Duckwalk

Is there a better place in the forums to post looking for people in my local area?

Hello all, ive been around here snooping for a while and have been in the chat. I just moved to Lincolnton, North Carolina and was hoping someone is near by. Id like to Get some equipment built back up. I just sold everything (again) to help pay for the moving truck. Let me know!

I like the part where he used a flatter to make his flatter  

6 minutes ago, Daswulf said:

How sturdy is it? If you do make hardie tools for it i'd wonder about pounding on the edge. Give it a shot and let us know how it worked. It's already built. If it didn't work out you can always repurpose it. 

Might add some support for the hardie side.

9 minutes ago, JHCC said:

Duckwalk, I would strongly recommend unspiking that plate from the base and turning it edge-up. You want as much mass as possible under the hammer blow.

I appriciate the advice. The whole thing weighs about 90+lbs. If it does not suffice for what im doing, i will absolutly try turning it up. I also have some rr iron that i use on its end.

Just finished making this today. The stand is 4 - 4x6 cut at 35". The "anvil" is a railroad tie plate. 1"thick. I can start making harty tools with rr spikes as bases as they fit perfectly for obvious reasons. This should be more than enough for me at my skill level. 

Yeah i got the gear case top off. im just trying to find a model number on it. i would assume it has one.

Recently picked this up and have been trying to restore it with little to no knowledge at all. Looking to see if anyone know what model i may have so i can try and find a schematic for it.

Well sorry for the picture heavy thread. After the use of a propane tourch and some elbow grease the fan cover came off today too. To my surprise all the fan blades are intact and not rusted through. next thing is to remove the fan and then the back fan case from the gear case.

Well, the lid popped right off this morning! The gears seem to be in pretty good shape. Lots of rust between the teeth but thats all it is. nothing a little WD-40 and wire brush cant fix! There was a lose screw on the inside laying on top of a gear. im assuming some sort of locking screw to hold the gear in place?

I picked this up today for $30 and well as taken by suggestion from the chat room guys, im letting this puppy sit atleast overnight before i try and torque some screws loose that i have penetrating oil on. I will post the process of me restoring this to like day number one.

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If you have any balancing issues on the blades (IE: alot of vibration) I read somewhere that people were using rivets to balance them. 

im not worried about time. ive got a hair dryer on the way but trying to get something non electric as i wont have power running to the shop im building. i dont mind fiddleing with it. i know he has working ones for $75.

So im going to a blacksmith collectors "yard" tomorrow to sort through and pick stuff out that i would like to purchase. he has plenty of small working hand cranks for $75 and alot that dont work for im hoping somewhere around $20. What are some things i should look out for? i talked with turbo in chat today and he recomend that i take some pliers, screwdrivers and an adjustable wrench wtith me. Then he had to go, once i get ahold of one that is frozen up or doesnt work, what do i need to look for as far as making sure its worth the $20 or so dollars?

Well, building myself a new forge to use. Its been about 6 years since ive smithed and im very excited to get back into it. Here i will post my process of building this forge. here is my firepot and a metal panel ive cut a hole in to set the rotor into. tomorrow i will build a table and will take pictures as i go.

This particular blade was a section of leaf spring from an older Nissan truck. unfortunately, this knife was also sold as a result of lack of income. Got a nice job now and i cant wait to get back to it! The handle was just some scrap wood i had laying around. cut the block in half, scorched it then put it on the polishing wheel. turned out rather nice.

Started as a teen smithing everything from forks to knives to S hooks etc... and had to sell EVERYTHING i owned blacksmithing related to make some house payments. That was a sad day  Recently starting to build a shop and get some gear to get started again. Getting a free forge from a friend today who got it free in a mill shop bundle purchase. Working on trying to get an anvil still. Just called a friend of mine in the crane business and he is going to get me 10ft of the following cable diameters

3/4"

1/2" 

and 2 and 1/4"

Well first post here on IFI and i thought id post a picture of a knife i made a while back. This is the knife i am most proud of. The shape made it a bit difficult to heat treat and temper properly. Seems softer around the tip and the bevel areas. Would love to hear some feed back. I am getting my forge tomorrow but still in the hunt for ANYTHING usable to pound on. Im very excited to restart this in my life. I had to sell everything i had made tool wise along with my forge and anvil as i was out of a job and needed money quick for mortgage payments.