Aljeter

That is NICE! I have thought about doing something like that, but dont know much about hydraulics. I have a parker v-pak hydraulic pump and a 50 ton press. Doesnt seem like it would be that hard to get them to working together, but like I said I dont know much about hydraulics. The roller is really impressive. Here is a pic of the pump I have. Do you think it would work for what you have done?

Right now my shop is outside of my father in laws barn. About 30 yards from their house. I go over and alot and they have never once complained about the noise. I will be moving my shop closer to my house sometime this year. I have a 25 x 30 building that im moving into as soon as I get a new door built for it and all the junk thats in there moved out.

Does anyone know of a good tool steel supplier online? I am wanting to make some dies for a G2 guillotine.

That is some nice work! How hard is it to forge the 52100? I have some that ive been thinking about trying to forge.

Well you are not very far from the NTXBA headquarters. It is based out of Princeton, Tx. I live west of FTW and make it up there ever now and then.

That is a really cool vise!

What part of Texas are you from? Im near FTW.

Those are fantastic! I love the handles they go really well with the pattern steel.

Looks good, I have some 5160 that im about to try forging something sharp out of.

That looks pretty good to me. I dont know anything yet about hoods chimneys yet.

Like others have said before, PPE, PPE, PPE. If you dont want big bulky welding gloves, find some thinner ones. I dont know if you can get them in your area, but Elk skin welding gloves are thin and supple. Just dont burn them up they can be costly.

I once had a man come into the shop that I worked in, telling me he was a "certified" welder from Cali. So I handed him a hood, gloves, and some 6010

rods and told him to weld a angle iron brace in a truck water tank I was building. After about 5 minutes he called me over and told me something was

wrong with the machine or the rods. I took them and welded in the brace and asked him to weld something while I watched LOL. He never moved after

striking an arc. He couldnt weld with a mig either. Long story short if his weld would have looked like yours I would have had a little more helo building

those tanks. Your welds look fine. Like Sam said prep the 1/2 plate and weld er up and start forging.

Great buy on that anvil. I have a 70 lbs NC tool anvil myself and it works fine. Its mounted on an oak stump. I have only been working on small items such as a few knives, hooks, leaf key fobs ect.....

But I have come across a Peter Wright anvil that is a little bigger. Its has 1-0-15 on the side than I will be using as my main anvil when I get my shop finished.

I used a 140 to build mine out of 3/8 plate, multiple passes and the machine handled it just fine.

So a few years ago I bought a stainless steel box 9"x18"x22" for about $10. I put it storage and forgot about it until I was looking for my torch set. I got to thinking about what I could do with it and thought maybe it would be good for a quench tank.What do yall think?

very nice work! Even though I have a few anvils I have been thinking about building one myself, if I can ever come across the right sized metal.

That sounds awesome! Maybe I can find somewhere to watch it on the net.

I laid my Trenton down in caulk the first time I mounted it, and it came off with almost no effort. The secret was not cleaning, dusting, wire brushing, degreasing, or in any way presenting a clean metal surface for the silicone to bond to!

That is funny!

Like others have said the silicon needs to be cut not pulled apart.

Picked up a leaf spring and 2 coil springs from an auto mechanic friend of mine for free.

any updates on this project?

Looks pretty good! I built one pretty close to that a little over a year ago. If you want to see it just search for Aljeter and it should come up.

Howdy, I'm not as experienced as Sam is, but I have welded for a living for a few years. I will answer what questions I can from the above post.

what are the whip method and circles method? This one is kind of hard for me to explain through typing, but I will try anyway.

 The whip method is where you move the electrode in a motion away from the weld and bring it back to a position just overlapping the area you sere just welding continuing down the path to be welded. I hope this helps more than it confuses.

The circle method is when you move the electrode in a circle instead of "whipping" it. 

Here is a video of someone using both the whip and circle methods http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gICDVeh7jJE

What is uphill and downhill? The answer above is correct.

Usually, out-of-position welding would be considered overhead welding. Some people also claim that it can include vertical welding. However, any position that is not straightforward could be considered out-of-position as well like if you had to twist around a pipe to do a weld, needed to use a mirror, had to bend the rod, etc...

I hope this helps.

I went to my shop yesterday and found this laying on the ground beside my forge. Can anyone tell me anything about it? These are the only markings I could find on it.

WOW is all I can say, it doesn't happen very offten but I am speechless.

No, when i was forging it I just kept on making sure the blade stayed as straight as I could keep it. I have gotten a hold of a knife making DVD, since I made that one and he done a reverse bend on the knife he made. I think I will try that on the next one I make.