double_edge2

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thankyou

righdo....cofee machine over there....little warm..drop the thermostat down to about 18deg...

yeah...thats the fun bit...i have a spring fuller for the air hammer, and the swedge block (60deg),..but.. i have to show someone else how to...without tools....lol.

thankyou.

yes thankyou....i thought there would be a easy method, however i think it is just an awkward task with no tools. :unsure:

hi,

sorta kinda but not really,...
two longer edges and two shorter edges, a proportionate diamond shape bar looking end on.
for a consistant result for say a piece of bar 300mm long.



for example point dimensions, point to point, 1" by 2"

id like to know/see how to forge diamond shaped bar without swages or top tools please. from round or square or flat?.

Dale...any other blacksmiths in townsville or a group?

I have made nails to be used in a crucifixion sculpture and for the stations of the cross (both in a Roman Catholic church).

Since I'm Jewish, it seemed especially weird.

For the clamp type header (and a lot of other things) I use a business card as a shim between the two jaws when I drill the hole. That way the resulting hole is just a shade smaller than the drill bit and will contact the work before the jaws contact each other.

I used to lay a flat bar on the anvil and the tongs on across that, kinda like a teeter-totter. Now I take the hot slug (rivet) with no head on it, drop it in the hole and rock the tongs up a little so that the rod is sticking out about the same on each side and smack it and form both heads at the same time! Piece-O-cake!

....never mind :rolleyes:

I built a piece to go in the vice like double egde 2 It can make 1/4",3/8",and 1/2". I use it a lot. worth the time I added a piece of angle iron to each side so when I open the vice it stays there and I gust remove the finished rivet.

In that video, does the rivet simply stay in place with the vise holding it ( because i would have thought that it would slip through with that force ) but i may be completely wrong... or is there something i am missing.Because with a header, there is something supporting it ie. the bulk of stock that will be the nail/rivet head, that one makes if they use a header

alec

p.s great stuff dave!!

if you are only using a few here and there, make the tools to make rivets and you will never look back.

one or two fire bricks to back your work and that torch would give a bit of heat for what you need.

you could make a upsetting type tool like for rivets..only for square, if thats what you wanted. rivet/nail wont get stuck as the tool comes apart to release.

like this... sort of

yeah me too,,,,best wishes for you lot..and a speedy get back to normal.

one is pointing east, and the other is aimed south....they have to point the perpendicular axis of the equinox for the correct magnetic alignment....and best rust proofing properties taking advantage of the correct use of the polar magnetic resinance...thing...stuff!

there was another post like this....

.....a "blacksmith" came over and said i was a hobbyist cos my anvil was the wrong way round (he could tell by the orientation of the anvil)...he moved it to suit him....which was fine by me.....and i move it to suit me. sit it any way you please and feel comfortable with.

the only thing i could come up with as an argument, would be for beginners to have the horn point right...less likelyhood of removing fingers if a tool is left in the hardy by a right handed forgetfull, and the shoulder over the job for hammering thing.

i draw out on the horn, so it suits me to the right....or if im punching alot, ill put the holes closer to the forge (horn left).

yeah...bit hot for ally, and the moisture in the mould....

some people even get the green sand a bit wet and try brass, seen it go off like buck shot out the sprew...at the pourer....them aint freckles hes got now.

Not to mention Carpe carp. But I'm not much of a fisherman

Best of luck to all our Aussie mates. Makes our -40 degree temps seem insignificant right now...

and the same and all that stuff...

You note he hasn't asked me?

merry xmas to all...

pig out and get blotto after gifts....

Couple good threads on the subject:

>PUNCHING WITH THE HYDRAULIC PRESS<

>LETS SEE YOUR PRESS<