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Altusjg

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  1. I've looked over this vise several time looking for any identifiable marks and all i come up with is an S followed by what could be a T, F or E on the movable leg but i cant make out anything else. I was interested in the make and age but have no idea how to find out. The seller only new that it was from an estate sale in N.Y.
  2. Thanks for the ideas on mounting plates and springs. Im really wanting to get it done but i have to get ready to head out of town for the weekend. Guess i'll get to it when i get back.
  3. I got this 4.5" post vise on ebay for $41 USD. Unfortunately the shipping was as much as the vise. Ohh well... i was willing to pay and now that i have it in hand im happy i did. It weighs approx 45lbs. The threads on the screw and screw box are in great shape. It has a nice patina. Now all i have to do is make a spring and mounting plate. And my meager collection of blacksmithing tools slowly continues to increases in size......... :D
  4. Thanks for the replies. I'm sure hoping he'll like it. This is myabe my second knife made that will be put to frequent use and look forward to hearing how it holds up in the long run. Thanks again!
  5. Thanks for the replies. It has the name Niagara stamped into the top left corner. Anyone ever heard of them? Im not sure of the actual weight or size. I'll be picking it up this weekend and will post them when i get it home.
  6. I put the word out a few months ago when i started getting back into metal working and smithing particularly that i was looking for tools. I've had quite a few things follow me home recently and most of it has been completely free. My brother-n-law help put the word out as well and a fella he works with had this laying around his yard or in a barn for years. He said his grand father used to do some blacksmithing. When he told me he had a big chunk of steel and some tools to go with it, i was hoping for an anvil with a few hardie tools but he sent this picture to me a couple days ago. Is it a swage block or a stake anvil holder, hardie holder?? It has hardie tools and multiple differnt sized hardie holes. So help a newbie out and fill me in on what can be done on this thing so i can put it to use. Thanks!!
  7. A friend i work with lost her husband a couple years back and recently decided to clean out the old shed a bit. She told me to bring a trailer and come load some stuff up. Everything from drill bit sharpeners to belt sanders x5, socket sets, angle grinder, sawz all, coil spring, files, tap and die set and lots more followed me home. Oh and lets not forget the drill press!! That one was my favorite.
  8. My first stag horn knife. The steel is leaf spring. The blade is 4 1/4" long with a 1/4" guard and a stag horn handle. The over all lenth is 9 1/2". Hardened in canola oil and tempered in oven at 350 deg F for 2 cycles of 3 hours each. This is my 6th or 7th knife to make and im getting better with each one!! This one will go to my brother-n-law and will be used as a hunting knife to field dress deer mostly. It balances just behind the guard and is shaving sharp. I dont exactly have a precision fit between the blade, guard and handle but expect it will come with time. All in all im pretty happy with this blade and hope it serves well in the field. Let me know what yall think and what i could have done to make it better. Thanks!!
  9. Thanks for the input guys. Guess i'll be sticking with pounding until i cant pound no more as i don't have the room or budget for much bigger. I may be able to pull off a 12ton press in regards to both room and budget but i guess ill have to look into one that is able to be modified to increase speed. If yall have any suggestions on going that route id appreciate it. Guess i'll get to reading more on the subject. Thanks again for the input!
  10. So im looking at a small 6ton A-frame bench top press from harbor freight. I'm only a hobyist and work primarily on blades and assorted wallhooks for the moment. My shop consist of an 8'x8' shed in my back yard that i added a 4 foot lean to style roof for extra coverage. I was thinking of buying this little press to help with drawing out forge welded billets as they have proven to be pretty hard to push around. The cost of the press is around $65. It has a max verticle working distance of 4" and a horizontal distance between channels of 10-12". This sounds like plenty of room to work with for what i am doing but i was wandering about the tonnage as i havent used a press for this purpose before. Will this little press be able to draw out a 1095 and 15n20 or cable welded billet? Is this practicle or would i be wasting my money? Any suggestions are welcome. Here is the dirrect link to the press if anyone cares to take a look at it. Thanks again!! http://www.harborfreight.com/garage-shop/shop-presses/6-ton-a-frame-bench-shop-press-1666.html
  11. Great looking work!! I have a billet of 1095 and 15n20 i welded a few weeks back(only my 2nd or 3rd forge weld) that i'll be making a couple matching blades out of for me and my Dad. I sure hope the pattern turns out as nice as those bracelets. How many layers? Do you use a power hammer? Im not fortunate enough to own or have access to one but i figured out real quick that pattern welded steel is not easily pushed around. At least not compared to the mild steel (round stock and RR spikes) i had used before trying this billet. I've welded a couple cable billets before then with success but even that didnt compare to the pounding 1095 and 15n20 takes to draw out. Anyways, Outstanding bracelets, thanks for sharing and i may have to borrow the idea to make something for the wife;)
  12. Thanks for taking a look guys. I was pretty sure of what the tips were used for. Does anyone know what type of steel they are made of? The center punch is a good idea. Anyone try making a drift or a hot cut/punch from them? As for the flat bar, does anyone know what a spark test on inconel vs stainless would result? Thanks again!! Ohh and would the carbide tips come out during forging?
  13. Hey Guys i have a few little pieces of scrap that im not sure of. I was told it was either stainless or inconel. Also i have a box full of asphault milling tips that i'm wandering about. It looks like they have a specialized tip. Maybe diamond? Not sure. Does anyone know what these things are made of? Gotta be pretty stout stuff to grind up asphault... Right? Thanks for looking and any help ya'll can give.
  14. My dad is making a few cowboy hag racks and wanted a couple hooks to put on each of them so i gave it a go. Forged them from 5/16 round stock and coated them with beeswax.
  15. Aftist- i prob could have if i hadnt lost the reciept. Now im just trying to get some use out of it. To be honest, the closer it gets to summer here in Southeast Texas the more im thinking of using it as the fan it was ment to be used as. Thomas- Thats mighty neighborly of you:). If im ever up that away i'll have to do that. I've looked up the Houston ABANA group but havent joined yet. I would really like to make it to a hammer-in, demo or a class sometime. All in due time i guess. Thanks again for the info!!
  16. Clodbuster- I don't make many tools but have started making knives and I've kicked around the idea of an arbor mounted sharpening stone but wasnt sure how it would work out. Was thinking maybe a coarse or medium stone to get the edges dialed in a bit and i could finish up with my handheld stones. Thomas- I'm just a few miles from Beamont so we are neighbors of a sort:) Thanks again for all the advise. I'll let ya'll know which way i go when i decide and i'll put up a couple pics when i can.
  17. Thanks for the replies guys. I think i'll prob go with an Arbor shaft adapter and buffing wheel. Although i did see a 10" sanding disk with a 5'8 arbor adapter that can be placed on a table saw in order to be converted into disk grinder going for $40 on amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Table-Saw-Sanding-Disk-SANDING/dp/B001D6MF9Y Any thoughts on if that would be worth trying? I get off work for a couple days starting tomorrow morn and will try to get started on it. I'll put up some pics and let ya'll know how it works when i get it up and running. Thanks again!!
  18. Hello All, i'm posting this here because i wasnt sure where else to put it. I have a 1/6 hp fan motor that runs at 1075 rpm and im trying to figure out what i can use it for in my shop. It is brand new. I bought it recently to replace the fan motor on my A/C only to find out that the compressor was out also. Anyways, thats another story. I was thinking of mounting it and using a shaft arbor to adapt it to fit a buffing wheel or something. What do you guys think? Is 1075rpm to slow/fast? Is there a better use i could put it to? Can i mount a bench grinder stone on it? Any ideas are appreciated.
  19. Thank You Mr. Thomas. I've looked up a few auto scrap yards in my area but haven't made the trip to any of them yet. Guess i need to go ahead and do that... Thanks again for the advise.
  20. Hey Tiapan thanks for checking out my post and the responce. Hey your not far from me being in Houston. I'm in Port Arthur, Tx to your southeast. I'm working with the same plan in mind as you. I have a professioin so this is a hobby for me and im in no rush to make my perfect blade although i do try to practice toward outdoing myself each time i produce a new blade or anything for that matter. I've been having a good time with it and that is ultimately my goal. Thanks Again!!
  21. Mr. Bentiron, This knife is only my forth knife and is more for practice than anything. I'll take it through the entire process of hardening and tempering and i'll fully furnish it but it will not be used for anything more than decoration. I have some 1095 and 15N20 stock that i want to make a quality blade of but wanted to practice my technique before working on a blade that will be called into service. I have quit a few railroads in my area and its easy to find spikes so i'm using what i have to practice on. I definately do intend to make a dagger of quality steel down the road though. Thanks for the input and for looking.
  22. Here are some pics after a bit of file work. Still have to polish and sharpen the blade.
  23. Thomas,I drew out a rail road spike and cut the head off. I've got a good bit of file work done now and will post pics when i can.
  24. So my propane forge is now up and running so it's time to play!!! I really like the look of a double edged boot knife or a dagger style blade so im trying to make my first one. Here are a couple pics of what i've got so far. These pics or straight out of the forge and wire brushed. I still have a good deal of file work to do as well as a guard to forge and a handle to build but here is the rough product. Let me know what ya'll think.
  25. Hey Rhrocker, thanks for the input and you are absolutely right. Since those pics, i have fired that little baby up a few times and realized real quick that i didnt need much more than 10psi to do even the thickest stuff(which up to this point has been railroad spikes)that i would be working on. I start around 10psi and once i get a piece of stock or spike drawn and thinned out i knock it down to around 5psi. I'm absolutely satisfied with the way it turned out and also realized how much easier it is to draw out a piece that im able to get up to a proper temp. No more pounding and pounding to no avail. I'm currently working on a dagger.... or a dagger like object and will post pics as soon as i can. Thanks again!!
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