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    Forging a cut off hardy out of a jackhammer bit

    in Tools, general discussion

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    For striking:

     

    split firewood, throw throw axe from your shoulders, tired yet? 

    now, same axe same wood, this time bend your knees and turn your whole body into a spring, put the axe as high in the air as you can for yours swing

     

    Because:

     

    FORCE=MASS x ACCELERATION

    force is how hard you hit the steel, there is plenty of mass in Brian's (trust me), Acceleration is the key, if you use your arm to throw the sledge down you will be soooooo tired.... if you use every muscle in your body you will last much longer and hit the steel harder.

     

    Josh

    It followed me home

    in Blacksmithing, General Discussion

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    Went to my local spring shop today, The owner is my neibor and has become a good freind. He called me and told me that he had some steel for me. When I get there he has about 150lbs of new drops and 300lbs of used springs to load into my truck. He assured me that he uses ONLY 5160 in his shop (less complicated is his explanation). As I was leaving, another young smith walks in looking for springs, so I inroduced myself and we had a good conversation. I ended up splitting the stock with him (i already have more than i could ever use and don't mind). He has only been smithing for 3 months, Invited him to my shop, and now I have a striker.

    After that young smith leaves my owner freind sais "hey come tell me what you think of this" and brings me around back to see his 100lb LG laying on it's side covered in a tarp. It had no motor or dies or any of the delicate and important parts. When I asked where he got it and if he had any of the other parts he reminded me, he is the fourth generation owner of the shop and it was his great grandfather's (who bought it new) and he has all the important parts hidden away. He is gonna haul it up and refurb it and was contemplating selling it to clear up some space and let it get used, seeing as he is my neibor and wants to tinker in a shop, I offered to put it in my shop and let him use my shop with me. He is sereously considering it as he would hate to sell somthing that he is the 4th generation owner of.

    So all in all:
    roundabout 200lbs of springs, new and used
    new smith encouraged, and striker/helper in my shop (as long as he can learn from me that is)
    POSSIBLY a 100lb LG on the way


    Oh I almost forgot, a small mastercraft wood lathe was loaded into my truck hile I wasn't looking :ph34r: ... And he wants me to call him about a 4x8 workbench he has with a 1/2" steel top tomorrow (why, I don't know)

    Pics of the steel and lathe tomorrow and maybe the other stuff within the week, he has all kinds of other fun things hidden away too (such as his foom with 2 5.5" poost vised and 4 anvils and swage block :D it was a good trip

    past my bedtime now!

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