De St Uby

Hello All, Last Sommer on a Fleamarket (in France, near the German Border) I saw a old Pickaxe for 1 Euro, so I can't resist and it follows me at Home... Attention : It is important that the Hole in the "Pick" is round. This Pickaxes are made in a very good Material : Length: 500 mm Width: 60 mm Thickness : 6 mm and more (take the bigger One) Material : tempered Carbon Steel (xc 48) Hardness : 40 to 51 HRC (140 kg/mm²) Hole : round, Ø 4,7 cm and more In my Smithy I found an old Iron Cone (no cast Iron), also from a Fleamarket (1 Euro) et slowly I became an Idea... (maybe it's not a great Idea). If I assemble the 2 Parts, what will be the Result ? ===> If I do that, I can have 3 new Tools for my Forge. OK, the Project : pickaxe 1.bmp - http://zupimages.net/viewer.php?id=15/02/nces.bmp What I buy : - '> What to do (and cut in 3 parts): - '> Than I'll have : - a Nail Header (after reforging the Piece, making a Handle and the Hole for the Nail). - a Tool (Anvil Tool for the Hardie Hole or a Chisel, depends on the Pickaxe). - an Anvil Cone (a bigger One, that the older I have). Hmmmm, Good or Bad Idea, your Opinion please ? Thanks for reading. Kind Regards from France.

It's in french brittany : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paimpont_forest Sorry for my poor english...

Hello all, Just a little french video, take a look on the first images please : - Nice or not ?

Hello, For people who don't stiil know. Please take a look on this video (look it completely)... ;) - http://archive.org/d...ls/SheetMet1942 You can see the use of a lot of tools. :wub: Kind Regards, De St Uby

"In 1841 Friedrich Söding set in common with H.P. Winterhoff under the society of Friedrich Söding and CO the manufacturing of anvils on (from 1863 unites with Co. J.C. Söding and Halbach)".... From here : - http://www.archive.n...=162&expandId=1 Sorry for the german language, but this is the true story of "Söding und Halbach". :) My "Söding und Halbach" anvil is from 1920.It is a very high quality anvil.

Hello all, "Great music" : :D :D

When the hand follows the thought..... It is magnificent!

In 15 min ? very good work !!!

Hello, Well, I hesitated a long time to put the link towards this site, but finally it is a "forge work"... I would never have the courage to use such a thing. The link : - http://www.musketeer...er/forging.html It is thus just as curiosity about which I speak about it around me. I am anxious to apologize to the moderators if the subject is not in compliance with the site, and asks them to delete this post in that case there. Best regards of France, De Saint Uby.

Thank you for all your answers and for the pics (merci à toi Jamal, j'apprécie beaucoup), it is going to allow me to build this tool more easily. :)

Hello, OK, i never see such a "blacksmith cutter ?", please take a look on this video : - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmoWuME2kWc At the beginning of the video, the tool used to cut the iron (steel).... Of what think of it you? Best regards

OK, I tried other words in the search engine of the site I tell you (www.archive.org) such as "farrier", "forging", wrought iron", and the results are a lot of old books, it's fantastic .... :)

I have found a good website for blacksmithing books : http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=blacksmithing Fabulous....

Tanks all for reading me. @ Francis Trez Cole, i downlaoded the book, it's great ! (merci beaucoup)

Hello all, Just for sharing the little video (I like it, but forget the music ): Old times artwork..... :wub:

This is the stand of my "Soeding and Halbach" anvil.... The carving is a wood spirit copy of the 16 century.

Hello, A very rare anvil in France and somewhere else I think... - http://cgi.ebay.fr/BELLE-Enclume-automatique-affuter-faux-/200634142864?pt=FR_JG_Art_Objets_XIX&hash=item2eb6ba1090 It's for sharpening the scythe. Thanks for reading. (sorry for my english)

Sorry this Site is in German, but i love the Idea. Just for sharing : "handpower"..... - http://www.peterssch...r_87398499.html Best Regards

Hello, Just a link of an old nailer anvil on Youtube (hope it is OK) : - http://www.youtube.c...feature=related The following videos are : "clou forgé 1 - 2 - 3 - 4... Good or not ? ;)

Just a small software (for free) which could be useful for a lot of people probably (very easy to use).... Please see under : 1.1. Programm zum Umrechnen von Temperaturen - http://www.fire-eate....net/downloads/ Best regards from France

Hello, Just for the pleasure to see these objects (we can enlarge them by clicking above)... - http://www.serrure.fr/forge_main.htm I like them.:)

The videos of Manuel Guerra : - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FUPU7m7hME - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRa_OnlS_kk&feature=related - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5_HhdkawrM&feature=related - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paUZghp1-bY&feature=related :)

Hello all, Here is the link (for those who do not know of an excellent website to make "small" machines for the workshop (there are the plans), indeed it will be probably necessary to adapt a little these plans… http://www.vintageprojects.com/ Please see to the left in the list (all the list is excellent moreover), it is possible to download these plans free of charge in form of PDF files.:)

ooooopsss, Yes it is definitively a punch not a "hammer", my fault.... I "speak" three languages : French (nativ), German (I live near the border), English (I taught English at french school), and a little Spanish (not very good). But certain days I mix the words regrettably........

Hello, Last summer we went to a flea market here in France, and there I found a hammer as I had never seen it before. I put you 2 pics : The black hammer is a new one and has the usual length, above the old hammer found at the flea market. I did not know a hammer having this length, probably made so that the tool lasts longer? He will join my little blacksmith tools collection (after cleaning and restoring), and I just wanted to share with you this "curiosity". (Sorry for my English it is not my native language, but I try to do my best).