eco redneck

hello every one

some time this winter i want to build some sort of power hammer but i dont know what type of linkage to use.

i want some thing that is easy to build but effective. i have see linkages that look to be made out of leaf springs? where would you get the springs bent like that. i need help choosing i found a page on anvil fire but i dont want to up set any one by posting  the link to it

thanks

eco

i want a pair now

Get a sketch pad and draw out some ideas, look up some on the internet, go to some antique stores in town and see what they have, use the ideas to make some drawings and get your customers opinion. and go from there

the thing is that i cant draw if my life depended on it

hello every one

the other day a famly friend asked if i could make a plate holder for her

she wants it to look "old" so i dont want to use to many  modern techniques i would like to use some thing like two leaves holding it i need help with ideas for a final piece

if you have any ideas they would be greatly appreaceated as this is the first project for some one other than family

thanks eco

did you ever find out what type of forge it is because i have the same style of table and pot but i dont know what make they are

thanks eco

 

Sayings and Cornpone

     The public questioning and commenting while watching the demonstrating blacksmith.

"Is that hot?" "Whacha makin?" "Ya ever been burnt?" "Don't you shoe horses?" "What's that black stuff you're burning?" "My grandfather was a blacksmith, but he was a real blacksmith!"

i got one to add to that list "is it hot in there "?

every time i feel like saying no its not that hot its only 30C out side and we are standing over a coal fire that is most likely burning at 1000 degrees what do you think

Made mine from a piece of wooden dowel.  Drilled a hole through it, then ran a long bolt through the dowel.  Chucked it in my drill press and used emery cloth to profile it........redneck lathe  :D .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i like that idea i think i might have to do that

All bolts that I could see, 3 around the outside of the case and 2 on top of the bracket, are removed.  This picture was just to show that I have disassembled it to a certain point.  My hands were pretty dirty, so I didn't want to touch my phone after removing the bolts

.when i redid my champion 400 i needed to keep a pail of gas to wash my hands off in  so you are not the only one that had to get your hands dirty

ya i got her all working again just needed new bearings

any ideas for a clinker breaker

thanks eco

ok sounds like i will give it a try then

nice job

after you use the solution is it garbage ?

ok i got the blower new bearings  and i put it to gether i dose not spin freely when you let go of the handle dose it need to be all put to getter to work

i think it is the bearings only one side of the shaft makes noise

 

but i dont know what to do

also i have a welder and torches and grinders

I'd go ahead and put it back to gether and oil it. Then crank it with your hand over the outlet, see if it spins easier and with les noise. Like a hvac blower they are designed to work with back pressure. If it is still noisy or draggs ( doesn't free wheel a turn or two after you let off on it) then go back in and look at the bearings.

i think it is the bearings only one side of the shaft makes noise

but i dont know what to do

i took the blower a part to see why it was so loud but i cant find any thing that could be so noise except the bearings but i dont know how to get them out

any ideas

thanks
eco


also any ideas for a clinker breaker ?

hello guys

so i got that stuff that i bought the other day and i have a few questions about it

the forge has a round pot with the lip bolted onto the bottom of the table is this right it looks like it should sit on the top of it

also i got a blower for it a champion 400

but it needs just a little work a general cleaning and over hall there is only two broken parts so far its the little oil door thing any ideas for a new one. also the peace that holds the blower onto the stand any ideas n welding it thanks

eco

I pay 25.00 for 50lbs of coal. 8.50 a bag seems like a great deal to me! I think I need to find a better supplier of coal. Any Ideas for coal in SE WI?

i pay 60.00 for a 75 lb bag

how much for a brass handle?

hello

i heed some replacement blower handles for some blower that i just bought is there any where i can buy them or should i just make them out of some dowel

i dont know where to find info on this topic

thanks

eco

The stand-alone firepot has a crack in it, but the tuyere is solid.  That's a win.

 

The two forges are solid, and both have what appears to be working air supplies.  That's a win.

 

The vise is missing the gib key, wedge, spring and mounting bracket.  All of them are very easy repairs soooooo. That's a win.

 

Overall, I wouldn't hesitate to spend the money.  If you were closer, I'd buy that cracked firepot assembly from you without hesitation.

 

All told, you have several hundred dollars worth of parts and pieces, and all of them would make you a nice smithy.  Get on t before the next smart guy does!

i all ready did bought it for $400 going to get it on Thursday or Friday

i offered the guy 300 but he said 400 will get it what you think

 

thanks eco

sorry for posting much  but...

i bought it for 400

i offered the guy 300 but he said 400 will get it what you think

thanks eco

Greetings Eco,

 

Looks like an OK deal if the blowers are free and the forges and firepots don't have cracks...  Now my question is where is the anvil....  Many guys hold out till the last moment on that..

 

Good luck

Forge on and make beautiful things   Jim

i already have a anvil  at home here i inhered it form my great grandpa its a smaller 67 lb petter wright but it gets the job done

to day i opend my email and there it was a link to some blacksmith stuff here it is http://alberta.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-business-industrial-BLACKSMITH-FORGE-TONGS-VISE-ACCESSORIES-ALL-FOR-500-W0QQAdIdZ514755626

tell me what you guys think

thanks  eco