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IowaHarry

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  1. Thanks, I've been trying to tell him there is plenty of scrap to make weights out of. I might try to buy one stick from him.
  2. Hi all, A friend has come up with E 4330 steel. 4x5x12. He plans to use it for weights. From what little I can find on it it seems to be a high alloy which would serve a better purpose than weights on a truck or tractor. Can anyone tell me more about it and maybe what a dollar value it might have. thanks, Harry
  3. Lysdexik, oof, that's a moniker and a half. Kevin who? and England win the wha??? Castlemain 4x?? And what do you rub all this Castlemain 4x on? And man, you really lost me on that one. Oh, and by the way, Please, Santy, bring me a handful of inspiration, a good bit of time and a grunge load of square stock as I do so love doing the twisty stuff. Amen. PLAY BALL! A happy and a merry to all. The leftover turkey went out to the cats last night.
  4. It looks like an early prototype for a lead balloon mold. I hear it didn't go over too well. (Rimshot please) Harry
  5. It takes a big dog to weigh a ton, and hope he's friendly. -Anon. Save your money and buy beer. -Lee Hall My standard remarks to the tedious, "whadya know?" Harry
  6. It gets better, it gets harder, you learn stuff, repeat ad infinitum. I like the part where someone will ask, "Where did you buy that, that is cool?". And you casually reply, "I made it." Gasps of awe and admiration all around, thank you very much. Fire, hammers, poundin' on stuff, YEE HAW! Harry
  7. As you mentioned you could use a router. Maybe a dremel. Or you could burn it. Make a piece of scrap the same shape as the tang on the hatchet, make it hot, burn into handle, scrape away burnt material. Repeat as needed. Get the camera out and give us voyeurs a couple of shots on how it worked out. good luck, Harry
  8. That's great info guys, I think I get the drift Ha! I kill(file) me. I am currently working on making a handled punch out of some 1 inch round. It's just scrap so I have no idea what flavor steel it is. So it sounds like I am going to need a slitter before I need a drift. Just one more thing to put on the list of things to make. It looks like the snow has stopped, time to head out to the shop. thanks, Harry
  9. Hi All, Being new to blacksmithing I am unfamiliar with the concept of drifting. At work I am familiar with the iron workers drift pin. A fairly hefty lump of steel tapering from approximately 1/4 to 3/8ths of an inch at the tip to the fat end near 2 inches being 14 to 16 inches long. I have some fairly large scrap stock I thought I might make into hammers and handled punches. Is this the type of drift I need to do this or is a hammer drift a special tool? thanks, Harry
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