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Dave Hammer's video has your answer. Dave

Made many 'regular' spike knives, won't bore you with them. This one is a little different: Seen the garden tools and the openers... anything else out there? Dave

Terrific tool! Thanks for taking the time to post. Enjoyed it very much. Dave

Great find and purchase. What a sweet piece of iron. Wish my anvil looked half that nice! Dave

WOW! Thanks to all for the new info. I could have sworn that I read that coil springs were S7- thanks for straightening that out. SOOOOOOOOOOOOO.............. Never mind :) Dave

Looking for a simple way to heat treat S7 for punches. All the results I read from Google talked about holding at temp1, then temp2..... then cooling 100 degrees at a time, etc. Anyone have a simpler way to harden truck coil springs? Tried taking from non-magnetic, quick dunks to black, then air cooling. I know one way that DOESN'T work :) Dave

Terrific bench- design and execution both. I like it as is. Kudos! Dave

Good work! Dave

Good for you, and good for your son! This adventure makes me smile! Please keep us posted :) Dave

Very Nice... so how long for just a flower w/stem? Dave

I am welding just mild steel. I am trying some welds and not certain if the steel gets hot enough in my forge to weld it. The forge temp is what I am after. Seen many demos, made my own Damascus [in a buddy's forge], read about everything there is on forge welding.

Very nice work all round! Dave

Just a quick note to save you some frustration- I would feather the holes and make them diamond shape. This gives you the required 3 contact points and has less material to fuller with each blow. The work still comes out round. Just my .02. Dave

At what temp can forge welds be done? Dave

Sounds like you have evrything covered for a long-term work horse. Will look for some pics when you get it done and into service. What is the pic of the burning foge? Dave

I love it when people USE tools. I worked with computers the last 25 years of my working career and most of the tools available were made for tiny little hands and were very flimsy. I made myself a set from Damascus that lasted until I retired. When I left I had everyone put their name in a hat and drew a name for each tool. The winners all had big smiles. Could have probably sold 100 sets but after 1 or 2 of anything [except roses and a few other flowers] it ain't fun, it's work. Nice tool! Dave

You are certainly Andy! Had I not had help from experienced knife makers and blacksmiths I would not be doing all the stuff in my shop today. You are welcome back any time :) And another thank you to the folks on this forum for the help I am still getting! Dave

Nice reblade! Fixing broken/worn out Buck 110s is how I got started making knives. Never know where any road is going to wind up or branch again. You should be very proud of your effort. Dave

The old world anvil site came right up on google. Git- thanks! Dave

Found his web site but found no tools there.....

Jim, did a search for Bob Bergman and could not locate the tool.... another hint, please? Dave

This is all helpful stuff for me. I appreciate the time everyone is taking from theor own work to help me with mine. Still too hot to light the forge. Dave

It is in the high 80s here this week. Can't stand the added heat of the forge. I will get out there early in the AM tomorrow and try out the 'bubble' idea, taking much greater care with flat, level and square to the dies on each strike. I started yesterday with flipping the stock 180 instead of 90 degrees for the second strike on each flat. My hammer is a Kinyon style with I think about a 75 pound ram. The guides are good and flat, with almost NO play either direction. I will check and see if I can find anything on YouTube about correcting out of square. Correcting it should be the same for hand or power hammer, right? Again, I appreciate all the help. I remember years ago learning tennis feeling like I would never be able to follow all the things that go into one strike on the ball- start to the ball as soon as the opponent hits it; feet in position, weight balanced, hips square to the net, transfer your weight to the back foot, get your racquet back as quickly as possible, open the racquet face, watch the ball until it leaves the racquet. hit completely through the ball...... looks like this is very like that from my end now, Thanks Dave

Forgemaster- Yeah, yeah I know. all you guys with years of experience with power hammers forget what it was like at first. Grant shared many of his opinions [most of them critical] with me over the last few years before he left us. Different people learn at different rates. I didn't see pics of your squaring dies in your post- did you misread the title? I am learning as fast as I can and absorbing as much as I can from suggestions. That is all I can do :) Dave

Nah, still lookin' :) My old truck gets 6 MPG or I would have snapped up Paul's generous offer :) Dave