kevan

Now THAT is cool!

......it's all just stuff, but so much fun.

I'm with macbruce...PW, it's in the feet.

Joel Sanderson

Michael......it's magnificent!

Really cool, Sam. Well done.

Nice cosy looking shop, lovely eco friendly green hammer and I love that heater.........Congratulations on the aquisition.

Good score. Really neat....

Nope Kevan, the weight in kg is the next number, C41-9, C41-15, C41-25, C41-... 40, 55, 75, 150, 250, 400, 560, 750, 1000 and the last one C41-2000 with 2000kg of tup

If its an Anyang that is being discussed, C41 is the model and weight designation of the tup in kilograms.

Hi Timothy,

That is a nice machine you have there. Similar to the Pullmax. As Brad says, with dies alighned with one another, you can do forming, shaping, doming etc. Here is a link to a very good site that will be of interest.
Regards,
Kevan

http://allshops.org/

What a great picture!

Thank you Kevan, it's good to share forum space with a good sport. Just for my information do you bitch when you do a bark texture?

Frosty The Lucky.

I have a importunity to purchase a 500lb peter wright. What are they worth? I was told it is in good condition.

That looks great!
Mine stands behind a cut-off machine, so no matter how much I winge about it. it's main job in life seems to be as a chalk-board. So when you post your projects on it you may inspire some "repurposing!" B)

Brad,

It only came with the off-set. I have fab'ed an inline holder for shaping.

You mean that *isn't* you at the anvil?---I must go clean my glasses...

guardian quote: "things are Ruff ruff ruff in the blacksmith business"

After the lengthy diatribe of the definition of re-enactment versus history shows etc,etc, a bit of light relief showing the custodian of my 500 pound Peter Wright at his post.

It has stood unused for several years and after an exchange of comments with Macbruce about his Zipmax machine, I was motivated to get this Pullmax of mine into commissioned work. It just needs rewiring and then it will be complete and functional. I had to make a few bits and pieces that were missing but I had it running before I started to strip it down. It was actually quite a fun project.

Well done Sam, a really lovely tool..l

......well done Sam! Nothing like a good decision.

.....appears brand new.

You're right, I don't have much of an arts education. I have some college but most of my time I was studying cutting or welding of metals and earning a living at it. I was always more the neanderthal than the beatnik so my appreciation for fine art has been lacking. It wasn't until later in life that my appreciation of art grew. And it was mostly by seeing something that I couldn't do. Something that set me to wondering how the heck did they do that? I suppose the reason I don't appreciate the "voice of fire" is precisely because I can't see all the thought that went into it. I can't see the work. The art that really lights my fire is the stuff I can't do. I've tried fusing glass to metal but haven't had much luck. Everyone says you need to do it in an oven but I've seen some work done that was too big to have been done in an oven. That's the kind of stuff I just have to sit back and go "That's really amazing". Or something that's assembled with no visible fasteners kind of like those gates that Rory May of the dragonsforge made. Of course some things are just stupendous due to their immense size like the "aileron" sculpture. But in all those I can see the work involved. In "voice of fire" I can't, so I don't have a proper appreciation of it. I think I could duplicate it but convincing someone to pay me for it? doubtful. I mean someone must have looked at the "voice of fire" and said "Yes, thats exactly what we were after". then again just because someone buys it doesn't make it art.
I went through a gallery just last weekend with some astounding art. Way beyond anything I could produce. at least in a reasonable amount of time. perhaps thats what art is, something at the next level. Higher quality than the average craftsman can do. I like to think I'm an artist or at least an aspiring one but perhaps I'm just a craftsman. Perhaps art is something which is an example of the state of the craft. Something other artisans can only aspire to.

I know one thing for sure. Someone needs to teach me the "art" of being nice to people. When it comes to being polite, I am an impressionist