jukejoint

The nose punch is a square taper ,get it hot use a ball punch  for the eye then grind the top and bottom corner wha la eye punch

Any reviews or thoughts on the amk 77 grinders 

1 3/4    4 inches long will make a 2.5 lb hammer 

Use a spark plug 

We use hydraulic rods for rounding hammers I belive there 1045 you night be able to score them at a tractor repair shop or a hydraulic repair shop bucket pins I think are 4140 also you can use jack hammer bits for hardies 

My 2.5 rounding hammer

Great hammer got mine from Lyle Wynn,  4 1/2 pounder making a smaller one Sunday 

Jackhammer bits make good hardies

They make great striking anvils,the end that attaches to the mast

Yup fixing to make me a waste oil stove using the double barrel wood stove design 

On 1/3/2016 at 1:34 PM, territorialmillworks said:

Last week, I went  looking through my scrap pile and came up empty. So, I decided to scrap all the "unusable" pieces since  I was going into town anyway to my steel supplier. I had 500# of steel and a little brass and bronze and copper scraps that I set aside.  When I'm done, that little bit of brass/copper brought more than than all the steel. I figure that it paid for my gas and bought me lunch.  Oh well, now I have room to start saving scrap again !

For some reason scrap yards here in central Mississippi they won't sell to individuals 

New Lyle Wynn hammer 4 1/2 pound 

Bocote handle 

New hammer from Lyle Wynn 4 1/2

Gift card

Anyone ever use a cheap leather stamp to make a blacksmith stamp , was thinking on stampin a piece of 1045 with a leather stamp 

Brent Bailey has a video on making handles 

The AG museum in Jackson Mississippi has a forge that the forge council meets at ,there will  be no meetings at the time you come threw but you can still ck it out

So on that angle iron do you fold it over on itself 

Did some striking today ,lot easier then directing .ck out lyle wynn Facebook page has a great video on striking form

Just finished a tool box for punches and chisel and some what Evers for a demo

Okay this is how I drill insulators,  go to drillglass.Com chose what size bit you need turn your drill press to a slow speed get sum clay and make a ring around the top to hold oil in (cooking oil will work) wa la instant hole take your time the clay is the trick it holds the oil in place

I use cooking oil

Nail making 

looks like yer sitting on the throne

Is that Osage orange for the handle?