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Nick Owen

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  1. 1) "HIT IT THEN!!! " 2) "You know the metal belongs on me, not under me right?" 3) "Will you PLEASE remember a hot cut plate next time? I look like I've been whipped... " Oh... and "Thanks for saving me from being some neglected lawn ornament, you;re the best "
  2. Looking into buying some bolts to texture and blend into a coat rack I'm making. I keep reading conflicting views on what's safe (even here). Zinc plating is obviously a no-no but are SS bolts OK? Also wary of trusting stores that don't know what they have after reading one of the sticky threads re: castors I can strip with vinegar but that's just another step/expense. Really I'm just asking if SS is OK and can generally be trusted or if there is a good UK supplier of affordable bolts that I can forge away all day on?
  3. I don't know if it is reliable but this was my source. http://www.steelforge.com/aisi-1045/ Tempering after normal hardening and oil or water quenching is carried out at 750-1260 ºF (400-680ºC) Other websites say similar things http://www.interlloy.com.au/our-products/carbon-steels/1045-medium-tensile-carbon-steel-bar/ Stress Relieving Heat to 550 oC - 660 oC hold until temperature is uniform throughout the section, soak for 1 hour per 25mm of section, and cool in still air. Tempering Re heat to 400 oC - 650 oC as required, hold until temperature is uniform throughout the section, soak for 1 hour per 25mm of section, and cool in still air.
  4. I do mean tempering after the heat/quench. The temps for that type of steel seems to be around 500c.
  5. I've looked it up as equivalent to 1045.. tempering that is going to be a nightmare. I don't think chucking it in the oven is going to cover it... allllllthough my oven does have a pyrolytic cleaning function that takes it up to 500c for an hour and a half.... hmmm
  6. Can anyone give me any information on EN45 steel? What would it be comparable to that I can look for guides on treatment? I'm assuming that it is just an awkward British naming of something that I have seen plenty of times in online articles/videos?
  7. I took it apart a few days ago and from my crude understanding of it I would guess that it does use the input to cool it.
  8. How can I tell? (sorry electrics are really not my thing!)
  9. It's not up at the moment, it's just sat in the garden waiting to be put up. Was hoping to repurpose it. I might still put it up and just put a roof on it just so I have some shade to see temperature colours in the meantime.
  10. Cutting off the output, not input. I know that it would be better to cover the input but I was hoping that I would just be able to lower the voltage and reduce the noise anyway.
  11. Oh no, it's probably exactly what you're thinking/ its simply and aluminium frame made to hold the weight of glass/plastic sheets and that's about it!
  12. I just looked into the pricing of panels... would probably work out cheaper to actually pay someone to build a wood shop than clad it with metal... *shakes fist at UK pricing*
  13. I have been looking into building a shop. I have posted before but I keep looking at a greenhouse shell that is sat in my garden. I know of at least one person that has converted a greenhouse frame into a workshop. I have the aluminium frame, I had the glass but not daft enough to use it. Has anyone got any ideas/photos for how I could potentially clad the aluminium frame with something? Xxxx I would just throw a tarp over the thing if it wasn't such a fire risk! Just looking for somewhere I can store my gear, isolate at least some of the noise and have somewhere I don't need to freak out if it starts chucking it down with rain onto a hot forge
  14. Is that leg vise just standing in concrete? It doesn't look like it's attached to anything..?
  15. Hi, I have a Leister blower for my solid fuel forge. It just about gets the job done but sometimes when I want to shut the air down a little bit closing the air valve off just makes the blower obnoxiously loud. Does anyone know if I would be able to tell if I could use a plug in rheostat to adjust the power going to the blower? Thanks in advance!
  16. I think I will have a go at some point framing up a workshop building but I literally have zero equipment I think I own a saw. I recently had to buy a claw hammer to remove some nails that were sticking out of a door frame. That's my construction experience and equipment
  17. I pretty much run a think like a farmer attitude too We have a side entrance to both the front and rear sides of our house. Once all of the redecorating is finished we are going back to the old method of coming in. If you're dirty you use the side door. There is a spare set of clothes and a set of shoes by the side door so I can quickly change and stop the spread further than the entrance. Magnets do sadly do squat if the material you drag in is not magnetic, most of what we would have on us probably is but coal dust, brass wire, general muck from the floor will still follow us in. I had this issue from gardening mainly... stinky rotting grass being used as a mulch/fertiliser was not a nice thing to bring in! Having the spares on hand has saved me a few times, cleaning the drains out and realising I couldn't get back in without dripping nasty black drain goop everywhere was a solid trigger to have a plan For the meantime, my house is being painted/sanded and my life is dust...
  18. Never a bad idea I have coursework and mock exams to mark at all hours for the next week or two but I will be over again soon.
  19. A very detailed response. I have thought about pallet build but I really am terrible at building anything that can't be held by hand lol. I will try using the extention first. It's not that bad. The forge will be right next to the back door so I'm only having to lift it through the door. I'll just need to fireproof the room by stripping out the carpet and it should be good to go.
  20. I'm not much of a builder really. I do have a small room at the back of my extension that I could convert into a smithy. I would have to keep the forge outside as that room connects to my laundry room and don't want to stink it out with burning charcoal and coke. I think that may be my best option but it will be a little awkward brining my hot metal through a door repeatedly. I thought that a metal shed wouldn't really hold the noise well but thought I would ask anyway. Was hoping it would be better than just out in the open. My garden is connected to six other gardens as I'm on an end row house and it goes down between the middle of several others. Not ideal for noisy garden activities! I finally got my anvil up on its stand and it has been caulked in but it is still super loud. Will try magnets and other things but no getting away from it.. Its going to be unsociable lol
  21. Hello again! I have a limited amount of space, about 8ft x 12ft to put a small workshop in the back garden. I want somewhere shaded that can at least isolate some of the noise of banging away. The area that it would go over would be a gravel patch. I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience with using the little metal sheds as a smithy area? They can be picked up for a few hundred pounds and I can probably put one together by myself.
  22. That'll be fun in my classroom... 30-32 sweaty, mouth breathing kids in an enclosed space and minimal ventilation. I miss my old air conditioned classroom
  23. Bleugh... most don't like it I suppose but I think British weather is great. Rarely too cold, rarely too hot. Goldilocks would be a happy girl 'round these parts I wish the summer was longer here but I'm usually bored of the heat by October anyway!
  24. 13% is pretty low isn't it? Maybe I'm just used to 80%+ in Thailand. That's murder unless you stay within a few feet of a cold shower/man sized bucket...
  25. I imagine that you're a little more used to that kind of weather than we are. 13C is average around here for this time of year
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