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Good Morning Will,

Take the spring out and re-arc it cold. It doesn't get that much movement, unless you need a bigger Vice.

Neil

Good Morning SF,

There are quite a spread of Blacksmith Souls in the Mainland/Fraser Valley. If you are interested, send me a PM and I will forward you some contacts. Making Shive's by using machinery isn't half as much fun as getting it hot and Forging. Completely different, but, almost kinda not quite the same, but similar.

Neil

Welcome Mickael,

Glenn Moon outside of Canberra Australia, has an 1,100 Tonne Hydraulic Press. His came out of the Railroad Shop in Sydney, when it closed. The US Government built two, 50,000 Ton Hydraulic Press' after the 2nd War, to press aircraft parts. They found Germany had a 35,000 Tonne Press to make structural parts for the Luftwaffe during the War. I believe ALCAN is using one in Cincinnati to press Titanium parts for Aerospace and Turbines.

Bigger Boys = Bigger Toys!!

To answer your original question, Why Not!!    Slow and steady wins the race. They are not like a Hammer, the effort goes to the center of your work piece and bulges it out.

Neil

Good Morning,

Try garden Lime from the Hardware store or Garden center. It works well as Flux as well.

Neil

Happy New Year Matt,

The problem with having helpful discussions regarding a project YOU are working on, NOBODY can see what you are looking at or see the configuration you have. Remember that 'ASSUME' breaks down to, 'An Ass out of you and me'. Hydraulic problems are best sorted out with pressure gauges at the specific connections in question. To see if the 2-stage hydraulic pump is working proper, you MUST be able to visualize the pressure changes.

Being angry at someone you have never met before, has no gain. The keyboard is not a good tool, to convey expression.

Good Luck sorting out your problem.

Neil

Good Morning Trees,

Call me at work and we can sort it out this weekend.

Neil

Good Morning,

Use it and enjoy it before you modify anything. If you wish to improve on it, paint something on it's side (like Flames or Lightening Bolts or .......)  Don't change the height until you are sure you are uncomfortable. I find an Anvil that is slightly higher, quite enjoyable. If you are doing great big lumps, with great long top tools, you will want to turn your base on it's side and mount the Anvil to the base. There is no such thing as 'One Rule for everyone'

Neil

Happy New Year,

Do you mean both male ends, on 2 different colored cables?

Neil

Do you have Mower in your Blower? Which letter is silent? Maybe it will be German vocabulary, 'All letters in a word are pronounced' BLMower or MBLower. If we attach a Tiger Tail what will change?  Seriously, a Paddle type blower discharges way more air pressure/volume than a squirrel cage impellor.

Neil

Happy New Year Phil,

Welcome. The flame inside won't care what colour you paint it, it will flake out with the heat.

Enjoy the Journey, Neil

Good Morning George,

The great Divide is very long. Coming into Field BC, from the west, the water drains west. 1 km east of Field, the water drains east. Within 30 miles of Field, is the start of the Fraser River and Columbia River going west. McKenzie River goes North to above the Arctic Circle. Bow River and the Saskatchewan Rivers go to Hudson Bay, There is a little finger that goes south east and joins up with the Missouri River, that joins up with the Mississippi and comes out at New Orleans.

Yes the world is Phlatt!!

Neil

Happy New Year,

The pulley looks like the one on the shaft/spindle of the deck of my Husqvarna ride on mower.

Neil

Happy New Year Rad,

To run, first you must learn to walk. Start with little tiny steps and with enough patience and time, you can walk to the Moon. The same is with Forging, it is very difficult trying to start out with a Huge Notion. They do it on F/F, it must be practical. KNOT!! Anything MAY be possible, but this notion is not practical. Roller Lifters are made from different materials, first you would need to know the type of steels in the lifter. And then..........

Get ahold of the Blacksmith group near you, probably there is someone who lives near you. Start with a simple project, not the dreaded 'Sword in the Stone'. Start out by making your own Tools, in the process you will learn a lot of the functions of Forging. Start by going to WallyWorld and pay 1 dollar for a small container of Play-Doh (yes, in the kids section). Play-Doh works the same as hot metal when it is in it's 'Plastic State' except you don't need Tools. Try to make something with the Play-Doh first, you can see the process and how much material you need,

Enjoy the Journey, there is no destination!!

Neil

Good Morning Rad,

Welcome, If you put your locale in your Avatar, someone near you may be able to help you.

Hydraulic Lifters or Solid Lifters. Anything is possible, but it is not practical. Way more gooder material to get, easier using and way more better for Heat Treating. Why dive into the deep end, when you don't know how to swim? Sounds like you have been watching FF.

Neil

Good Morning Mr. Grouser,

 No rudeness intended. The problem with a keyboard, it is impossible to see the inflection part of a conversation. There are people here from all walks of life, from many parts of the round World. Having a conversation with someone, it is kind of nice to see what part of the rock they are making a shadow. Quite often there is somebody fairly close, so you can get a hands on answer for your question.

Enjoy the Journey, there is nothing to fight over.

Neil

Happy New Year Sam,

Welcome to reality. More burners need more Propane from the tank. If you have a Propane bottle freezing (too much draw), hook a couple tanks in parallel. The drywall people sometimes have 6 bottles in parallel, trying to dry the mud in winter.  More is not better!

Neil

Happy New Year Cal,

I have one similar, that I have been using for over 40 years. I should say, I wore one out (just a bit of play in the spindle) and I am on my second one. They send chips flyin' all over the place, LOL. The initial machine is the starting point, now you have to decide what Tooling you will (Need?). Then there is another piece....... and I need...........

Enjoy the journey! It is not a straight road, has a few blind corners. LOL

Neil

Happy New Year, Toor

If you are going to anneal a hammer head, by heating, remove Handle first (or the heat will remove it for you).

Welcome, If you put your locale in your Avatar, we will have an idea which part of the rock you are making a shadow.

Enjoy the Journey, there is no destination!

Neil

Happy New Year, Das,

I was helping demo a Bowling Alley and nobody wanted the drill press for 10 pin bowling balls. It followed me home and I tried for 2 years to figure out what to do with it. One of my neighbours said his brother-in-law does that, so I gave it to him. I don't know if my neighbor gave it away before he passed on.

Another life!!

Neil

Happy New Year Grouser,

Put your locale in your Avatar.

Neil

Happy New Year,

Put a tarp over the outside, call it a Fly. Save getting the drip through the Canvas when it rains. Maybe you don't live on the Wet Coast!! LOL

Neil

Happy New Year Matthew,

The cutting table is not hard. You have no need to do anything to it, to make it work better. Use it as it is, don't make it into a 'Make Work Project' and end up with junk. if you want it to shine, take the high points off with a flapper disc, give it a buff and a KISS. Use what you have and enjoy it. If you are concerned about marks on the cutting table, take a piece of channel that is wide enough to fit over your Anvil (make it into a cutting table) and do your cutting on the cutting plate/table.

Think simple!!

Neil

Happy New Year, Mr. Fang

Think of the Steel numbers as Vegetable Soup. The first 2 numbers are the kind of Vegetable Soup (with or without Parsnips, Cummin, Ginger, etc. and how much of each ingredient). The last 2 numbers are the percentage of Carbon, 4140=0.40% Carbon, 52100=1.00% Carbon, 1018=0.18% Carbon. The amount of Carbon controls the Hardenability (to a certain point). Cast iron has over 4% Carbon (completely different characteristics).

Then you get into the Alloy Steels, A, D, H, S, T, etc.

Neil

Cast Iron makes completely different chips, gray crumbly bits

Neil

Good Morning Pan,

If you put your area of the world in your avatar, we will have a better idea of where you are. There is nothing in your picture to relate what size it may be. It looks to me to be quite small. It probably is something that one of your family made.

Neil