Irondragon Forge ClayWorks

Killing or trapping anything with more legs than a dog, as my wife says, is one of my duties. I can be upstairs when she is downstairs and the shriek will alert me that a cricket has jumped on her. Funny thing is she's not the least bit concerned with snakes.

Welcome to the insanity. Looks like you have a good handle on just starting out. Even if you don't have blacksmithing stuff to contribute, I'm sure in your reading you have noticed we often "go off the rails" in some threads and clean puns, jokes etc. are more than welcome and we love pictures. There is even a sub-forum Everything Else that a lot of us post in, lots of good threads there. If you are into cooking check out Vulcan's Grill some great recipes there.

Yep that's the same saw I liked.

Does the hole run the full length or is it threaded for attachment bits? The piece next to the one with a bit looks solid to me. Usually they make good hardy and struck tools like drifts, chisels, punches, small hammer heads etc.

As far as maintenance, use water or oil when sharpening, then wipe it down with a rag or paper towel and store it wrapped up (I use kraft paper) keep it where nothing hard will drop on it to chip or break it.

I believe the hammer thingy is a Mill Pick, used for refacing the old millstones. I agree with the roofing hatchet for working shake singles.

I get sound but no video??? From the sound it seems to be like one I had the pleasure to work with in an alunimium foundry, I worked in as a teenager, good times those making custom license plates and frames.

I think this link is allowed though. An article from Anvil Magazine back in 1998. http://www.anvilmag.com/smith/anvilres.htm Or this from IFI

I made a pulley for the Star power hammer out of an old V-belt pulley and three glued laminated layers of wood. The V-belt pulley is bolted to the wood block, turned on the wood lathe to 4 5/8 in diameter. It worked very well with the 3 in flat leather belt, however the diameter of the pulley was too big and ran the hammer faster than I was comfortable with, so I switched to a 2 in V-belt pulley and V-belt to get the BPM I wanted. Just another idea for anyone who needs a pulley for their hammer.

Just ridgize the Kaowool and it should be OK.

Instead of formulas, I use The Rule of Thumb. Formulas make my head hurt.

I would be back there digging deeper into the pile it came from, never know what might turn up.

Pretty hard to miss as it's a subforum of Anvils, Swage Blocks and Mandrels.

Did the stand come with it? I really like the stand as well as the anvil.

I really like those hold down's. I have some hardy tools that are missing the shank's which I was going to weld some on. Now I will just make a holder and use them as is. Thanks for the picture.

Would love to see a picture or three of it. Ya know we love pictures don't ya.

Ringing the anvil in the garden three times, to ask for comfort be sent to his family and friends and rest for his soul.

I don't think there is a formula, at least I've never seen one. Like Frosty, I started with an orifice size of .0625 which was way too large. I then changed to an orifice size .025 which was too small. Then started drilling the orifice out one drill bit size at a time until settling on .036 which is perfect for our burner in our forge.

Welcome aboard Dianne. Knowing where in the world it/you are located will also help along with the pictures (we love pictures). I agree with George it sounds more like a forge than a smelter.

The difference appears to be the shims you have in the tension arm to keep it from moving around.

The screw looks fine and I imagine the screw box will be good also. Having the handle thrust washer is a plus, so many of them are missing and have to be made.

Yep, used one in my racing days back in the '60s. I now use it to finish cutting on the hot cut so I don't have to worry about hammer or hot cut damage.

I usually eyeball it.

I would do the repair as Latticino said. Tig welding could be used also, but it will take someone who is good at that. The main thing is to get it super clean.

the secret to good math, is to avoid it whenever possible ~ Mikey98118