Kevin W

There's a lot of reasons, I guess, why organizations seem to fizzle. No 1 might be its a lot of work. Hey local guys and gals - the offer stands - come on in. Last R you've got my number, anyone else, chime in / PM me. Kevin Williamson May Tower Forge

Bump, Any group I've ever been involved with (Vulcan and Bay) reforms Itself someway or another ~ every 2 years. Maybe well do a hammer in at my place? Stockton al. May Tower Forge

Ron Kinyon “New Style” Pneumatic Hammer Hammer Building Project Plans Written by Paul Branch Pine Bough Forge New Richmond Wisconsin Thought I had more

Very nice

I really like the quick change dies from LG, they are the bottom half of both dies with threaded holes. It's a purchase but , you can fab what you need after that.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RFEY--Gp1D8 A single piece of wood into working pliers in 10 cuts !

Hey Thomas, if you were to do it again, would you do anything differently ? (Been on my to do list , but for the anvil, not a stump)

When I was testing my 1st blown forge I used a plastic lid from a coffee can as an air gate, it was just handy, roughly the size of the squirrel cage fan and light enough to be held in place by suction. Just so happens that a backfire will pop the lid off the fan and the increased air pushes the fire back where it belongs.

http://www.mcnichols.com/index.html This Co carries all kinds of perf metal and expanded, woven and in mild, stainless, alu , bronze etc. It's expensive.

Right on Ken! Sounds kinda serious. I'm curious why a helve, and have you got a compresser?

Loathgar of the lake people stood beside that grilling the recent episode, dramatic close up, it was put together with pop rivets... Ragnar,that sit !

Amen

Bruce I hadnt forgotten, sigh. I looked the build you did over again and it looked like you used 1" plate above and ?" below( the channel). 1 1/4 " pins (w1) and and 2500psi . Roughly the same cyl. The difference being the one I'm looking at has 7/8" (3/8" welded to 1/2") below, 1/2" above, 1" pins and 2000 psi. Set aside design and fab quality is this a huge difference? Ian, thanks for chiming in. If the bend shop local ever opens back up after the holidays I might be able to try something out, or at least pick their brains and waist their time a bit. How do you tell a good cyl from a bad one? Thanks again for everyone's input. I'm out of my knowledge base on this and greatly value 'yalls. K

Mr P. , No welding or walnuts, mostly to take up the slack of my back! I walked away from the comp while you posted. Generally I'd probably use it for shaping longer lengths post forged. Average size maby 3/4". The previous post about bending the hard way is about an upcoming railing with a compound curve, I usually job those out but I'm going to do some onsite bending this time. May tower forge That's me. Thanks

Much appreciated, Mac the rod/ram is ~1 1/2" , the body / cylinder is supposed to be 4". 2000 psi Yoinks, I forgot to ask about the distances between the pins. The table is 3 1/2' X 5' with 3" channel surround under. Jim, 1st time I've spoken to you ... I've enjoyed your posts. Definitaly built for pipe and " 1 1/2" solid round" was the mans response to my question "What's the biggest piece of solid you think it could bend?". Cast dies, check. I'm not limited to cold work. I really don't often work with anything over 1 in. Sq. anyway. Anyone wanna hazard a guess as to what it would do to 3/8" x 1 1/2" the hard way .... With fabled up dies ?

Pictured is a home built bender I found on craigslist. I know little about hydraulics and hoped some of yall in the KNOW could help me out with this. I'm in the dark as to the capabilities of this machine. The owner / builder just used it for tube and pipe but thinks it could handle 1 1/2" solid round. -1 to 1 1/2 hp 220 v motor. (he couldn't see the label, built it 15 yrs ago - used "recently" ) -8 gal. per min vickers pump -2000 lb stainless braided hose -1 1/2" rod, 4" cyl - pin at end of rod is 2" , 2 pins on table are 1" -table top is 3/8" plate , yellow plate is 1/2" -it uses enerpac shoes All measurements were made without the tape measure ! I haven't seen it in person and got this info via telephone. Thanks, and happy new year, Kevin

Purdy Hammer. If I could get 3 phase to my shop I would but it's not an option here. The reason being all the deals I see on used 3 phase equipment.

Not I, said the duck. Did you ever find your coal?

There's the Bay Area Forge ~ Bill Williamson ( no relation ) is the contact. Sorry but I can't seem to find his info . He goes over to Mississippi occasionally to pick up coal for the group. Try getting his info from the Bicentinal Park in Stockton, and ask them when the next meeting is too !

Thanks very much for sharing.

One thing it could be used for is to back up material while opening up a long slit. There's a picture in the CoSira books shaped like a narrow U , where yours would be a narrow .

Your cart is slick. My anvil is on a bit of 12" pipe with flange, flange down. It weebel wobbles nicely,@ 165 lbs I don't tip it past maby 3 or 4 deg. The vice is on a round base also and moves around all the time. Think of it as a horizontal wheel.

Yall've got some good tastes, diverse too. Sadly my shop kills any device that plays tapes or CDs ... Indescrimently , and I Love Music - was in a band for 10+ yrs. I'm stuck with the radio and am lucky to have a decent rock and ok country station but sometimes the work stays in the forge too long because I can't tolerate more than two awfull songs in a row. My typical day goes ~ righty tighty (AM talk radio), change the station change the station change the station change the station, lefty loosey (NPR). So does anyone have a solution for shop grit floating into their electronics? What about the wireless hot spot I've heard of ? I did keep an I pod working for almost 2 yrs in a zip lock. There is one pop song that I like though I don't know the name, it is about not grabbing the hot end to the bar and the chorus goes "whoo whoo whoo, yah yah yea ... Holding on to black metal"

Glenn, you were looking at it right, that's just the way it is. Ian, I try.