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JHCC

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  1. JHCC
    That must have been difficult. Try one of these; they work a lot better.
  2. JHCC
    Raiding the college library: (Oh, and I also just found out that the library's electronic resources include online access to the last decade or so of "The Hammer's Blow" and "The Anvil's Ring". Sweet!)
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    Interesting thought. It does have the pivoting head that can present either the screwdriver (?) or the two nubs. That would be "screwer-in", technically.
  4. JHCC
    That's excellent advice.
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    The best way I've found is to post the video to YouTube, and then post the YouTube link here. then we delete it if anyone posts a comment that violates the IFI ToS
  6. JHCC
    Tell them a letter opener is for a very specific kind of hacking.
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    The downward-facing point on the back is really cool, though.
  8. JHCC
    That's quite a hunk o' machine you got there. Looking forward to seeing the restoration! May I ask what you paid?
  9. JHCC
    That's really nice, LBS. I wonder if a slightly shorter poll-to-edge distance and a bit more of a beard (stubble?) would be better proportions? Love the combination of textures.
  10. JHCC
    I foresee that cake cutting will be the next sharpness test on “Forged In Fire”.
  11. JHCC
    It would have to be a long, long way under 900. Remember, I have a daughter in college.
  12. JHCC
    The industrial surplus place keeps getting in the old Lincoln round-top tombstones and the occasional Miller Thunderbolt. Maybe it’s time to learn to stick weld.
  13. JHCC
    I do NOT love that I have to give it back. It has been very, very good to me.
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    Very quickly, I welded some 3/16” plate under the feet of my anvil to make it sit a bit flatter on the floor. I was then about to weld the treadle hammer base to the anvil stand (when wouldn’t you know it) I ran out of flux-core. However, even with just one spot weld between the two stands, the whole thing feels a lot more solid. I’ll try to grab a spool of wire tomorrow and finish up before I have to give the welder back in a few days.
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    There was a recent Forged in Fire episode where a contestant having trouble with his cable Damascus threw some chunks in a canister with some 1095 powder. I suppose you could do the same with a slightly untwisted (and vigorously cleaned) section of HC cable in a canister with 15N20 powder, if such a beast exists.
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    OK, I think I get what you’re saying: take the length of the eye and multiply that by three to get the total length of the tool. Sound right?
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    Not quite following you -- "golden rule of a 3rd" as the ratio of what to what? (Side note: one nice thing about the rodded hot-cut in the video is that you can flip it over and use it as a hand hammer for a couple of whacks to straighten out your workpiece.)
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    Also interesting to see how much the anvil is moving around. I'm thinking that I might want to weld the base of the treadle hammer to the base of the anvil, in a bid for greater stability. I think there's a way to do that while still maintaining the option of detaching the two (by unscrewing four bolts that currently hold the hammer base together) if necessary.
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    I just lucked out on an unusual 2 x 90 grinder for $149 from an industrial surplus place near me. Be open to unusual options; as Glenn says, if you don't build the box, you won't have to think outside the box.
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    Yes, indeed. Not huge, but significant. It's interesting to note that with the current length of the linkage, the treadle bottoms out before the hammer hits the top tool. That is, the force of the blow comes from the hammer's momentum, not directly from the muscles of the leg. That definitely attenuates the effort curve and lessens the impact shock on my body at the bottom of the stroke.
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    Really like the scrolling in the last photo. Good shape, nice and clean.
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    Particularly interesting to note how much the shock-absorbing spring in the linkage is actually doing. Adding that was definitely a good idea.
  23. JHCC
    Thanks, Jennifer. Interesting to look at the action from a different angle.
  24. JHCC
    Thanks, RMB. I needed a pair of tongs to hold sheet metal circles to make into bowls, and I think these will serve well. Here's me starting to cut the reins with the treadle hammer:
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    Had my first student in the shop today who’d already gotten beyond tapers and S-hooks. What did I do in the shop today? I changed my lesson plans! We made a couple of bottle openers to teach him how to slit and drift. It went pretty well. After he left, I made what is probably my best pair of tongs yet:
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