Kallsme

How to make big lightball out of a 154mm and 95mm lengt scrapiron. :shock:












Roger

There is no problem to weld this anvil.
just heat it upp to about 250 degrees celsius before welding.
Use a toolsteel electrode to make the welding.
After the finished welding, put it in some insulating fiber to make it
cold down wery slowly.
Than its only the grinding left.
You must be over 550degrees celsius to lose the hardening of the anvil.
So keep on welding.

Roger

Ok

I would see, if I have the time to forge another lightball out of scrap tomorrow and show you the tools i use for this pieces.

Roger

I even have a few large tongs who will fit up to 9 inches, when i forge wery large pieces, up to 110Kilo each part.

Picture comming up next week.

Roger

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Here is some picture of my Anvils.
The first is a wery old anvil, about 50kilo ( 110lb )



Second anvill is a "Norrlands anvil" 175kilo ( 385lb )



The last is a Soderfors anvill, 98kilo ( 215lb )



( I think that one kilo is 2,2lb, is that right, anyone????)
Roger

Ok, thanks T-GOLD

Annother word in my "headbank" of english word

This Colliery is about 100 kubikmeter of charcoal, it take allmost 14 days untill it "burned" out.

Roger

one more picture of charcoal making.
Does it have an english name???



Kallsme

Here is a picture of how to make a big batch of charcoal during our annualy hammer-in, in september here in Sweden near by my shop
.
We allso have the workshopp open this days so people can se us work in the shopp, and allso people can testing theire skills with the Beche 500Kg hammer.



Kallsme

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No I hawe newer drop a pices that big in 28years, (knock on wood)
And i newer got injured during those years either when blacksmithing.

Roger

This hammer was made in AB Bofors in 1929.



Roger

This hammer was made in AB Bofors in 1929.

And here is me driving the big manipulator at Bofors with the big Massey hammer.


Roger

The uppsetter is up to 60mm (2 3/8") range. and the small one is 1 3/4"

Iv

Some of the seamless forged Titanium ring i forge to a customer
The dimension of the ring is /240mm/180mm and the heght is 75mm



Roger

One of my latest tongs.
Forged in two pieces an mounted with a 7/8 rivet.
I grip over 150mm(10") scuere bar.
The steel use for all tongs i made is SS-2225,( AISI 4130 )



Roger

This is the hammer i started my jobb as a blacksmith 1978 in AB Bofors in Sweden.
This hammer is a 800Kg(1750lb)steamhammer i worked with in nearly 15years, this was cut down to scrap this summer.
When i beginn my work in Bofors 1978 there were 26 airhammer in the smithy from 40-4000kg(90-8800lb), now they only have six of them left.
The smallest is a 600Kb Beche

I made a beer bottle opener from a railroad spike today, but it ewen works
on coke :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:



Roger

I can tell you that,The hot dog tasted wery good.
We ewen cook coffe on the hot pieces.

This is not our regulary lunch as you know for sure, but it

Ironscot, If you come to Sweden, I promisse that you are welcome to "play" with my hammer in my shop, for a day.

Roger

Here are some picture of my forging machinery

200Kilogram Beche

My lunch :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:




Kallsme

Yes you notice that right.
The reson for that is, if you fit springs on the big swages you will not be able to lift the tool up on the dies because they been to heavy.
This swages weigh nearly 30kilos each

And another reason is, lets say , after ten hit with the hammer you hawe to lift the shaft and the swages to blow away slag (is that the right word ??) in the lower swages so the surface will be good.

Roundbar swages is fitted with springs up to about 70mm.

Roger

Hello folks

This is only for the prototype workshop at Volvo Powertrain.
We do about 30 pices of this type and year, so it

The small thing to the right is a beeropener, made of one exhaust valve from a Volvo engine :mrgreen:

Kallsme