Cannon Cocker
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Good point! I'll leave a log on my truck at the end of the day. A 25 footer aught to do it!
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9 hours ago, ThomasPowers said:
Working 1" stock down fairly small by hand? There are some promising old treatments for that involving strikers/power hammers/rolling mills/drop hammers/powered screw presses/hydraulic presses,...
I'm assuming this was in response to my post. Yes all of those treatments would work. But..... They would take away the fun of finding out how the hammer works! Also, the only thing on that list I can afford at the moment would be the beer to pay the striker with.... But then we wouldn't be social distancing! It's okay though,. I NEED the workout!
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I like that idea JHCC. Do you plan on doing something to keep the holes lined up? Or is the spring stout enough that the won't get out of alignment?
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I finished forging the diagonal peen hammer and got it rough ground to shape. Now I just need to clean it up a bit, heat treat it, and put a handle on it. I'm looking forward to moving some steel with her! First project will be hammer eye tongs out of 1" square.
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Old crew that is one heck of an awesome find!
I just shut the forge off after realizing that my truck driver hands aren't as tough as they were when they were millwright hands! (I popped a couple of blisters and my forearm was starting to cramp up as well. But I suppose that's what happens when you swing an 8# sledge one handed for a couple of hours!).
I made my first hammer eye drift out of a leaf spring pin my Peterbilt donated to the scrap bucket.
It's not actually crooked that's just the lighting on it.
And I started turning a cheep 4# hammer into a double diagonal peen hammer like what John sometimes uses on black bear forge.
Yesterday I made my wife a foot stool to keep her feet off the cold floor while she's working at the desk I made for her last week. In the words of Red Green. "If the women don't find you handsome at least they'll find you handy!". I'm pretty sure my wife finds me both!
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Thanks for advise frosty. I have a friend that told me not to fix it because he wants to buy it as left handed. So I'll fine tune the screw and put a nice Olive oil finish on it and sell it to him.
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Yeah, I know it's not garbage is a lesson learned!
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I just made a piece of garbage that is supposed to be a cork screw.....I like the design, but I ran out of propane before I could finish touching up the screw. What makes it garbage is that I turned it the wrong direction. I don't want to have to think about it every time I open a bottle of wine! Once I get more propane I'll try to straighten it out and twist it the proper direction.
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I fired up the forge for the first time since moving a couple of days ago. I made a mount for the satellite radio receiver in my log truck. It turned out fairly well, but it showed me that I'm really RUSTY!
This morning I made some hooks to hang my "get pulled out"chain.
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I like the drive hook in the middle. Nice work on all three!
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20 hours ago, GolFisHunt said:
Check on both points. A lower tooth count would have helped the speed, but I was looking for smoother versus faster. I'll use an 18 tpi next time.
Make yourself a slitting chisel and got cut it. You can split a cross faster that way than you even can using an angle grinder. I've proven that to myself a few times.
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This is where I got the idea from.
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Thank you Moose, NASTY is exactly what I was going for!
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4 hours ago, Frosty said:
Here's to you and your brother exchanging gifts for many years to come.
Frosty The Lucky.
Yeah he's been doodling on me for years..
Here you go Das!
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I'll have to give the "tattoo" idea a try some other time. I have to give him this one tomorrow night before he flies back to California.
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Thanks Frosty and CGL! I am very pleased with the way it turned out. I've never forged anything with this kind of a demand for detail, or skill level. So I was really pumped when it came together like it did.
This is a birthday present for my brother who is a tattoo artist. I think it'll have a good home in his shop!
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1 hour ago, Chris The Curious said:
Only thing is I don't need the stuff on the ends of the axle. Don't need it, surely don't want to have to pay for it!
Make friends with the yard workers. Give them bottle openers and stuff when you come out and they'll be more than happy to torch of the stuff you don't want or need.
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Good point Frosty! Perhaps I should've said life like instead of realistic!
I finished the monster tonight!
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Thanks Chris that's what I was going for. Hopefully when I fix the eyes it'll really look realistic.
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Beautiful craftsmanship! I like how smooth and well finished the rise peddles are.
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I just started on my first dragon. I was going to put it on the ever so popular "what did you do in the shop today" thread. But I decided to make it's own thread. I started out with about 10" of 1" key stock (I should've used mild but it was about the right size so.... In the fire it went!). I drew out the body, cut in the horns, and folded the head over yesterday.
Today I forge welded the head together (only my second forge weld ever. So glad it turned out!)
Then I got started on the face.... Not happy with the eyes, I'll definitely be redoing them!
The horns are in that position because I hammered them back out of the way for the weld. I like the way they look and will probably leave them alone for the most part. I'll continue to update this as it progresses!
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7 hours ago, pnut said:
Do you have other anvils? Even if you do pick it up and pass it on to a new smith for fifty bucks. It looks like it has a little usable face. I would be happy to come across it for 40 or 50 bucks. It has more real estate than my vertical rail.
Pnut
I do have two other anvils and a third one on its way. One is home made it of a big chunk of mild steel. One is a big flat faced one that was designed for straightening and cupping saw Mill blades. The one on its way was my great grandfather's I haven't seen it and don't know what it weighs but it's staying in the family and I get to use it. So long story short I have a friend who only has a HF ASO he's paying me back, then I'll air Arc the old stuff on and weld a new face on it for him.
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About a half inch. 140 is the weight the truck scale said. But it rounds to the nearest 20, so you could be right on that one.
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It did follow me home. $45.50 for a 140# Anvil ain't bad! But she does need A LOT of help!
What did you do in the shop today?
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You nailed it, that is not the black hills. We are cutting in the bighorns in Wyoming right now.
I should put some hydraulic lines off the truck that I could hook a press to I'd have a 500hp blacksmiths press! Talk about metal moving power! And good guess she is a Peterbilt.