poppaclutch

Saw this on you tube... guys making machetes out in the sticks.

they talk about your specific board doing the same thing here http://www.hobby-machinist.com/showthread.php/5910-DC-treadmill-motor-wiring-info-needed

 

it might get you going in the right place.

Thanks for the link. I now have  joined another forum and am waiting to be activated before I can ask a simple question. I had hoped someone from the knife forum side of IFI , whose actually done this , would chime in. IFI is  my favorite forum due to the vast amount of experienced and like minded people.

I could use the control panel that came with the treadmill for my speed control but it has more bells and whistles than I need. I also have more simple motor controllers (that I know) that would be adaptable. They have bulky transformers.

Then there's my pile of single speed AC motors.

Fe-Wood.....I got your cross peen.....heh heh.

Below is a picture of a treadmill motor controller I would like to use on a 72" belt grinder I am building. I need help figuring out where to hook up my Potentiometer.

Thanks,

Rick

Creasing stake.

Thanks for all the good replies. I appreciate them.

It was a drive chain. Pre 1970 I think . No o rings. I wouldn't try a chain with o rings.

I thank Ariel  Salaverria and bruce Bump for a lot of ideas.

TJ

'sides o ring chains are kinda pricey and don't seem to wear out...

Sweet

This probably don't count but I used a head off a RR Spike this morning for a rebar rattler I made.

If you are interested in mechanical things there is a free download of a book containing 1800 Mechanical Movements at the link below.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/134757167/1800-Mechanical-Movements-Devices-and-Appliances

Man, after reading all these posts I had to go down to the shop and hug my anvil...

I've seen some IFI members on the Metal Artists Forum and was wondering if any of you could tell me how long does it take to get verified on the MAF site?

Thanks,

Rick

Billy, I get some materials in Lubbock, at Combustion Service Co. Go to link below.

http://www.combustionserviceco.com/lubbock-tx-refractory-products.htm

Sorry I am so late replying to your post.

Thanks, here's an update. Lathe cleaned up well. Compound cross slide was trashed.... adapted one from an Atlas. Got no drive carriage with the deal but that's ok. Planning on using an antique exercise motor coupled to a 4 speed transmission for power.

Great sculpture!!......you've done this before. ;)

This is number 3 and while I'd like to say they sell well, the truth is they actually trade better. No. 1 went for a pile of stainless welding rods and no.2 went for this PC I am using right now. Number 3 will be at the gallery, today.

Thanks to all for the kind words.

Rick

What kind of bait are you using   ?

A Edison crank generator from an old phone...

Made this yesterday.

Traded a restored post drill for this.

Ah, cheers poppaclutch.

Looks like a nice little forge. Had it up and running yet?

All the best
Andy

No haven't had it running yet. Did dump a sack of Cowboy charcoal in it for sorting, tho. Here's my brake drum forge (what I actualy use ).

If you start getting things just because they are "NEAT" then your shop/house/yard quickly fills up to where you can't do anything.

 

You done right---enjoy having seen it and then pass it on to someone who will cherish it.

 

Perhaps the good book should have included "Thou shalt not covet your neighbors Anvil, Postvise, Powerhammer...

Ditto

Shark bites??

They are plumbing quick connect couplings.

Thanks.

Friend called this morning and said he'd set something aside for me at the salvage yard. When I got there I found this forge. In it was this strange "s" shaped tool. I can see how it would be used but not what specificaly for. Any ideas?

Just for laughs, this post drill was found at the same metal yard, by my same friend, earlier this week. I gave him half a five gallon bucket of sharkbites I had been hoarding for thanks. He likes those.

Great idea using a plow blade, it made me look at all the old rusty plows we have lying around the farmlands out here in a different light.
I saw one with "harrow" blades that were ruffled a bit, and I laughed that it would look like a big flower if it were set horizontally , but the indents would be great for holding stock in different directions. (see attatched stock pic)
Any lady smiths out there want to build a flower-forge? :D

Jim, those scalloped discs are great for making hoes. Many old farmers around here swear by them.

http://www.viseparts.com/Columbian_M2_s/32.htm

I'm waiting to stumble upon a Columbian  nut for 1"-3.5 tpi.

Very nice. I like it.

This is on my wish list.