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Dayne

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  1. And it's blade is maybe about 9 inches long. Handle would be about 5 ish
  2. So it turns out I missed these posts. Thanks for the words of encouraging wisdom. I started a new job as an arborist apprentice and haven't had much time for forging. I still have that 4140 sitting in my garage, waiting to be made into proper hand tools.
  3. Hey there. The biggest piece i have heat up was 2.5" round 6"long. All you do is add more coke for a bigger fire. The deeper the pile the bigger the fire. I've seen smiths have a coal quench ladle to avoid it getting too large . I think I had atleast one cubic foot maybe two. Mind you, I am also a rookie. The old blacksmithing books to download on here are a wealth of info.
  4. I picked this up in cranbrook last September 2014. Sahinler 150kg. The man I got it from helped me with it into my truck. Then it went to my friend's farm where he was kind enough to help lift it by hand. I had a tarped up horseshelter as a forge for a while. Then I bought a house with a garage and made a new stand. I used a 5 to 1 to lift the anvil by myself. I tried uploading a video of the process but something tells me it's too big.
  5. Here are a few pages I have found. Www.hfifluidpowerproducts.com/pages/charts-tables.html And Http://psifluidpower.ca/content/calculators
  6. I made these recently. They're for my boss who kindly traded me some used iPhones. The smaller one was and old hatchet that I did cheat a bit on but the larger of them was made from a solid rectangle 7/8x2x6 1/2 ". Punched the eye and welded the bit :) the small one got rusty already which I know there are preventive measure for....
  7. Hi there. Some people have tried asking about coal in southern alberta. I know this because I have come across threads while searching for myself. You will need to get in contact with Amy at the stampede grounds agricultural centre. $20 a bag but there are some limitations as to how much or little one can procure at one time. Anyways. This is what I have found. Amy Osborn Agriculture Programming Coordinator Calgary Stampede T 403.261.9159 F 403.262.3067 aosborn@calgarystampede.com
  8. This still needs a pan around the drum but it didn't cost me much other than the blower.
  9. Dayne

    "C" leg vice

    I recently purchased this vice and blower from a fellow down the road from my forge. The blower is obvious but the vice has a letter "c" on the mount plate. Anyone have any idea as to what make it is? It works, so I guess that's all that matters. Any help though would be awesome
  10. You're right. It's super hot super fast. I may make a very small forge with one burner and a smaller oriface for tempering and such. Thanks for pointing it out. :)
  11. After having to relocate my shanty town style shop of tarps and makeshift work benches I have finally spent the required time to have a forge that isn't so ghetto. I used an old 20lbs propane tank and some various scrap. Angle steel from a bed frame, barbq grill, rebar, a bit of sheet metal and some 1/4 round. The burners are 3/4 pipe in 6" lengths into floor flange. (No flared end or nothing) an 1 1/2 reducer to 3/4 and some 1/8 Id pipe with a 5/64 hole drilled in it for gas. There are many places to get info for making these forges and burners and after trying what seemed like every variation possible, I have realized that if you put gas down a pipe through a small hole at a wide ranges of psi and stuff extra air into them you get results. My point is there are lots of things that work, some more efficient than others but don't be discouraged when building a forge that doesn't work. Some advice though, now that I have tried so many things I bet I have spent the equivalent time and money as buying one outright from a reputable company. Having said that its totally possible to make a forge for $50. I'm sure some would rather not see blow dryers in use but it is what it is for now. They work great and you can choke the intake with a piece of tape, This is a video of mine running at one psi, then I turn it to two psi and turn the air up. With no choke. trim.r2KEcD.MOV
  12. So this is the slightly more finshed version of my first attemp at forge welding anything other than scrap and cable and I'm quite pleased with it although there are some lines where the 1095 went in. I feel like it maybe could've failed to weld in a few spots but it seems alright otherwise. I've learned heaps and still find a few more tools could be useful
  13. Dayne

    Cable damascus

    I bought a few scraps from a rigging supply store the other day. Varied sizes and lengths. I asked about the paperwork they had on them and it turned out they used cable with steel that had .7 carbon
  14. Amazing! I won't tell if you don't
  15. That's decorative right? Not trying to be rude but it looks unsafe, I'd hate to hear about it flying off and hitting someone as these are tools these days of peace we live in.
  16. So I decided the eye was too misshaped and thin. I got cut it open and will do my best to weld a new one on.
  17. Oh thanks a bunch man! I'll give me a call
  18. Finishing the near ten projects I have started!

  19. I agree fully but all I had was one thickness and I wanted thick stuff in the bit. It turns out I live pretty close to Canadian knifemaker or supply something in sundre ab. Maybe I'll go for a rainy drive to the mountains. Bt yeah single would've been easier. I'll know when I file it up a little cleaner if it stuck. I wouldn't be surprised if I comes apart when I hammer a wedge in the handle lol.
  20. Thanks everyone! I'll have to browse that forum on knife making tonight, and as for being at any level "want2learn" I have just started. Watch any and all videos and you'll get a sense of what true and false, poor technique etc. there are lots of books here and tons of info. Also practice and experience are the best teachers. Don't get to "bent out of shape" ! Hah!
  21. So I recently found out how easy it is to weld crane cable and this is my first knife as a result. I have an old battery that I will crack open and dip this in to show more detail and Ill put a handle on it and post some more pics by the end of the week. But for now this is all I got. Also I used a pack of papers to give some idea of dimension. We there any Canadians out there who know if say Home Depot or something has an acid I can get for such a purpose?
  22. So I saw a post of kyboy's about making a wrapped style hatchet (with no electricity) and loved i. So I figured I'd try now that I felt like I could weld. I used a piece of 1018 that was 7/16-1/2" or so maybe ten inches long and two inches across. Along with two 1/8" thick pieces of 1095 to fit in for the bit. I have just started this blacksmithing thing maybe for six months now and for the last two I've had an anvil and a forge so things are changing for the better. Again just like the other one I need to make a drift to fit the "haft"? I'm unclear as to every term to use but I understand its function. :) I may have been over confident from the piece of crane cable I welded up as I hear its easier being thinner but I think the weld has held and I have yet to finish the rest up. I think it's a little out so I may heat it a few more times to square it up. I'll post more pics when it's done
  23. I've been to Montana once before and really liked it so if I can convince my go to stop at a strangers house and forge it up I'm in! Lol
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