Scampbell

On 8/27/2018 at 10:35 PM, FlatLiner said:

Just picked this RR car knuckle up in a gas station parking lot on a work trip for free fifty free. I saw it and asked about it they said if you want it take it.

If you spray some foam in the holes it will quiet it down a bit (spray foam in a can )

Thanks for the updated link! And thanks again to Tom for putting this together! We all appreciate it 

I love your work.... Maybe some day I will be able to just make a knife

So I have taken a little break from forging and the idea of making my own gravers BUTT now I'm BACK! ;-) and I was hoping you would share some of your own home made gravers and if ou are feelin up to it maybe a write up on how you made them.

Sorry folks .... I am a visual learner.... (a little slow in the thought process sometimes) so on that embarrassing note, can anyone post PICTURES ?
Thanks ;-)

Tom thanks a WHOLE bunch!
This will get me on the rite track. :-)

Oh man ..... I thought it was just because they are AWESOME hammers.....;-)

Tom, that's awesome ! I'm in! Sorry I have been away for a while but would love it if u would show and tell!

That's great advise thanks. I always seem to get caught up in the fact that I don't have "all the tools" so I tend to get discouraged and almost talk myself out of things that I might REALY enjoy! Thanks to helping me put it into perspective. Don't get me wrong I make a good living but I am not rich so shelling out upwards of $500.00 for something I am not sure if I will REALY REALY enjoy is kind of hard you know what I mean. I just am looking to test the waters and who knows I may fall head over heals like I did with smithing .... But I can't thank you all enough for the wealth of knowledge and support you all show !

Wow thanks for all the info! Looking at just the cost it might be a while before I can get started buying the equipment, but in the mean time I will read read read! Awesome stuff tho.

That's awesome work sterling! I was hoping to go metal, but havent a clue where to start or if I will like it so I was trying to do it on the cheap and maybe move up from there

So I have started to look into engravig and was wondering how hard it is to make the gravers and what to make them from, so any ideas?

I had a chance to see Brian's brother Ed use it the other day! Man that stuff sure is neat...... I would have to say it gives a beginner like myself a bit of encouragement.

maybe we can add some pictures of those most used hammers ????

my pops was a pipe fitter, and always told me use the 6010, its an all around rod that doesn't need that much maintenance, and the 6011 is a bit more needy, and wants a CLEAN surface. but that's just my .02 cents

I don't have a whoe lot of forge time in, but I do have a few hammers and a friend who has a whole assortment of hammers, lee silva @ black sheep forge. And I mostly use his hammer, it is a brazeial (sp) style and I love it!

+1 that's amazing ! I enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing! It reminds me that things CAN be made very simple with minimal tools.

You know it works darn good!

just a picture my wife took of my double horned (old world) anvil

just some pics of my forge...

Looks to be just like a floor shear, just used with a hammer..

Not at all here I'n central ca. :-(

Hey frosty, sorry it took so long to get back to you. The blown forge- well that was what I was able to get parts wise w/out spending any money, so it kinda just worked out. The only reason I am trying to get the tools before the "knowledge" is that it seems to me to be a good deal, I may be wrong ..... Butt I have always found than having the rite tool for the job is less time consuming for set up and tear down and less having to improvise. Seeing as how I don't have a shop and the wife insists on parking I'n the gerage i like to make set up and teardown for my projects as minimal as possible. Don't get me wrong though I have been reading, and have the drive to learn it's just that I have little time., so just looking to save some time and outfit myself with tools if they are a good deal while I can and maybe a little later on when I have loads of time (and a shop) I will be like many here!

Thanks for all the help, the guy wants 1500 for the grinder he said it retails for 2600 said it was a mk-1 I am fruit to get him to hold on to one of them and maybe pay it off slowly, as for the drillpress he has bench top for 80 and the taller floor ones for 125, sooooooo ..... They are 3/4 horse motors and have differant pulley sizes. Should I buy the smaller because I have the 80 now, will it be good or should I hold out ( problem is the gerage is small and not a lot of room. Manly used for making knife's)

Well as of rite now I know the belt grinder? Sander? Was used for bladesmithing, the bandsaw is an old meat processing saw that was converted to metal bandsaw blade, and I think the drillpresses are American tools brand, not too sure on the specifics of all but I can look, I do know that they came from sierra forge and fire I'n Exeter (was a local blacksmith school) and I have been working with the owner trading labor for tools. I have hammers tongs blower water cooled tyure (sideblast forge) and working on building a blown gas forge. Havnt done a whole lot (smithing) yet but would like to turn out some Damascus knives and mokume....