Rhettbarnhart

Those are nice lookin handles and hammer frosty they look like they would feel nice.....how do you tell if you are holding the handles too tight
I never feel pain from hammering soooooo I guess I'm fine

Yes frosty it is my first candle holder and I think it won't be my last :)and yes....it was very tempting to just heat the coils and shove the candle in :)thanks for the encouragement It is nice.



P.s. I don't mind your long posts :)

Yeah,I didn't care for the handle on the Swedish hammer so I used a flap wheel to change it till I liked it.

Also,the hammers came with sharp faces so I spent about 30 minutes total dressing them.

the handle on the straight pein is probably the nicest one I have ever used :).One more thing,the straight pein was very narrow;when I got the hammer I ground it back about a half inch;this made the hammer look and feel nicer,plus the pein is now about a half in wide like I like it.

Frosty I got them yesterday and used them yesterday :) the swede is 800 grams and the straight pein is 1250grams.Now I'm thinking about makin a Swedish pattern straight pein :)

I just ordered some new hammers and they arrived today :D I ordered a straight pein hammer made by M.O.B. .....I LOVE it!!!

I also bought a house brand loose handles Swedish hammer.....when they say "loose handle"...they mean it!When the hammer got here I was able to pull the handle right out :o buuuuuutttttt  I forged a wedge and now it works fine.

The shipping wasnt mentioned on site but two hammers shipped to me was 15$.any way here are pics.

I don't have any particular reason to post these except they're aren't many good pics on their website aaaannnndddd  I kinda wanted to show 'em off lol

enjoy

Thanks Dave it is a simple project for y'all pro smiths but it is kinda challenging for guys like me.that would really simplify things to make the coil while everything else was straight,thanks.No I don't have an instructor but I recently found that there is an experienced smith about 30 min from me :) he is a member On here;his name is Makenzie Martin and I am gonna go to his place and have him give some pointers next week hopefully :)

SOLANO
I understand I just wanted to give him credit (: happy forgin

SOLANO
I understand I just wanted to give him credit (: happy forgin

Thanks I tried the rod in a vice but with the tray I couldn't get it to work for me....time to go watch the video again lol

Thanks I tried the rod in a vice but with the tray I couldn't get it to work for me....time to go watch the video again lol

Thanks solano,once again,I got the idea for the candle holder from 99ppo(Daniel)

Swede fiddle in the second pic you can see the little tray I have I just used a ball pein to speed the stock, it could be bigger though...

Nobody special,I tried that and the bloody rod keeps wanting to fall out of the curl how do I hold the rod in place?

Thanks for the comments and suggestions

Rhett

thanks Darren,i forgot to  mention,i got this idea from one of 99ppo's videos.Also,does anybody have advice on how to get the curl on top to fit thhe candle easily?

My sister has been after me to make her a candle holder since I started smithin' so I finally got around to I almost a year later.This Is my first attempt soooooo......the next one  will look nicer.Anyways here it is.I need to make a set of fire tools and I want to put rams heads on the ends so I have been practicing rams heads too,here is my 3rd one  .So what do yall think?if yall have thoughts to improve them I would love to hear them.

rhett

5star I have a good many of those that I got from my grandpas mechanic shop mine are wrist pins from a cummins diesel and we tested them and they were over 60 Rockwell!!!

I think what you are doing will determine what hammer you need,I do a lot of drawing out and a straight pein suits me fine for that.Imo a rounding hammer is a nice multipurpose hammer.

sounds great makenzie how bout 2 weeks from now roughly?btw you have more experience with coke then me how do you like lbrand?

they are somewhere around atlanta and shipping cost to me was 100$ for 1000lbs i am roughly 2 hours from them.Send tem an email they r nice guys to work with and will give you a quote with no strings attached

Here is a good sorce of forging coke in georgia,I recently bought 1000lbs it works well and I thought it was worth mentioning.I hope this is in the right section???http://blacksmithcoke.com/

your work is amazing

is the ugly pair hiding behind the nice pair?i dont see any ugly ones,an did u weld the reigns on?

thanks for explainin i kept seeing the bar in there and couldnt figure out the reason 4 it

why do you always have that bar in your hardy hole?

idk about 5160,it is difficult to forge weld....

this anvil also doesnt have a big drop to the cutting table and i think i have seen that on other vulcans

thanks stu the heel and horn are what made me think vulcan or a vulcan clone i think a brooks anvil would be offended at the comparison to this