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woodsmith

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  1. Thank you very much, Ive been near tractor tires that burst from fatuige and overpressure and its quite bang, Ive always taken extreme caution cutting into tanks regardless of what was stored in them, but the tire issue had not occurred to me, Ill take a look at the link and take steps to remain intact and seeing from both eyes, Thanks again Woodsmith
  2. thanks, the rim and tire will still be removable from the hub it will just have the short length of 1" axle welded to it so I think you could still get it on a tire changer, that particular spare has a nice flat tread face, Im speculating that it may get reall good grip with little or no air pressure, and possible adjusting air pressure may be nice way to tune the slip clutching effect
  3. put together a slide show of my progress on the helve hammer project hope these details could be usefull to others, coments/advice is welcome thanks Woodsmith
  4. I have fabricated an adjustable connecting rod and eccentric point and mounted tire and bearing for the hammer project but am unable to post pics no matter what I try got a little side tracked hammering out some aluminum armour for my kids costumes, if you know what Im doing wrong please let me know, ive tried both uploaders and looked about the site for solutions with no success Thanks Woodsmith
  5. I made a chainmail shirt 1/2 wire rings 14gaudge smooth wire and 1/2 1/4" lockwashers when twisted closed they work as flattened mail the thinner wire rings used enery other space allow them enough room to be fastened together, very very little gaps very strong, too heavy but it looks cool, and is faster to make
  6. Ive used just about everything mentioned, in addition since automotive scrap is quite common, Ive used tie rods from rack and pinion steering, even the inner tie rod end to make a body hammer or ball end punch, or the shaft from shock absorbers or struts, though you should take caution if they are chrome plated, but deffinaty coil spring, crow bars and jack hammer bits for tooling, one of my favorites is folded axe heads from farriers rasps
  7. so if we built a car body in .050" concrete it would weight the same as the aluminum ones....that is interesting though, concrete always seems heavy because your trying to lift a big chunk, but aluminum must seem light cause your mentally comparing it to steel Woodsmith
  8. Thanks for the input on filling in weight, I ran a volume to weight calculation for steel and concrete, if I manage 80% steel and 20% concrete, the post and block should make 400lbs theres another 100lbs of railroad tie just under the front of the hammer, Im getting in a few hours fabrication here and there Ill post some more pics soon Thanks Woodsmith
  9. thanks for the input Grant, I figured that rail would work if I reinforced it through the center, my original plan was to use a belt tension clutch, but was advised that I would go through belts too fast, dosent matter too much Ive got parts to do either way, my current plan is a drive ratio resulting in 375 hits/ miniute just because its the same as 25lb LG, seems like a good starting point Im guessing from the size of the pulleys on your hammer it would be the same ball park for speed? Love the build style by the way if this forging hammer works good enough Ill build another light weight fast version for planishing / stretching alluminum and sheet metal work for the car building in the backround there. thanks, Woodsmith
  10. this is my recently started project, utilizing a lot of scrounged steel and parts, partly inspired by the helve hammer blueprint by Jr Strasil, heavy c-channel and railroad tie base, angle iron frame from a John Deere disk for sampson post will be cross braced, disk bearings for pivot point, 4" wagon tounge for main beam, will be backed with white ash lumber, leaf spring linkage to spare tire style eccentric and clutch, anvil is 8.5" tube with a 75lb die block across the top, once full of scrap iron and sand or concrete should be near 400lb anvil altogether, Im shooting for about 25lb ram, counting half the weight of the arm, one question, should I use 4" cut sections of train rail for the dies?, I believe Ive seen this done in photos, but wonder if it could fail somewhat dangerously, other point to ponder, does it make any differance if I put concrete or sand in the anvil post?, I have plenty of heavy steel to toss in, the fill just needs to keep it from rattling around and force it to move with the post during impact, any other advice or input is also welcome, Thanks Woodsmith
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    two burner propane forge, sidearm burners, softbrick walls and top, top lifts up on a trailer jack, so you can restack the walls to whatever size you want
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    two burner propane forge, sidearm burners, softbrick walls and top
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    belt sander

    thanks, I havent built any power hammers ,yet but definatly have some plans
  14. Ive been learning to make alluminum body panels for custom cars at a new job, this is what you can do with some scrap off the floor at the end of the day, great practice, if it looks good in alluminum you could do it even nicer in copper
  15. belt tracking adjustment, very simple, but worked great on the first trial run
  16. this is what I came up with for a tension release, simple cam lever, easily adjustable
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    belt sander

    my own design, fabricated and machined all parts, step pulley for variable speed, 2" x 72" belts also arbor for buffing / deburring wheel
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    anvil roast

    I figure this "anvil" will eventually be part of a sign for in front of my shop, in the mean time its just fun to take to a hammer-in and leave it sitting on the back of the truck, and play the "I dare you to lift that game", I did save the paper paterns in the original and the scaled up size. One very cool other possibility would be to put a door at the waist of it and have a flag to stick in the hardy, and youd have the best mailbox in the neighborhood
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    anvil roast

    mock (hollow) anvil I made from 14ga sheet metal, took a pattern off a 165lb HB sacaled it, 6'' across the face x 34" long, if solid should weigh 675-700lb here covered with oil and burnt to acheive reasonable black color
  20. "dont stir the slack tub before you drink out of it" "Im not really a black smith, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night" Woodsmith
  21. I was headed up I94 just south of Eau Claire Wi in my pickup when a rig hauling a load of Kia cars pulled up even with me, I looked over to see a guy waving a hammer and grinning, and then waving the hammer some more, My initial reaction was oh carp theres the madman in a semi waving a hammer at me, or this is some kind of "lets put the hammer down" sort of trucker signal,..... so I took off, moments later I remebered the Iforge sticker in my back window and if I remeber right he was waving a rounding hammer, and figured it was a fellow enthusiast group member here, so if that be the case, this is my attempt to to say sorry for for my reaction, and also Hi, its great to make contact with fellow smiths, give me a holler here so I at least get a chance to return the Hello, Jared Riesenweber Woodsmith
  22. Ive got a step vise made by Green River, (one with a foot pedal to close the jaws, and a die block on the back side with adjustable upsetting block below it) the casting says Green River No 3, and Wiley and Russel MFG greenfield Mass, Ive always figuered it to be a bolt makers vise, dont know much about the company beyond that but it gives you a few more relevant words to research with. Definitly be interested to learn more Woodsmith
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  24. I have recently come across a gas forge and melter from a local highschool, and am trying to come up with a fair value approximation, I know a lot of these values can be pretty vague, like whatever two fools agree upon, but Im just going for a ballpark figure, I havent even found any relevent sales or E-bay type prices to go by yet. The forge is a Mcenglevan natural gas, 24" flat hearth, speedy melt F100a I beleve is the proper name, hearth is in very good shape, refractory inside the fire pot needs a little work, the melter is a mcenglevan speedy melt, also fair shape, model C-10, capacity 10-20 pounds alluminum, 30-60 lbs brass. any input would be appreciated Thanks Woodsmith
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