Hofi

Some tools that I attuch to the aie hammer dies for assorted form forging http://picasaweb.google.com/hofi.einshemer/AirHammerTools Hofi

Supper size vice found in an old workshop http://picasaweb.goo...hemer/SuperVice Hofi

A part group of bulls that I forged last week http://picasaweb.google.com/hofi.einshemer/BullsThatIForgedLastWeek Hofi

Hi All, In the link bellow you will find a basket woven by my granddoughter Sahar Hofi. The basket is a combination of steel and twig of palm tree woven together. All the work is desigened, forged and crafted by her http://picasaweb.google.com/hofi.einshemer/BasketWeavingWithIron Hofi

He used EPOXY to glue the handles !!!!!!! the one he used was short time set and this one is britle and faling appart after some time. Hofi

The glue that I am useing to hendle the hammer is SIKAFLES 11 FC AND I ONLY GLUE THE HANDLES AND NEVER WEDGE. I glued already hundreds of hammers in many sizes ans none of them went loos. the hammer eye is having a duble taperd cone (x) to the middle of the eye 3 degrees. on the handle on the part that goes into the eye I grind surretions all around that hold the glue much better. beffor smearing the glue in the eye I clean the eye with thinner to take away any oily remanents for better glueing Hofi

Hello Jesse Hofi

The ''sahinler'' in America is using 10 hp because it is America in Israel and Europe it is no more then 5 hp and at my smithy too Hofi

My mame was mentioned here several times and I want to clear some points from my point of view. In my smithy and school I have ALL types of hammers to show my students the veriety of hammers in the smithing world. There is NO contrediction between the hammer types and one is useing the hammers according to the need. I forge ALL the types of hammers according the order and the will of my customers . I myself used the straight pein hammer only once in the last 21 years only because I was asked by one of my student to demo it .the diagonal hammer I NEVER USE because I do not fined a need or a reason to use it. 95 % of my forging and I forge a lot is done with the cross pein hammer and to day or the last 5 years I forge mainly with the cast crosspein hammer because it is the most balanced ergonomic hammer . I personaly do not like the phrase ''do what is good for you'' this is allways a cover for not learning another way that might be better only bacause one is used to a wrong or inferier way of forging. I KNOW IT IS NOT EASY TO CHANGE. Hofi

SORRY FOR THE DELAY WAS VERY BUSY ON SOME PROJECTS I am not in the USA and I do not know the local rules !! at my smithy and school the wales are made from concrete bricks so fire is not a problem but when I built the ozark school were the walls were made of wood I fabricated another sleeve on the tunnel and in between I GAVE A 1'' layer of kaowool (ceramic blanket ) to isolate the wall from the tunnel heat.the wall was covered with 1/2 a mm sheet metal to prevent the sparks to catch fire with the wooden wall. The distance between the wall and the center of the forge fire is 20-24'' Hofi

Forged from mild steel, mechnicel wire brushing, the light when photo gives the result Hofi

Attached pictures of my last project - Woden bed head decoration. Hofi

In the ANYANG and STRIKER there is NO place to put a mufler or a pnuematic filter Ptree The question was about a STRIKER! Hofi

James take two wire net in the size gigger the the spoken ''port'' .put some spongy matirial between the two layer of the net fasten it to the port and this will reduce the air nose iIdid it on some hammers and it helped a lot Hofi

Iforged it 17 years ago !!! and it desplayed in an exebition in the barbican center in London with othe super tools I forged Hofi

Very much hope that frosty will be on his foot as fast as possible ! We all miss him very much.!!!!!!!! Hofi

In the pics attuched are two sculptuers made out ot very hard BASSALT stone that I was commitioned the first are to stones nailed togethe the second is 6 ton bassalt stonne and the 1 1.4'' rings are arranged around like a ledder in a way that one can climb up and stand on the stone the sculptuers are located in a sculptuer garden in the galili hatzor city Hofi

John B AND EVERY ONE ELSE ON THE SURRATING GULLIOTINE THE UPPER PART IS WELDED TO DIFFERENT STEEL WITH STAINLESS STEEL ELECTRODE AND THERE FOR NO HARM WHEN YOU HIT IT ESPECIELY WHEN IT IS GRINDED ''ROUNDY'' AND THE OPPERATION IS DONE WHEN THE FUTUER LEAF STEEL IS HOT AND YOU GIVE ONLY A SINGLE HIT HOFI

A ''super'' corkscrew that i forged from 1 1/4'' round miled steel hofi

John B THE CORKSCREW IS FORGED FROM 3/8'' OD THE AXE IS FORGED FROM 1 1/8'' OD 4140 IF YOU READ IT AGAIN YOU WILL NOTICE HOW CLEAR IS THE EXPLENATION Hofi

If you do it right mild steel is enough some times and very seldom I forge them from 1045 the axes are forged from 4140.I have lots of this steel for free this steel is used as pins for the tanks caterpiler and the onece that are rejected in the production I can get hold on OD 1 1/8'' Hofi

Just wanted to make things more clear and repeated the steps cold and more short ''to forge simple things is not simple to forge complicated stuff is eassy ''!!!! The knot will com in two-three days Hofi thank every one for the interest and suport