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De St Uby

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    My 3 in 1 Tools - Pickaxe Project

    in Tools, general discussion

    Posted

    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 :
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    - '>

    What to do (and cut in 3 parts):
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    - '>

    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.

    Forging a Handgonne

    in Gunsmithing, Muskets, Flintlocks etc

    Posted

    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. :o

    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. :unsure:

    Best regards of France, De Saint Uby.

    Improvements for the workshop and more...

    in Blacksmithing, General Discussion

    Posted

    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.:)

    A hammer I found the last summer on a flea market

    in Hand Hammers

    Posted

    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 :

    2844a.th.jpg

    2845.th.jpg


    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).

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