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    Old Lokomo 60A, worth buying?

    in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels

    Posted

    Yeah, you do. But if any comfort Finland is not the easiest territory to find a good anvil.

    try to find a scrapyard that sells scrap steel. (Finland related info: do not try to contact them on phone, wear your worst cloths when you go there, just ask them casually) Hunt for a big industrial looking chunk of steel. 100 mm dia axel and you're golden for a couple of years while you find your actual anvil.

    And nevermind. Steel goes to you any minute it realizes that you're a magnetic personality.

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    Gergely

    Old Lokomo 60A, worth buying?

    in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels

    Posted

    Hi,

    Well if you consider that some Finnish blacksmith-hobbyists travel to the Czech Republic to buy a normal quality anvil, and they do it because it's worth it - I'd be happy to drive and buy that Lokomo.

    I've also heard that Lokomos are good anvils. The chipping on the side is not that bad problem. With my limited experience about the anvil situation of Finland I can say you can have a nice deal on the anvil. Maybe the owner even lets the price down a tiny bit. Worth a try.

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    Gergely

    What did you do in the shop today?

    in Blacksmithing, General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Mark,

    First: Happy birthday to you! Nice to hear about the birthday-scrapping :)

    I'm really sorry for the hammer and feel your pain, but nevermind - these sorts of things happen. You are able to make even better hammers and then those are gonna be the best looking hammers you ever made. (BTW I consider "bigger" stock as >4" dia, but that's just my personal taste.)

    Bests:

    Gergely

    What did you do in the shop today?

    in Blacksmithing, General Discussion

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Kevin Olson said:

    Hey Gergely. Can you tell how you made the medals. They look like something i could pedal at the renaissance festival here. 

    Hi Kevin,

    I have some (~1000 pcs) of these 30mm / 1 1/4" dia, 3mm/ 1/8" thick circles. I took them, and made the cuts you see in the second picture. Originally I used these blanks for making flowerheads. But when I was asked to make these sorts of medals I figured it will work just as fine. The only trick is to hammer the radius direction edges of the "petals" to get the circumference line straight-ish. I use a small ball peen for the job. Tried to achieve some rib at the right one above. I punch the hole after the shaping is done, because that way I can see which one is the most weakly shaped of the four - that's the one getting the hole in it. 

    I put a small copper ring in the hole, that way they can put any sort of cord through it.

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    What did you do in the shop today?

    in Blacksmithing, General Discussion

    Posted

    No fair this weekend, so I have to catch up a bit with the comission stuff.

    Two medals for reanactors, made of 30m dia circle.

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    9" long decorative nail, made of 3/4 / 20mm square:

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    Prototype of plum shaped keyfob for a motel. Same 30mm dia circle plate stock used for it. Made two half round hot chisel for this job. 1045 did not work, I can tell ;) Good old coil spring does the job well.

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    Bests:

    Gergely

     

    Tools from Jackhammer bits

    in Tools, general discussion

    Posted

    Hi Jildert,

    Welcome to IFI, always good to see Europeans here.

    IRRC around here jackhammer bits are supposed to be made of 36CrNiMo16 but often they are plain C45. That means those are good for striking tools, like hammers, axes, tomahawks and stuff. 

    But with all honesty it isn't worth the pain you'll go through with all those chisels. I can help you though, send them all to me, I even pay for the shipping, that way you'll have more space and can buy nice n good steel while I sacrifice myself to the recycling of this bad-bad stock. ;)

    Bests:

    Gergely

    What did you do in the shop today?

    in Blacksmithing, General Discussion

    Posted

    20 hours ago, Frosty said:

    Gergely: Might I suggest you NOT pitch your yurt next to a bar? I won't even park my car on the same block as a bar. Not counting our favorite Mexican Restaurant, they have a bar but are pretty careful about how much patrons are allowed to drink.

    Bests on your demo circuit.

    Frosty The Lucky.

    Thanks, Frosty! It was a yurt built for children to play in by day. So no choice for me - I only could decide whether I sleep in it or somewhere under a bush, so I chose the "civilisation" :) And also I could drag my shop in it for cover - it was just 15 meters far from my shop place.

    Yesterday went silently - no rush, no pain. I actually talked more than forged. Still worked for me well. 

    9 hours ago, littleblacksmith said:

    Thank you Gergely!

    Etsy store is going really really well. I thought it would just be a complete dud, but I have sold the 5 horse shoe hearts, today I woke up and I sold a herb chopper, and yesterday I was asked if I could make 65 herb choppers!:o she first wants one to see how she likes it and then if she does like it, then well, I better get to work!

                                                                                                                               Littleblacksmith

     

    I'm very glad to hear that, Mark! Go and rock 'em! :)

    What did you do in the shop today?

    in Blacksmithing, General Discussion

    Posted

    On 8/4/2017 at 8:49 PM, littleblacksmith said:

    I got my Etsy store up and running, and already got an order for 5 horse shoe hearts, so that's great!

    Way to go, Mark! Bests of luck with the Etsy store!

    Bests:

    Gergely

     

    I do demoing at festivals all weekend - so mobil shop time for me. Friday went with it till midnight. Then no sleep at all (I "slept" in yurt near one of the bars, nice and loud drunken people. I had a yurtmate who kept bringing empty beer cans and throwing them on the ground from 2 to 5 o'clock a.m. Then at 6 two heavily drunk guys came in for a nice long chat. I was even too tired to use my spear. :) ) Saturday 10 am to 10 pm. Quite heavy traffic. 

    Now I'm leaving for another demo. Hopefully not too hard day ahead. I slept a bit but I'm still pretty tired, we'll see how things go...

    Bests:

    Gergely

    Which angle grinder is better for cutting 7 in (180 mm) or 9 in (230 mm)?

    in Grinders, Sanders, etc

    Posted

    I use a 9" 2200 W Milwaukee for cutting everything in the shop (small or big). It has the slow-start feature (don't know the actual word for it), so it's pretty nice to use. Also not that big of a pig like the old big ones. It works nice and feels safe when using it properly. I say that knowing big angle grinders are the most dangerous tools in the shop!

    I chose the 9" because around here it's easier to find discs for it than 7"-ers. Also - I think - that 2"+ makes huge difference when eating out the material. 

    Sometimes I use it with thick disc, and that works miracles in seconds: grinds off big surfaces very fast.

    Bests:

    Gergely

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