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Hello, Nope, no power hammer, but I do have a 14yr old nephew :wink: I'm not in a real big hurry just yet. I'm just making some tools for a couple of projects and figured I'd make some other ones while I was at it. If I can get an accuracy that is within a 1/16th I'll be very happy! No space shuttle parts for me! :mrgreen:

Hello, Thanks! I did a search but couldn't find any. I found all kinds of seed companies, broom companies, and every discusion of broomcorn, but no broomcorn! Oh well I knew somebody here on the forum would know! I'm thinking a 10lb'er will do ok. The 150lb'er would last until my grandkids need some! :lol:

Hello, Had a request for a fire place set and figured I'd go ahead and make a couple of extras for this fall. I've looked some on the net and at places like Hobbylobby and such, no luck. Where do you get the stuff? Most of the people in the craft stores don't even know what it is! Any ideas?

Hello, Been working in my buddies shop all day using his mill, welder, and lathe to turn out some tooling. I'm going back in the morning to make some spring dies, fullers and swages. I'll post some pictures Sunday. My first question is, on spring swages for round stock, do you make them oversize, undersized, or exact? Can a person make a spring swage for square or retangular stock? I'm figuring the square would have to be so you had a point straight up and one straight down. The rectagular one is for a 1/4x3/4 size of stock. I have a project that I'll need lots of stock of this size to do it. Is there a formula to figure what size of round to use to make a square of a certian size. I figure go by the weight per foot and match them kinda close. I also figure that you'll only get close no mater how you do it. I want to make my own stock, 1. to save money (special order at my supplier), 2. to use up a bunch of misc stock (read as good scrap), 3. to make the items look a little bit more "worked" and have more "character". Let me know what you all think.

Hello, Cool! I never knew or heard of any of this info! The info I had about not striking the anvil, and the referance to a "lazy" blacksmith came from Alex Bealer's book. It's like steam engines and trains, there is a reason they have horns and whistles, other than to tell you they're coming! The farm traction engines where in use well before radios or cellphones, and there was alot going on with a threshing crew. Thanks Richard

Hello, Who started that idea anyways? I never "ring" the anvil. I'm also kinda green but from what I've read, that is what they call a "lazy" blacksmith, for he is using the recoil to bring his hammer back up to strike agian. I also have in my search for a good used anvil seen so many that was sway backed, that I'm sure that is part of the reason they got that way. I have a hard enough time just hitting the metal I'm forging on some times that I just don't see any reason to hit the face of the anvil just to ring it. Thats my $0.02 worth!

Mike, I've tried that and never have made one that I liked. I never can get a consitant taper to them. :roll: I've thought about finding a hammer with a nice eye in it and making one by using that as a die, but I'm not sure how well that'll work. Thanks Richard

Hello, Go to this link. they have alot of info at anvilfire. http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/index.htm

Hello, I was looking at drift punches and was wondering how they are sized. Here is a link to Piel tool co., they have some for sale. http://www.piehtoolco.com/ My question is: What size do I want to make a hammer head, and a tomahawk? I'm figurering two differnt sizes. When they say 10x1 is that a ratio of the taper? I can't afford a $65 dollar (or higher :shock: ) hammer so I'll have to make my own. Anybody know of a cheaper place to get drifts let me know! Thanks Richard

Hello, Been lurking a while here, figured this would be a good one to start. I figure if you have something that gets peoples attention you have a better chance. Something that makes people look twice and maybe stop and take a closer look. One that I've seen before, at engine shows is the magical water fountain! I'm sure some of you have seen them before, they are setup to look like a outdoor water fauset thats floating in the air! The trick is to get a clear plastic tube like lexan or something like that. Epoxy the fauset to the end of the tube, then make holes so the water can run out so it looks like you turned the fauset on. You put a electric water pump in the bottom that pumps water up from the bucket, up the inside of the tube. You might have to play with it, but you'll get it. Something like that will get lots of looks which is just what your wanting. Grab a kid as they walk by and hand them a hammer and start'em aworking! Another idea would be Miss July in her birthday suit! :mrgreen: Thanks Richard