out what ever the price.

try soaking it in coca cola i work for the rusted up hand tools i redid. i soak em in coke then bead blasted them and treated with a gun bluing and sprayed em down with sum good old wd40

when making scrolls or bends even with a machine they will never be the same. metal has diffrent makeup and it all bends diffrent. at our shop we all ways make one scroll as a sample and then use that as a templet. and use the bending fork to get them near the same.

if i drop a wheel i bust it up with a hammer so that the guy in the shop that goes though the garbage looking for a wheel that he can get a little more out knows its no good

nice work

hows about making a blueprint for how u did that sweet wrapping of the handle

My lab is out behind my house in the "garage" is bout 24x24. It has a fuel oil furnice and is insilated. One 8ft door and a man door and two windows. Right now its a catchall. But as soon as i can im going to put up building of somesort. I don;t have a forge right now. My anvil is just a railroad tie that my grandpa gave my dad many years ago (at least now it has a purpuse)

thanks so far fellas. now if the bronze has zinc in it does that mean that forging it would have the same dangers as welding gavinized? Like that plume that cause nerve damage later in life?

Ok im wondering the possableity of forging bronze. What are the working popertys, can it be tig welded. If any one has had any experiance with bronze i would love to hear what u have to say. Thanks Jake

After u wraped the paracord do u heat it up like when u fuse the ends?
Awsome job by the way.

thats one killer looking knife. Do i have any pics of the file work.

at are shop we make a templet out of cardboard then we have a pyrimad roller that we sent the lenth thought and when its close we use an arbor press to fine tune the curve, with the s we make a mark in the center and send the lenth though half way then flip it and send it thought that other way. cutting and welding is a lot of grinding/ polishing.

ok heres to problem i want a mandrel at least i think thats what its called it the cone thats made out of stone or metal i know theres small ones that fit into the hardy. i was wondering if there was anything that would work as on or how hard it would be to make a mold and make on out of concert or if anyone has done this.

I'd like to take the time to say hello. My name is jake, im almost 21 and ive been a welder/fabricator for about 4 years. Ive been a apprentice/fabricator/jakey on the spot at one shop for amost 2 years. Its call Fineilli orimental iron works. we do railing and other high end custom work. and in my spare time i putter around my shop at my house but right on im running low on space and waiting for a shed.