ForgeMan32

trinculo that would be great ive been trying to meet some smiths around the area maybe we can switch some contact info

here are some tools ive been working on and cheating on making the the fullers but they wotk great and very cost effective . The only problem ive had while doing these rounding hammers is getting the drift stuck and whether i upset in the cupping tool or not sometimes it seems its almost forge welded in the hammer. ive used anti seize and coal dust . could anybody chime in should i make 3 or so drifts for a single hammer i have two and still seems like it occurs.

I thought most coil springs were 5160 spring steel but they do make excellent punches and another plus is most spring steel is air hardenable which takes a step from the process

That must require a lot of grinding but very smart in a pinch to make something you need to use