Valentin

I am working on a mill for about 3 month now ...everything that can go wrong went wrong yesturday my 5hp motor failed Do you want to workthe materail cold or hot ?

I see cold roling bronze ...

well my mill has both of the rollers spining and i am using a single motor (using 2 probably will have different RPMS and will not work)

my rolls are plasma nitrided for longer life

I agree with Firebug. Your customer offered a commission for your artistic production. If it is in fact "pointless" to ship it to the U.S. I would check to see if your customer agrees it can be shopped out. If not I would find a way to ship it to the customer or decline the commission. Every one will be happier if you know this ahead of time. Just my opinion.

Bill

Well... The cost of shipping is twice the price of the construction. I know that most of you can do the same quality job and the price will be smaller. I have declined the comision. I only try to help the person. I won't resell what you are doing that's why i gave the cusomer direct email.(And now i removed it due to his request but i will send it to anyone who is interested.Just PM or email me).

Hello I just recived this order form a customer today. He is from US (don't know where exactly) and ...i am not from US so it's pointless to ship it over there. well if u whant to contact him and if you can make it i have atached a picture of the awning that he wants. Please contact me and i will send you his email.

wow richard they look neat when and if i'll finish my knife i'll make some braclets to give to beautifful girls:)

Avadon guided you right. Depending on what u need to cut u make the choise. If u cut really thick stock don't think on the abrasive chop saw. U also can consider this Milwaukee 6190-20 chop saw it uses a metal disk to cut metal. Less dust faster and straightter.(Loewer RPM than abrasive's one) I always wished for one but in Romania it's quite expensive. Go for one if u have lots of cuts and u want them fast. If u cut thick stock go for a bandsaw. This again is just my opinion and you can contradict me if i am wrong. I currently use a shop build chop saw(abrasive) after buying 2 BOSCH and ruined them at 10 hours/day cuts in 2 years.The most comon cut was 14x14mm sqauare stock.

I know... well i had 4 opitons and all of them really bad :

1) go to the bank ask for big sum of money and pay all my life and risk loosing my house car and everything that i have in case the buisness will npt grow as wished.

2) asociate with somebody gives me the same amount of money and i give him 50% of the income

3) asociate with somebody else ...he will finish the investition and then both of our companyes will merge toghether (he has a welding shop with 8 employes) 50-50 from both company

4) another guy who was willing to give me the money in 2 month period.

Well i chosed var nr.3 so it will be some sort of a merging 2 companys into a bigger one...have to admit that i am quite scared

divermike: he was my competition not my friend hope that we will become friends and buissnes partenrs

Hey guys ! you learned me how to forge now u have to learn me how to play the guitar i see everybody does that. I was to buissy with the shop to do anything else but i used to love to play pool (billiards) before blacksmithing . Oh and there is something else i enjoy and that is looking after beautifull girls and write on this forum.

Because u guys share so mutch with me i try to share back with u every time something major happens in or with my shop and now something did. I just soled half of the smitty that i run... mostly because of 2 reasons:
-insuficient founds to finish a new shop
-unable to cope with all the stresses alone
Any other blacksmiths here wotking in associations ? I was just curious if any and how does this work as a buisness ? If not i will let u know how it is to share 50 percent of the work/money What do u think did i made the wright/wrong choise ?

Well i charge arround 10Euros/hour for every man that i have in my shop + iron(not material) and this is no metter what the man does welder/painter/forger/machinist. Some times i charge extra and some times i go lower but this is where i whant to be. There are about 25 people working in that shop and everybody does what it knows the welder welds painter paints and so on ...this means that there are little dead time that the customer has to suport. After a few years of making money out of blacksmithing and ironworking i realized one thing. Keep your price low and quality high .But than again i live in Romania and my prices may be different from yours.

Man ... i really hate punching this big square holes in this small stock. I will defenetly be cheating this one...and to be honest i can't understand how u manage to slid perfect in the middle every time . Just a fraction of milimeter offcenter when u slid and the enire hole is ofceneter to... and this is what's happening on a press and a jig not by hand Not to mention doing them on angle. I will probably make the holes in a 90degres cut the middle of the hole put the element in on an angle and than weld and grind. I am sorry i have to admit this but i just whanted to let you know and to be honest. Thanks again for your suport and schetches everybody

Thanks guys for the explenations . I still have a few days until i need to start working on this holes. I'll probably use Hofi's schetch ... and do them nanual because by the time i am done making the dies for the presses and the drill i'll probably have them finished. So Hofi next time you are in Romania i'll have a cold beer waiting for you. Thanks for your help as always more than helpfull

The holes will eventualy be on a line about 3 holes/meter on 3 meter long stock but im also considering doing them individualy and then weld them to complete the bar. I will probably need 3 gigs 1 to dril 1 to slid and one to spread ... and this will only work for individualy holes i think only i think it whould be easyer/faster/cheaper to cheat this one .

Hy guys ... I was wondering how whoud u punch/sleed about 200 holes on an angle different than 90degres. Let's say 30 or 40degres. The stock is 14x14mm square and i have to insert a 14x14mm into the hole. I am really considering into cheating this . I also added a smal drawing for a better understanding of the joining neddet.

Always nice to look in other's people shop Keep them coming !

Dodge: my blower always blows off my flame so i quited trying this blowers... but hardley wait to see yours work so maybe i will copie it if it worth ''reinventing the weel'' ??? Why do u whant a blown forge if u have normal burner already ? The best improvement i can think of now to a gas forge is a stainles steel pipe for burner

i have build 3 or 4 of this machines that u skeap about ...if u ask me they are not fast enof. 3/8 and 3/4 is pipe ? sorry i am not familar with american mesurments but if this is flatbat or square iron what i whoud do i whoud roll them on jig using a lathe or if the lathe is to small and it's worth constructing a machine consider into building a rolling machine...something like this but with a larger diameter die YouTube - Ferforje Halka ve Nervür Makinası-Circle-Carled Conifer Mach

Beautifull work! Can i ask how much time did you spent on making the table and what`s the price for this unique work? You dont have to answer if you don`t feel confortable but i was just curiouse
Wonderfull work again...

I tried round pipe inside the square tubing. It does not work if you want a clasic twist. but it sure works if you whant to have an organic looking shape...just before it brakes.

NeatGuy: are the dies perpendicular on the material ?And if they are i supose that the fuller is on an angel towords the material.I also supose that the pipe is round ...

I twist tubing with a "twist" ... pun intended. I use a large stationary mechanical nibbler either a Pullmax or a Trumpf (currently a Trumpf cn900).

Nibbler

I usualy make the twist cold but have also made it hot from 5" tube. The nibbler is a very safe, easy to use, and very versitile machine that seems to under utilized within the Blacksmith comunity. In many cases they can be had for a song.

brad

I like your ideea althow i don't completly understand how the dies are made even after looking at the pictures.Seems that you are twisting tube more easly than i do actualy i am done twisting tubes for now...got tired of tring to insert sand and other pipes in :)

Ever had the problem of twisting the tube till it colapsed ? well i had i am just wondering how is this machine made ? Take a look : Rotary Type Tube Swaging Machine, Rotary Swaging Machines, swaging equipment, swaging machine pipe bender exhaust pipe bender beading machine copper pipe bender mandrel pipe bender,Swaging Machine - B2B Manufacturers Directory Taiwan,China Swagers,Sw
Any idees about a home made one ? You have to admit that the forms that the machine can make are really nice. In the long turn let's see if we can make one ....we made anvils, forges, power hammers, presses, benders even twisting machines and some of us here i think made a hole lathe ... Man i love the outcome

Wow that's a nice conversion you made there ! I love your press

Brr... i am mostly looking for European sellers i think ... the cost of shiping from US is way to big to worth the effort... seems that the price that they have listed(king arhitecutral)is only 0.20$ cheaper/peace than what i can find in my country ...i don't know if that will cover the transport thow...but 10x for the link i found some nice catalogs that they are offering the PDF version...under the contact section

Hey guys ! i need to buy about 1800 peaces of each of this leaves. Any of you selling at a good price ? or any sugestions ?

I see this one as causing potential problems with flat spots. It looks like a good patent on a difficult method - although I have seen large hydraulic benders set up on similar principles.

I have copied this exact bender and i worked with it quite a lot. This bender is good for bending stock at an angle 90 ...45^ or any angle. It's good for making collars but i don't recomand for making an arch.This is not the fastes and the simplest way posibble .Circles take a lot of time to make too ...

Or you can build a gas forge It;s faster it;s cleaner it's loweder it's easy to see where the flame is and i have never melt a piece in there !