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Went to the father-in-law’s for May long. Traded a knife, a can of beer and a window in his cabin removal and reinstall. Wire wheeled the mud off and she’s in great shape. Now I have to figure out a stand. Only downside is the square holes are 1” and 1.5”. Hardy hole is 1.25”. Anyone recognize the pattern. 12.25”square and 4” thick.
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why did my angle grinder stop working
Dogsoldat replied to GhostTownForge's topic in Grinders, Sanders, etc
I've had switches and brushes fail. Also something to check is if the wire in the cord is broken. Most likely spot is right where it is pinched entering the body of the grinder. -
Casting a Gingery Lathe
Dogsoldat replied to Nobody Special's topic in Smelting, Melting, Foundry, and Casting
Any heavy duty ruck shops nearby? A lot of Aluminum in a 22-24" semi rim Just a matter of breaking it up with sawsall or something -
Mass production of armour.
Dogsoldat replied to FlatLiner's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Thanks for posting, been time well spent watching. -
Wife’s aunt sent me a picture of this thinking it is blacksmith related. Looks to be a set of saws and jewelry files. Any seen or used something like it.
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What did you do in the shop today?
Dogsoldat replied to Mark Ling's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Started on a hammer yesterday. Heat treated today. A bit soft in the center of the face but edges hardened nicely. Peen skates agile really good. Back out and make a handle after a quick bite. Started out as a 5” piece of S-cam weighs right around 2.25 pounds by the fish scale. -
Anyone know what these tongs may have been used for? They are a little tweaked and been made or fixed with an arc welder.
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Followed a few rabbit holes on Bronze Age casting and such. Socketed axes, swords Roman plumbata… This article discusses wear marks on socketed hammers. Something that stood out was a bronze hammer reworking a bronze axe cutting edge was more of a planishing action. Which likely makes for nicely work hardened cutting edge. https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10244
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Went down a rabbit hole or two chasing interesting links. Went from Russian machinist making a 10 start left and right hand thread bolt and nuts, to really interesting stuff. Nearly have the 10 part series watched. Episode #3 he makes his file cutting chisels and files. #4 he gets into case hardening. There is bronze casting, experiments for a historical version of dyechem ? for layout, some techniques for soldering...
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Wonder how close the 'Stink Fish' would be to Roman Garum
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Thanks for the info guys. The video was rather educational Frosty. Learn something new
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A friend on FaceBook post a picture of this tool asking if anyone knew what it was. I've never seen anything quite like it before.
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Dogsoldat started following The Blacksmith's Image
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Never figured it would be the most efficient way to cast but they do seem to be rather good at what they do. I've done just enough casting to know there are better starting materials to work with. At any rate thanks for the insight into the moulds Frosty.