Ironman916

Finally got around to making a stand for my swage block.

Mounted it to an old lathe shaft & face plate, then added a 1"x 25" round plate.

They look great!

Got the stove put in over the weekend.

2 hours ago, JHCC said:

Gotcha.

Here's a thought: instead of the sheet steel panel, have ceramic tile or slate on the vertical section (the strapping would frame them nicely) with narrow horizontal slots at the top and the bottom. Air would enter at the bottom slot, absorb heat from the tile as it rises (cooling the wall as well), and exit through the top slot (essentially the principle of the vented Trombe wall). A friend of mine in Vermont has such an arrangement tiled into the wall behind their wood stove, but it would look great with a metal frame. (Just make sure that the frame has room to accommodate the different coefficients of expansion for the different materials.)

This isn't meant as criticism, by the way: the surround looks awesome as is. I'm just thinking that if you're doing this as an item for sale, the air circulation heater could be an appealing option for the customer -- at a premium, of course!

Yeah I like that idea. I could still cut vents in the top if it were to get too hot...

22 minutes ago, JHCC said:

Really nice tiles, Tom. I only have two suggestions:

1. Keep the frame fairly simple, so as not to make the whole thing too busy. 

2. If you do have something more than an utterly spartan, rectilinear frame, do something that picks up one or two design elements from the tile. For example, you could make an arched rail at the top that uses the shape of the outer tan sections, and maybe put a forged rose in the middle to evoke the flowers in the pattern, like this:

I like the forged rose idea, that'd be a real nice touch. What goes in the space surrounding the rose?

2 minutes ago, JHCC said:

Is there any insulation behind the vertical section (even just some air space), or does it rely entirely on reflecting the heat back into the room to protect the wall?

There's some air space behind it.

4 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said:

I have a friend who used an old slate roof to cover the walls around his woodstove, (I'd found it and told him about it stacked inside a collapsing garage that the owner wasn't interested in)  Made a great place to warm up after being outside in the cold but lacked the mitten and sock drying facility...

I haven't thought much about the sock/ mitten drying abilities. Now I'm even more excited to install the stove!

13 hours ago, Frosty said:

NICE HEAT SHIELD! You can buy magnetic spring clips and hang gloves behind the stove to dry. I "tiled" the concrete backer board standoff behind our stove with polychrome slate. I like yours better. LOTS.

Frosty The Lucky.

Thanks! I like your name for it better, "heat shield" makes more sense.

8 hours ago, Tommytaptap said:

Any explanation of what it is made up of please?

Just 1.5" X .125 angle & 1" X .125 flat bar. And the sheets are 12 gauge I believe. I also welded in some angle under the hearth to support the weight of the stove.

52 minutes ago, Kozzy said:

"ratchet drill"  Those holes in the extension should be for a pin to turn the "feed screw" portion which should extend.Might be long jammed but a good soaking will probably allow it to move again.

 

It loosened right up, still had a little grease inside. Thanks for the info!

Thank you so much! Learn something new every day. It appears to be made by ASHCROFT MFG CO. Bridgeport, CT & New York

I picked up this tool, along with some pipe threading tools, not sure what it is...

Around here (California) Post Vises are no less than $100, and I've seen people trying to sell them for $300. I have two myself, and paid $75 for a light duty one, and $100 for a heavier one. I need to go on a road trip soon...

I've got several of these, now I know what they are meant for. Thanks!

I just mounted this to an old lathe shaft & headstock, I hope it's stable enough, if not I may add some more weight at the base. (Not sure how to rotate this photo)

I may have the same vise. Just mounted it today.