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Liked the hand-made touches with the fabricated fixtures! Dave

My ribbon burner has started once more to 'POP', and it sounds like a 22 going off in your ear. Not conducive to easy blacksmithing. I spent several hours today [having been forced to shut down the forge because of the gunshot sounds] on google and ribbon burners. I found three others who had the same problem. One person bought a high-output blower and replaced his squirrel-cage blower and the problem was gone. One person sold the forge and passed the problem on to someone else. One person put te ribbon burner forge in a corner and gave up. Several other folks who has low heat problems solved them with bigger blowers. Several mentioned they bought the blowers Tom suggested and ended up buying bigger ones. If you are running a ribbon burner, and are getting full heat, and no gunshot noise ever, please post a pic of your blower and whatever data about it. I love the forge but the sudden gunshot noises have got to go. Thanks Dave

Good job! I have one of the first from Rob, a KMG1 and can easily see the similarities. Tough machine. Dave

Looking good! Dave

Good work! Dave

NIce work! Bet your brother will be thrilled. Have you forgotten your long lost brother? Don't you think I er... I mean he needs a knife, too? I can forward it to him :) Dave

I like it! Dave

I have three of Brent's hammers and love them all. Great quality and workmanship. I have a Brazeal style on order and hope it is as useable as Brent's. Dave

You fellas are doing some amazing work! Dave

I sifted the medium and that cured 90% of the problem. Will leave a light bulb burning in the blast cabinet for a few nights, and that should resolve my issue. Thanks again to all- Dave

Thanks to all for the help. I emptied the media tonight and have new media in front of the shop stove to remove and damp stuff. Will sift it and reload tomorrow and let everyone know if that did it. Thanks again, Dave

My sandblaster [cabinet model] has stopped working properly. The only way it will do anything except blow air is if I cover the nozzle and give it a little air for a second. Then it will work for a few seconds but even then it pulses, spitting instead of a smooth flow. It stops blowing sand within a minute or so. I took off the tip to clean it but it was not plugged. I reversed the tip and that did not help. I made more holes in the pickup tube and that didn't help. I taped the end of the pickup tube off, and that didn't help. I swapped the pickup tube end for end and that didn't help . Every time I pull the pickup tube from the sand the tube is full. I took some sand out and that didn't help. I added more sand and that didn't help. I replaced the factory gun a couple years ago and it has worked just fine since then. I have been very pleased with it until today. The only other thing I can think to try is empty the cabinet completely and refill with new media. Thanks, Dave

Good Job! Dave

S0,,,,,, How does it work? Dave

Looks very handy and well thought out. Should serve you for many years. Dave

You did a terrific job with your interim anvil! Hard to imagine doing that with just the tools you used. Now do something fun with it :) Dave

I just got my horizontal and versicle bicks- very well made and have used both. Quality tools. Dave

Nice hammer and craftsmanship! Dave

That is very fine work with the extra effort worth the time. Fine job! Dave

I was just interested in seeing some more of their work. We are far enough apart that I don't expect to visit them :) Hammers are my main tool- you can get by with a pretty bad anvil and a junk forge and just vice grips or a pair of pliers and still do some good work- if the hammer doesn't fit it makes even the simplest job not very enjoyable. Glad you guys are able to get together and make some good hammers. Dave

I could not find a web site for them???? Dave

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I found some round 1" brass pieces on ebay. They stamp well cold. Might take a look- Dave

You make gorgeous Damascus! The radial pattern is my personal favorite...

Got the tutorial- thanks, Paul! Dave