Elemental Metal Creations

More of the stuff I brought home Mon. The lower singke bit ax and the lower double bit ax appear to be the same brand. The double bit is marked Belknap Bluegrass. There were several cultivator blades, a single tree and a bunck of hardware from single and double trees. Scythe blades, pick heads, splitting wedges, and a lot of other interesting stuff.

  I went to a friends Monday to pick up some of his dad's tools that had been laying outside for 40 years. This is the only thing I have gotten pictures of so far, an 8 lb cross pein, This is the only marking on it.

Use TPAAAT , talk to every one you can. You will be suprised by who has dad's/grandpa's/ uncle's tools sitting in the basement that they will loan, sell cheap or just give away to some one who will put them back to use.

Thanks for the info to all.

The warp was so slight that I didn't see it until I started to clean it up, so I could have straightened it by clamping it to an angle iron and doing another tempering cycle or two. Like I said, a good lesson.

Thanks Thomas, I thought of that after it broke.

Frosty, I am not sure, it was a very slight warp, I did not see it until I started to finish grind it. I probably could have removed it in the grind.

  I forged a blade, hardened it and tempered it for two 1hr cycles @ 400 deg in my wife's toaster oven. After tempering I noticed that it had a slight warp in it and tried to straighten it. You guessed it, pop! 

  So I believe that 400 is not hot enough for this type of steel, or the temperature setting is off. I think I will do some experimenting with the pieces and try some higher temps to see if I can figure out what temp will work for this steel. The steel is from a large carbide tipped saw mill blade.

  Also how do you guys straighten a slightly warped blade after hardening?

On 5/24/2017 at 11:26 AM, Daninghram said:

It is a kiridashi , Japanese utility knife. Very nice.

Thanks, Daningham I couldn't rember the name

Jme1149,  It is only ground on 1 side, My wife loves is for cutting partly frozen meat

Those old wrenches are tough and harden pretty good, at least the ones I have tried. I have made some miniature battle axes out of them that people love. Unfortunately the only pic. I have wont upload. They would chop through a 1x4 and still shave curls off the edge of the board. When I make some more I will try posting pics again.

Sorry friend but the first one didn't come out quite right, I will have to try again on yours.

That's what I thought when I showed her a picture before I made it, but she said it is actually pretty comfortable. It is a Japanese style, I can't remember the name of it right now.  

A cut and grind utility/kitchen knife I made for my wife. Steel from a sawmill blade, cherry handles, copper pins. Now she wants a larger and a smaller one. The blade is about 6 in. long.

41 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said:

I can see the basis for one angry sculpture there!

Now that you mention it I see 2 big eyes and a big mouthful of nasty teeth!

Visited a friend that ownes a sawmill Friday. Came homewith 2, 20in diameter x 1/16, a broken truck axel, 1-5/8 thich and an anti-kick back device from an edger. 41" x 1-1/8 shaft and 25 pcs 1/2" x2", 9" &10" long.

32 minutes ago, C-1ToolSteel said:

Nice set!

BTW: your Lakeside is a Hay Budden. (In case you didn't know)

I know, sold by Montgomery Wards. Now if I could just find an Acme HB sold by Sears.

My 75 lb lakeside siting on my newly aquired loner, 330 lb, I think it is a peter wright but all the markings are gone.

Frosty, Yup, you better believe it.

Thomas, if some one does it will be the last time they set foot in my shop!

I made it home with this yesterday, it was waiting patiantly for me in the basement.

A 330 lb anvil followed me home yesterday, on loan from a friend (he will never ask for it back). It was his granddad's who was a professional blacksmith in Edwardsville, Ill. The last pic shows my 75 lb Lakeside on top of it. I can't find any markings on it.

On 3/8/2017 at 8:13 PM, 51 Papy said:

Stopped by Tractor Suppy in St Joseph, MO.  They were the only store showing nut coal in stock in the areas I travel for work.  29 bags of coal followed me home at $2.00 a bag.  Regularly $5.99 here.  Got some nut and rice. Bags were not great but good enough to get to the 55 gal drum.  Spring stuff is in the store here they are closing the heating out.

 

Papy

Hope this works better for you than it did for me. The Kimmels coal I got from TSC 2 years ago made a lot of clinker, it would clog up my rivit forge in no time. I still have 200 lb, I may make a side blast forge to use it.

I will be making my charcoal for this. The wood around here is full of minerals, I have seen green and blue flames in campfires.

Thanks for the info DanielC. I have been slowly crushing the ore and sifting it through 1/4 in. screen.  After crushing a magnet will pick up everything. I am a member of Iron Smelters of the World, and I have watched some of your smelts. I am planing to do my first smelt some time this summer, I am hoping for nearly pure iron.

16 hours ago, the iron dwarf said:

they will have oil inside so watch which way the jet of burning oil goes, you dont want to be in the path of that

Thanks for the replies.

 I know they have oil in them, where I burn brush at work is a large open area and I only burn when it is wet I will read the old thread. Maybe I will get out my spling compressor (have to find it) and take them off the proper way.

Just got back from picking up my suv from my mechanic's. Found a pair of struts laying on the floor that he was going to toss. I am going to put them in the next brush fire to remove the temper of the springs before I disassemble them. I estimate about 30 ft. of 5/8 spring.

On 1/16/2017 at 3:30 AM, SReynolds said:

Check these out. 

To answer your question;  size of pan.

How about that retro look with the sheet steel cabinet, huh? I kill for that. 

 

 

 

SReynolds,

 Is there prices listed in this catalog? The pictures are to blurry on my computer to read. I would love to know what the 145-18 cost new in 1940.

Thanks Sander.

 I goofed, the forge has a smaller Champion blower, it looks just like the one in SReynolds pic. the 40 is the one I use on my brake drum forge.