Sam Salvati

Jeddly that is pretty cool! BFNampa Oh! yes that would be proper. John, I agree i witnessed a similar happening with the heat transfer, much more so then mild steel.

Thanks guys! John, I am not sure how the PI will do it's the first time I have ever used it. this is a prototype in a few ways. Boy oh boy that pure iron sure is sweet to work. Randy, I have an electric stovetop, so it's got a little flat on the bottom to sit nicely, sure wish I had gas. in the future whenever I get my own place for good(or atleast for awhile), I want to build one of those gas burners like thay have at the chinese restaurant, pretty much pipe with a ring on top and a burner below it. Some even have foot treadle gas controls! The round bottom wok sits right in them. A trivet would be nice, maybe a long legged one. I seasoned it like any cast iron pan, it's pretty similar. Just put in some veg oil and heated it up a good bit. "Sourced" yeah...........like Randy said :D Who uses suchnice wide pieces of good steel to hold down a tarp anyway? I replaced them with rocks that did a far better job IMO :rolleyes: . Jeddly what is a swedish torch?

Thanks everyone! Thanks Nampa! Yes I do need to figure out how to hang it. I'll be making more of these for sure, what do you have for trade? :D

Forged this wok out as a test piece, never done anything like it. "Sourced" some 1/8" thick by 8" wide by 5 foot pieces of mild steel from a jobsite :D. Handle is pure iron.

thanks guys! Randy, yes I think I will try that! Drewed, I filed it all by hand, then used the corner of a sharp chisel for the eyes and nose. Sorry Thomas! :D Private thanks, I love ST! Jeddly, making a second smaller set for that exact thing :D

thanks guys! Randy, yes I think I will try that! Drewed, I filed it all by hand, then used the corner of a sharp chisel for the eyes and nose. Sorry Thomas! :D Private thanks, I love ST! Jeddly, making a second smaller set for that exact thing :D

Lol thanks man! phil, cause the cutting disc works perfectly.

My apologies mudbugone, I don't mean to sound offensive or short, my inflection through type has been called by some who don't know me personally as abrasive. I was posting my "this!" comment directed towards Josh, who i have had a running discussion about powerhammers both on this thread and off for months now. I deleted my comment as it was taken incorrectly, and i am sorry. It makes perfect sense to suggest those that hammer by just those pictures, it's not ideal no but there doesn't exist perfect plans for everything, even the original blueprint was more a set of guidelines then a set of plans, seeing as how like most junkyard hammers are built with what is available to the builder you cannot really make a set of plans. It was more a teach a man to fish type thing hehe. Please stick around and continue to contribute, it is welcome and awesome.

I have the original Jr Strasil blueprint images saved on my computer.

This!

Made these up today. The skull needs some modifications, and/or to be remade since I ground off a tooth :( I want to try again anyway to get a taller skull.

Dave LOL! Thanks very much. Unforgivun, yes I followed that a bit when it comes to the jaw area, I now however split the end with a disc cutter.

Thanks for the tips Hollis, I will start slightly countersinking both sides.

Owen, what a nice hammer. Very cool to see it go up and in thanks for the photos.

Don that's beautiful work!!

Cool Dave! Thanks.

Patrick thank you for the very good description, don't think I am ready to try that method. i think like you suggest get a bunch of blanks from a machine shop, 1045/4140 I can HT myself. Robin that is incredible! Very ingenious man thank you. BT, I'd just as soon do it the way I mentioned before all that stuff he suggests. John, for limited stuff I think I will drill and tap the sow block as you suggest, thanks for the tips on using the drill press as the center. I always wondered what the little dimple on top of a tapping wrench is for LOL.

I think cause it's easy to square and true up square stock freehand on the anvil, but not so easy to make triangular stock without a V swage :D

Hey Dick! Is that old saw that didn't sell in the auction still in the barn there? I can't beleive I missed that. I think that would be ideal.

It's a guided helve really, like the later Bradley's. those photo's are of my Friend Deker's Kerrihard.

I would have to get the round, face cut both ends to make it good and flat, I could drill the holes no problem though. No? Bruce, yeah good point.

Phil yes I would not try that in my or any air hammer.

John, I remember seeing Clifton's vid forging that die, too much for me!! :D Craig that's good thinking. Maybe a bit too much than I could handle working bigger stuff like that though. Bruce, I could but then I would still have to cut a dovetail :D

I wonder if I could just drill and tap the sow block then make a plate that goes over the dovetails with a block welded underneath to support it over the dovetail then weld/bolt dies to that? Would allow me to make all different lower dies.

Has anyone made dies by hand? I am fortunate my Anyang's dies are very small, and I am thinking it would not be too bad to make up another set myself. I do not have any machine tools up to this task, so I was thinking with a grinder, bandsaw and files I could make one. I was wondering if anyone has done that before? I figure get some stock or cut some stock to the dimensions i need, scribe out the dovetails on both sides then cut and grind until both scribe lines meet with a straight edge across from one to the other?