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jlpservicesinc

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  1. David, love the shape and handle. Is this a thick cleaver for processing large pieces or a thin blade?
  2. Any course is a good course.. The ABANA course is based on the CBA course layout but reworked slightly. It's a great course and covers nearly all the bases for an Artist blacksmith. The course outline is on the ABANA website which has been upgraded fantastically over the last few years. https://abana.org/education/ There are a lot of talented and skilled smith involved with ABANA... The reason why I said it that way is because of how approachable these longer term/skilled smiths are. The next ABANA meet is in JUne.
  3. Sound or reverb depends a lot on how the anvil is resting.. If the reverb when struck is dampened it won't ring much. It's the reason people put magnets and such on anvils.
  4. The guy who owns the place can be hard to get a hold of. Your best bet is to FB message him, or email him at the work email address.. This time of year he travels.. He is a really great person.. You can also try to message him here on IFI.
  5. Swedefiddle, you beat me to it. Wanna forge a hammer.. Watch the video on making a Hot set or Handled hot chisel. Forging an accurate eye in is not difficult.. The hardest part is where to place the hammer eye hole for weight balance.. But if you forge the peen first it becomes a no brainer since one should ideally know what they want for balance in the hammer. I have great respect for "Brian Brazeal" and his method of hammer making popularized by everyone and their Grandmother.. I'm not a huge fan of slot punching unless its needed for thin metal. Unless you are using thin metal slotting and punching for hammer eyes is way over rated and you need a lot of extra tooling. If you punch the eye round and ovalize it, it's a 2 step process and can have a finished hammer in just over an hour depending on hammer size.. There is no reason to drill multiple holes.. Draw out the peen to the desired size, cool off the piece slowly, drill one smallish hole (THE SIZE OF YOUR FIRST PUNCH)where you want to run your first punch thru, then follow it up with larger sizes until you see the hammer handle eye size you like..
  6. Thanks.. The Obsbot tail is supposed to be able to film sports and such so fast movements are not much of a problem when working right. Not sure what the deal is.. Ok, so keeping the good tracking footage in is ok? Not to long of a video? Those extra 2 to 5min reheat times do add up in overall video length.. David, there are a bunch of things I learned over the years.. Seeing them implemented in person can help see a different experience. There are a lot of things I learned I don't have to do if I do X first. Not sure if it was clear in the video but pulled the long sides in as a preform before thinning the blade itself. Pinching the metal from the inside out eliminates the tendency to fish mouth and the preform helps minimize corrections to width. yes, it could be misunderstood or help the newer smith see there is a way to do it, without all the prep most do. There is a good reason to take classes with schooled and knowledgeable people.. It can really open a new understanding. I like seeing effective and efficient forging. I'll keep working at it. Frosty I'm not skilled enough to clog and forge at the same time.. I have no idea how the camera tracks.. I do know this was a new thing vs the original model which never had this problem.. This newer model is very fancy compared to the original Tail camera. The video tracking was good to about 35min then it drifted.. I caught it and eliminated it by 41min in.. But since this camera was in charge of sound the sound dropped off and the volume has to be raised.. Your tolerance for shaky camera footage must be low.. Visual disturbances can be tough.. You might do better with a single camera position without the switching..
  7. That's great feedback right there.. Thanks.. I have a tough time judging and not sure what people would want to see. I'm not exactly sure how Obsbot does it.. I do know they have something mounted in the side of the lens and it has to be open.. So a filter has to have an open section so as not to block it. What I was doing was turning on the upper camera.. The front camera is mounted nearly on the ceiling at the corner.. My anvil is mounted lower than knuckle height so I do not have to hold the bar up with a bent arm.. Basically, my arm is nearly straight, and just have to hold onto it. 31" is my anvil height.
  8. Thanks Larry.. Your feedback is much appreciated.. And your welcome. It did go wonky and it would not track or stay locked on target.. I sent footage to the company and hope they get it resolved.. I bought the cameras for doing live streams.. The trailer is very cool maybe 55F that day.. it is possible though that the cameras themselves getting hot from use can be the problem. Somewhere around the time of the first fade off, the camera took on a mind of it's own much quicker.. I gave up after 4 corrections.. Was having the reheat times in the video a good thing? I've left them out previously because I thought no one wanted to see me standing there.. The reheat times don't warrant a song and dance intermission..
  9. Well I needed a new cold set. Been getting ready with a group of smiths for the upcoming ABANA group forging competition and wanted to bring my tool design to the table. This is more or less the design I like.. I like a blade with a very narrow cross section and a () profile. .. Not my best video job but trying something new with an AI tracking camera and instead of wasting the footage figured I'd put the video together. I did not watch the video in it's entirety so if someone finds a glitch please let me know. Yup, I"m a slacker.
  10. Frosty and gang.. when the building was being built the front shed areas foundation and spacing were setup for walls to seamlessly match the main building.. So can add 20ft when the time comes.. As for time and finished.. I think so.. I mean I do think there will come a time when the inside is finished and items are in their organized areas.. Because of the extent of "trades" Foundry, machining, blacksmithing/bladesmithing/ wheelwright. I'm still not sure how to store the items that are not in use.. I have an idea to stack the machines on pallet racks at the end of the building and pull them down for use... But again these are just ideas.. The hardest part is coming up with installing the smoke stacks and is the last major hurdle. While the photos make it look extremely cluttered most of it is just camera flash.. Meaning only seeing what is in the forefront of the photo.. There is a lot of empty space behind everything. The smoke stacks will mean having to move the manlift outside and machines into their working areas.. So the simple answer is "yes" it will be completed sometime and soonish.. Time goes by so quickly now.
  11. David, Steve it's hard to believe july 15 2019 is when the site prep started. That's a lot of years to add equipment that were to good of a deal to pass up on in the hopes of potential use. In some places you need to be mountain goat for sure. I keep telling myself it will be ok... I do so many things to support what I do, oil burner tech, auto technician, machinist, lumberjack, plumber, etc, etc. And nearly all the tools that go along with that trade. It makes for a lot of stuff. If I just did blacksmithing/bladesmithing it would be so simple.
  12. got another bay of siding up. These only leaves 4 bays left. The 2 on the side walls on the left side. and 2 at the end wall. The end walls are 1.5" thinner in the centers so they need to be shimmed to the full outer which you guessed it is the level steel framing.. Who would design a building that you have to put 1.5" shimms in the middle of a wall to make it level with the perimeter? 2 weeks from today my buddy Eric is coming down and we are going to start with organizing and sorting.. I see a couple of scrap runs in my future. Also some equipment sales..
  13. VoldemarDemid that is a very nice shop.. The new anvil looks very much at home and love the stand as well..
  14. Billy 60Hrc where? edge of face, center of face? John, your getting better.. Nice seeing steady improvements.
  15. great job. the alignment issues you speak of are normal and the reason why I mentioned slowly tightening the bolts.. If the upright venturi or stack blower is centered in the hole you might be able to angle it some towards the blower with a spacer at the tuyere elbow on the firepot. this would give you the needed 1/2" or close. And yes on the spacers behind the blower.. Firms up the connection between the blower and housing. I"m not really sure how they got away with such misalignments at the factory.. I guess that is why these downdraft units had to be special ordered.
  16. My friend Eric called a few weeks back offering a hand and a visit so things came together and he came down yesterday for a wonderful day.. What a huge help. We were able to get the air handlers hung and one space sided. Was a good pace.. Was tired last night and can feel it today..
  17. The lead based putty is a no go. That stuff was amazing. Use it to stuff all the long flat joints. The system uses vacuum and then all the gases are pressurized. Any gap spews smoke. Looking to seal up every crack, seam or hole possible.
  18. Well that is very generous.. Thank you.. Something to keep in mind.. These forges were put together without the fine tolerances we think of today.. Basically some parts were drilled while held in place or in jigs that were lack luster.. So just be careful when putting it back together. The person who fixed the forge before I got it put the firepot in backwards.. Why?? Not sure.. I watched how things aligned and did the round and round as I tightened fastners checking for binding. In the way back they used a lead putty that would stick together with pressure from the flanges.. When I did my trial run there was smoke pouring out from every hole I missed.. Do you have a recommended RTV for flat seams?
  19. Wow thats awesome. I'm not sure what those 2 extra holes are for either..
  20. You did a great job to boot.. Sounds like one of your fan blades is hitting the inside of the blower.. Very nice forge..
  21. It makes me wonder what those extra holes were for? Your forge looks like it lived a good life.. These forges often times end up living outside or in a barn with the roof falling in. Here is the post of the forge I have. Posting all the photos here might have been more useful..
  22. Wow, thank you very much.. That is great.. Now I can make up the parts I need.. On my unit there are bolt holes on the bottom as well.. Does your back wall have the extra bolt holes? The gloss black will turn matt over time.. Looking really sharp though.. I like the gloss.
  23. Nah, the paint looks great.. Paint is excellent for keeping rust at bay.. In the old days, the paint was great stuff and they slathered it on.. Often times it looked like creosote dip.. There would be puddles of dried paint and large runs. I was told by a guy who painted tractors and heavy equipment that runs don't rust.. Your photos did not come thru originally.. I can see them now.. Nice looking forge. If you are making gaskets commercially I'd buy a set.. A lot of the seams need to be plugged with calking. do you have some idea of what you will use? When you put it back together be sure and install all the bolts and pieces together loosly.. Then start tightening the bolts in a "round loosy" kinda deal. Some photos of those pieces would be fantastic.. When you have time..
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