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IForgeIron Blueprints Copyright 2002 - 2007 IFORGEIRON, All rights reserved BP0297 Copper Rose by Garey Ford Copper sheet, leaves, templates, and tools. Cardboard templates, leaves and petals Petals and leaves drawn on copper sheet Petals and leaves cut out Petals and leaves cleaned up. Putting veins in the leaves. Putting more veins in the leaves. Finished leaves. Putting texture in the petals Punching the hole for the stem in the petals. Petals textured and hole punched #6 copper wire textured for the stem All the petals, leaves and the stem First petal soldered on the stem Setting the second petal with a piece of 1/4 pipe (is this sch 80?) Second set of petals ready to solder Third set of petals in position ready to solder. All of the petals soldered in place on the stem Centaur set of petals folded up in place. Second set of petals folded up and shaped with the pliers Soldering leaves on the stem Rose all soldered together Cold water to quench the petal in after heating with the torch to get the colors. Rose all colored with the torch. Rose ready to be sprayed with clear cote. Clear coat sprayed on rose to seal it from fading. Finished rose. View full article

IForgeIron Blueprints Copyright 2002 - 2007 IFORGEIRON, All rights reserved. BP0210 Tool Holder by Garey Ford Material for a home built tool holder. 12" of 3/4" pipe, a 10" 3/8 bolt & flat washer, a 3/8 coupling nut, and a 5/8 nut. 3/8 nut welded to 3/8 coupling nut. Fish mouth cut into end of 3/4" pipe for welded nut to fit in. Tool holder all to gather with my touch mark stamp in holder. Washer on end of pipe with 3/8 bolt threaded down pipe into coupling nut. Tighten bolt to hold tool in place in fish mouth and nut. View full article

IForgeIron Blueprints Copyright 2002 - 2007 IFORGEIRON, All rights reserved. BP0208 Power Hammer Construction by Garey Ford Front view of power hammer. Back of power hammer showing linkage and motor More control linkages. Ram & anvil Connecting rod & springs. Connecting rod and guide rod with springs attached to flywheel and ram. Motor mount base plate with tension springs and linkage rod for foot control petal. Drive pulley on rear of main drive shaft. Rear view of flywheel and connecting rod / ram/ springs. View full article

IForgeIron Blueprints Copyright 2002 - 2007 IFORGEIRON, All rights reserved. BP0209 Grinder / Buffer Stand by Garey Ford A 18 wheeler brake drum with a piece of round 3/8 plate on top and a 24" piece of pipe held in place with welders helper magnets. Brake drum with plate and pipe tack welded in place. With some drums, the cast makes it hard to weld the plate on. It could be bolted on if there was a problem. Base with pipe welded on. Stand with top welded on and grinder setting in place. Top is a piece of 3/8 plate 12"x8" (it would be easier to weld top on before the pipe is welded to the break drum- Hint! Hint!) Stand with quench /cooling can bracket attached. Front view with primer paint. Stand rear view in primer paint. Grinder/buffer stand with water can in place and grinder bolted down. Same view of grinder, painted J.D. Green. (as i had a gallon of this color). Brake drum base is heavy enough that it will stay put if a rubber mat is placed under it. I discovered this when I fired it up and the vibration wanted to make it walk around. The rubber mat cured this walking. ( hint: don't fill the water can up over 1/2 full . Vibration makes the water jump out.) View full article