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I think it is a 1 HP motor on it right now (according to the guy I bought it from), but I cannot tell for sure because the nameplate is scratched up right there.  I have heard that 2 hp is the recommended size for a 25lb, but it seems pretty well powered from what I have tried using so far.

Got my 1947 Little Giant up and running.  It works really well so far (even if it still needs some tweaking).

got the guides lined up, clutch tuned (well enough), and the dies installed!  

Took a lot of work, and really more time than I have, but we have a working 25lb Little Giant now!

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Making progress!

Still need to fit up the clutch, ram guide, brake and get the dies set, but an evening of fine tuning, and I think we will be back in business!

Got a new power hammer.  Talked with Dave, over at littlegianthammer, and he said it was originally sold in 1947.  Needs a decent amount more work, but it's getting there.  Melted out the old babbit bearings, and poured new.  Now it's time to start painting and reassembling.  

I couldn't make the anvil type out from the vantage point that the tour gave us.  I spent waaay longer than anyone else in my group cared too looking at this room.

Also, you are correct George, that is the forge in the far corner.  They had hammer clinking sounds playing over a speaker to imitate work going on.  There were a few sets of tongs hanging on the wall behind the anvil.

Went on a family vacation to Alabama last week, and got to tour the battleship USS Alabama.  It was amazing, and I could have spent an entire week there, just looking around at the engineering and construction marvels around every corner.  Around one corner though, we found the ship's blacksmith shop.  I had no idea that we were going to stumble across a blacksmith's setup that has floated around the world, and through numerous large battles.  It makes sense after thinking about it, but never would have guessed I was going to see an anvil and forge on that tour.

There was also 2 impressive machine shops on board, with enough equipment to perform some pretty massive repairs.  It was a very cool tour, and I highly recommend it.  My kids loved it as well.

Nice looking blade Das.  I like the darkened handle look with that cable.  It looks like the wood grain pattern complements the cable pattern very nicely.  I have some old 1-1/2" cable from a drilling rig that I will have worked with in the past, but I'm definitely going to copy your style at some point.

Dang, yeah, sorry to hear about your seizure.  Growing up, my neighbor had similar issues, and I remember him telling me he always felt like he had been beaten up in a fight after his seizures.  I hope you can take it easy for a day or so.  

Great looking tree too MJ!  Looks like that eye probably doesn't feel too great though! Seems like a lot of people on here are having a round end of the year.

Thanks for the suggestions.  I had to go look up "citric acid passivation".  I didn't know the purpose of that process. Thanks for the knowledge journey.

Also finished a hatchet that I've been working on for a little while.  Made of 4140.  Sure was tough to move, even when hot.  Wore my arm out a few times.

Thanks, it sure is a blast getting to hang out with my boys out there!

First blacksmithing project that my 7 year old son has helped with.  He was able to do most of the hammer swinging, while i held the tongs.  It was exciting to see him so exciting to get to do some smithing! It is a clothes pin that we will use to hold washcloths on our fire iron cook set that I made a few months back.  just stick the corner of the cloth through the loop, and pull it down into the pinch point.

Thanks everyone.

That would be fun to make a chess set.  Definitely would take some time!  I love the chess set put together by Thak, through various contributors.  I was actually watching his video of that chess set on youtube not too long ago.

Thanks DHarris, I have a brace/stand that I made from angle iron that can be used in a vise.  It helps when doing detail work with punches or chisels.

Below are the shaping tools I used.  First punch was for general shaping, second chisel was for lines feet etc, third is for eye pupils, fourth one is for eye iris, far right one was used to make the facial recesses for eyes.

Made a little owl talisman or trinket.  I have wanted to make one for while, and finally got around to it.

Also figured out how to post on iforgeiron, and got the anvil stand bands put on.

Made a little owl talisman or trinket.  I have wanted to make one for while, and finally got around to it.

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