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don't put too much of the "good stuff" on display ;) the rigby axle that i am going to bring up has a snapped end, halfway down the taper, which can outline your dramatic setting of the scene :D (which i approve of- visitors want to be taken up with the story, not bored with plain old info.....) a few photos of bullock drays with some stories couldn't hurt

i would like to see photos. I have never heard of a 2cwt inslides massey, i know there are 2cwt clearspace hammers, and 1cwt, 3cwt and 7cwt inslides, but i am very prepared to be enlightened!

swap you an unmarked one for my rigby london one?

darryl, i just checked an axle i have in my pile of the same size, the effective taper (the bit between the boss and the hole for the wedge) is exactly 10 inches, and the diameter of the widest part of the taper is exactly 2 1/2 inches it is stamped RIGBY LONDON 10 2 1/2 dunno about you, but that settles it for me ;)

that anvil is too low... something is wrong. the pass though on the frame should line up with the working height of the pallets

good work owen. see you next week!

never know these days phil...... what is on in feb? iron coroboree?

i prefer to open my bottles with whatever is to hand ;) there are some mighty fine openers on here though :D

welcome to the moderator queue buddy, i got on without even saying bad words! glad you sorted it out with the stainless, as usual i got to the thread long after it was answered ;) , but still want to oFfer help (or jUst have a yarn) .... stainless is for sure a CantanKerous beast> if'n YOU don't Treat her with all the reSpecT shE deserVEs we had an apprentice +under me< where i didmy apprtenticeshipwho just couldn't get it in his head NOT to burn the any stainless we forged<, or work it cold! never in the wright heat range! he also used to go around writing "hot" with chalk on things as they cooled down, i said "it is a blacksmith shop!, assume everything is hot! you are better off writing COLD ont the cold stuff!!" so when he forge stainless or high tensile cold, even the boss could hear it from the other end of the shop, while the offender was flogging on the unfortunate item, and yell "WRITE COLD ON IT!!!"

inertia has to be created from somewhere, and in this case, power would have been transmitted to the press via a flat belt on the flywheel.

aha! good work darryl! as i said on the day, after i called it a "flypress" (i was thinking "flywheel"),i corrected myself when the real name came to mind, to "punch press". i also called it a "heine" press, but as you know, we couldnt find the plate!

where is this mate? (geographically and culturally) looks great!

have fun you blokes, put a pair of earmuffs on a block of wood, and it is almost like having me there ;) ........in some ways better......

you sir, daz, are a genius.

1045 and 4140 are worlds apart themselves, http://www.interlloy.com.au/our-products/carbon-steels/1045-medium-tensile-carbon-steel-bar/ http://www.interlloy.com.au/our-products/high-tensile-steels/4140-high-tensile-steel/?output=pdf not to be confused with each other, in forging, heat treating or tensile strength.

Depends where you are bud! Add your location to your profile.

that is a cute little bench vice, i would be wary of trying to do work that is *too* heavy on that though. having said that, my idea of too heavy varies from others, 50mm (2") "wire" is light work for me ;) i generally like to run parts through an electrolytic cleaning setup, if i deem them too rusty, and then oil them. the spring needs to be replaced if- a) it is not there; or b) it is not opening the jaws up (which could be the spring, or a number of other reasons.) you can clean and add grease whenever you feel like it, but if it hasn't been, or isn't being, abused, they don't need more than a basic look over every year or so. enjoy, and keep collecting!

there is one, very similar to that, in the yard of the place i did my trade. same again, no maker

i have some bars of "netherton best best" wrought , which works so nicely that i need to find the right job before i will use it ;)

darryl, i reckon you try making some "tree branch" items, and give them a bit of a soak in vinegar, or other acidic substance, to get a lovely "aussie" dead tree look. ;) use the grains and broken ends!

got a side on shot?

so what is happening with the steam engine? that is a nice header, you will find multiple uses for sure!

grants hammer was modified from a sullivan upsetter, which works on a similar setup, but is not being used the way it was manufactured.

seconded mate :)

this has got me interested now..... there are such things as musical anvils, and pythagoras (of the theorem) also developed one of the earliest musical scales, after hearing smiths working with different sized hammers on different sized anvils. while recording this soundtrack tune, neil finn was ruptured to have called " needs more anvil!" also- i am interested to find the key of mine ;)