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keith9

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  1. Thomas, by outboard do you mean then end of the shaft that the blower fans are connected to? I don't know if the shaft rides on a bearing or what but there's no play on the fan end of the shaft. turns smooth. somewhere around the gears there is a bit of play in what I suspect is and old copper bearing but hard telling not knowing isn't it? Got to get in there. Irondragon, thanks for confirming that it should back straight off the shaft, i don't want to break this thing in the process of trying to fix it. I am dropping penetrating fluid down the handle mount set screw hole a few times a day but so far it's glued on there. Randell, I found Joe and will check it out as time permits. Thanks. I got looking at this again tonight and it seems there may have once been a set screw to secure the handle to the shaft (see picture). You can see a number of places on the handle arm where a set screw once pinched. Maybe the set screw threads stripped and they used a rivet to secure it. In the process the end of the shaft was mushroomed a bit and now the handle mount won't budge. You can see a bit of mushrooming in the first picture. I'm going to try grinding the shaft flush to the handle mount and then see if it'll come. Might have to break the bond with heat as well. We will see.
  2. yes sir well thank you. That should just pull straight off once the set screw is removed then eh? I'll give it a go. Pete
  3. This is a Canadian Blower and Forge Co. unit. There is a good bit of play in the drive rod that runs through the center of the blower (B). I started to take it apart and can't easily get the hand crank mount (A) separated from the drive rod (B). Removal of the set screw reveals no play and the rod appears to be threaded so I didn't want to pry it out from the blower cover. Anyone here know how this is supposed to come apart? Thanks, Pete please feel free to correct my terminology, I don't know what this stuff is supposed to be called.
  4. timely topic, thanks. I'm about to get the legs rebuilt for my old forge. That'll happen this weekend then I'll be on deck for my first forge burn. I make and know charcoal, but more for the Weber Smoky Joe Pete
  5. @rangert from a newbie to a newbie, I learned more from this video than anything else I've come across so far. Pete
  6. well here I am one week after buying this old forge and I'm wondering if I shouldn't have. I've done a good bit of reading on this site. I've found the content in Grimm's recent post to be particularly helpful, thank you all on that one. So after all that I feel as though I should have just built a simple side blast forge. Should I bother using charcoal in this bottom blast forge that I've got now? At least I've got a decent hand blower either way Thanks, Pete p.s. the lack of progress might seem lame but I'm very busy with work and life at home. No time except to learn and ponder before I start pounding this fall.
  7. keith9

    dad's post vice

    Not knowing anything I bought a forge last week. I've got a bunch of related gear that came down through the family that I'm slowly pulling out of the corners. I am interested to hear what some knowledgeable people might see in this vice that I do not. I can't confirm it's origins before it was in my grandfathers possession. So that'll give you a good idea of where this came from. This is a simple yet fully functional tool from a farm where it was worth it's weight in gold. What do you see? Thanks, Pete
  8. Here's the story of where Tim and Marian are at now: Be nice to find out how we can get his video so that the money goes to them directly? Pete
  9. love your profile name.  Wish that viewpoint was more prevalent

    Pete

  10. With that I can retreat and do some good reading. What a wonderful publication. Thank you for this, Pete
  11. I am a construction surveyor so summer is my busy season. Not much time between that and tending to the garden, the family and the woodpile. Once the heat of the summer cools down comes my time to play. I just finished a great book and I'll be replacing that time with introductory blacksmithing literature. I found this pdf online that has stopped me from looking any further. I like it because it is basic basics plain english. http://www.bushcraftuk.com/downloads/pdf/blacksmithing.pdf I'm thinking between this Harries and Heer writeup, local connections and this website I should be ready to start hammering before the snow flies. Would you say this looks like a pretty darn good introductory article or do you know of any others that I should be looking at instead? Thanks, Pete
  12. I will replicate the bent legs. To bend the pipe I'll cap off one end, fill the area of the bend with fine sand and bend away between 2 trees or somewhere on the tractor. Should be able to get them pretty close. Funny I never read Charles' post until now. I just asked my dad at lunch how to go about bending the pipe without collapsing it and he suggested the sand. Thanks for mirroring his thinking for me. Charles, in your above post did you mean to say 'charcoal sorce' ? I couldn't find anything (the google) to show me what that is? I did try to google the viking grave site last night and couldn't find anything that showed forge legs but found lots of other interesting articles. Thanks, Pete
  13. I like this as well as it would do me out. I'll have to visit my local Wonder Muffler once I get the legs setup but paid work is getting in the way right now. I used to have a bit of ornamental ambitions but now most all of my work is highly satisfactory once I have achieved the solid stage. That being said would you say I would be wise to replicate the original legs with the bends (more stable?) or just put some straight pipes down to the ground and scab the cross bracing from the original set I want to take my time straightening and cleaning this rig up while I gather some context on this trade. Both Charles and Thomas' posts are a bit greek to me. Why did I not ever sit with my grandfather when he told us kids he wanted to show us how to make chain using the forge? Thanks, Pete
  14. swede ... I sent a line out to the Maritime Blacksmith Association about an upcoming event that's not to far away. Thank you. Look forward to hearing from them and I'll definitely get a membership. Hopefully a good way to run into other quacks like me who aren't thinking mainstream. A very wise woman once told me to tread lightly with my message, people who are ahead of their times wait in lonely places. It just occurred to me that works both ways, people who are behind their times aren't necessarily overly popular with the mainstream either are they And thanks Frosty for your insight on attention to the approach of the air delivery along with some options for controlling it. This will be another long road to success won't it. Mr. Stevens that is a solid hat sir, top shelf, and I really like the forge setup in the picture. There's a spot by the river very near here where the kids drug back some beautiful looking clay. There's a truckload of it there. I always had the urge to apply some serious heat to it to see what it would do and now we will. Looking forward to the family getting back from vacation. Great to have inquisitive learning opportunities like this. Any mainstream alternatives to preoccupy the kids minds is the way to go in my book.
  15. I will have to keep this fabulous distraction in check although it is critical to have something like this that excites my ambition. Thank you all for these introductory comments, I carefully digested every word. I'm following up with the guy I bought this from for location of the missing blower connection but you have me well equiped to deal with it otherwise if need be. The stock support can't be removed until it is straightened out a bit but we have the technology to deal with that. I've got my grandfathers old post vice, anvil, swage blocks and some tongs. I've long made our own charcoal so I'll be using that for fuel. maybe, we'll see. Before all that I want to get the slag chipped out, new legs on the forge and that blower apart which starts tonight. Roses will be a ways out but I'd like to start with things like a toilet paper holder. Won't she be thrilled Pete
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