melonkernel

Here are some pictures:
http://www.peaveymfg.com/peavey.jpg
http://www.leevalley.com/images/item/woodworking/logbuild/48u0801s1.jpg
http://livingindryden.org/images/home/logRollingB06082006B.jpg
http://www.terratech.net/images/products/psl1962.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1274/955586443_78104c4be2.jpg?v=0

And
Peavey (tool) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That is a good answer, the cheaper the better. My only fear is if i start the project of building one, but never finish due to lack of time/parts.
But less expensive is better. However, if all my time goes into building the tools i need for forging, when will i have time to actually forge. But on the other side, building is also creatiing, and that is what is fun about forging. And I am still young. I have still 45 years of forging/learning ahead of me.

grin .......

I was looking at the blueprints of Hofis shop, and there was this:

And, I realized it would be possible to build a belt grinder. My sister-in-law works at a sandpaper factory, so the belts are hopefully easy to get, my father is an electrician (and i am his apprentice), so electrical engines are not difficult to come by. So, any ideas?

trip .. is when you fall

just found this on sale in sweden.
It is for about 1500

Any one notice that Melonkernel from Finland got the problem solved in only 24 hours? The comments came from Finland, Georgia, New Jersey, Arizona, China, and WV.

What a nice forum. Thanks again for all the help.
... and i learned a lot too.

I now only need some post/bench to put it on, and a shop to put the bench in ;)

Hi, it is now fixed. There was a spring o it, but the parts were so rusty and stuck together that the spring didn't have the power to push back the jaw. But with some sandpaper and some oil, plus that i loosened the tight bolt a bot, it works like a charm now.
Thank you guys for all the help and feedback.

Ah, what nice blueprints there are on this site I'll have to experiment and see what fits best.
Thank you.

First thing soak it in some warm oil to free up everything. Nothing fancy- I use dirty sump oil.

I'll do that.
Maybe it is behind these (attatched picture), i can attach the top end of the leaf spring.
As it is done here aswell.

Thanks jimbob for the information.
So it is the spring that is missing. (see attached picture)
i'll make a new spring for the vice from some spring steel. I wonder how tight it should be. How much force is needed to close such a vice? If it is the same spring as in the picture it can be fairly difficult to get it in there since there are these plates in that area. And they are bolted there, the round knobs are on both sides.
would it be possible to have a spring-shaped spring around the bar between the jaws?

melonkernel
How is it you go from two black shows to a one black and one white shoe in the video? Yes, we do notice these things. (grin)

I have weather sensitive slippers that react to moisture and turn white when the grass is wet. No, the white slippers belong to my brother in law who I "forced" to come filming, i needed both my hands in order to move the parts around.

Hi, i have a rusty old leg vise that has been outside for decades. I want to fix it. I found it difficult to describe all the parts and which ones were loose, so i filmed it instead.
YouTube - A broken old leg vise

I haven't used these kind of vises before so i am not familiar with the mechanics of it.

How should the parts move/not move? Any ideas where to start in order to fix it without ruining it?

I didn't forget the milk ;)

harp ..........

Warm ....

After registering several accounts on the internet i got frustrated that some names are taken. So i emptied my head an tried to think of a name none had so i could use it everywhere. And for some reason melon seeds (melon k

Has anyone of you made wedges and feathers for splitting stone?
(as can be seen used here: YouTube - Breaking the stone

Do i need to use extra durable steel for the wedge?
One smith once said that you could use spring steel from an old pin-harrow for the feathers, and if you found some old hand stone drill (the one you hit on with a hammer, then twist a quarter turn and hit again to drill holes in stones) you could use those for the wedge.
What is your saying on this, i don't happen to have a lot of those hand-drills lying around.

i know that you should have the feathers thicker downwards, so that when you hit on the wedge it gives an even pressure all along the feathers.

oh, another thing, for the shaping of the feathers, who need to be round on the outside and flat on the inside, i need to make a hardy tool for that, what i the best way to make such. I doubt my little bench-drill can drill that large holes in a piece of steel. Are there common scrap-metal that have that sized-holes in them already?

I am a new blacksmith, and new to this forum aswell, so sorry if i have posted this in the wrong forum or such.
(i am in Skutnabba, Peders

Hi, i went to pick up some milk, but came home with a bench-drill