Countryforge

A great looking piece, nice balance.

A great man once said" Freddy you can buy a hammer or you can make a hammer" the making gives you much more pride

All the best, Praying for you

Hi all I am looking for a picture of the sow block and die set assembly for a Badley 30 lb guided helve hammer A neighbour down the road bought one but had no dies with it the hammer is working but he has limited use of it. The bottom die he is using now is too large and his stroke is limited. Any help at all would be great

I use a combination of bees wax lindseed oil and turpentine canola oil can be replaced for the turpentine this makes it soft for working, all my tools get the treatment with a cloth just rubbed on to stop the rust. Up here the temps go from - 30 to 12 degrees in days and the tools all sweat this helps a lot

Check out local companies you have to ask but some do use coal or coke I get some from an insulation company here for a case of beer big stuff but quite useable, power companies , mines for smelting, last check out Duluth may be some down there.

We had a small selection of hard facing rods given to us we used them on our cultivator, used different patterns and marked on a piece of paper which ones we used and where At the end of the season we went back and found out which ones worked best Stoody 36 was by far the best some welds just fell off from the impact of the stones some wore off but the Stoody held out the best

I use 1/2 inch or 5/8 coil steel from spring coils it allows you to make fine tongs with good strength and great recoil to the reins.

nice tight design looks great I have one also they work great, very nice for forge welding

So how would you forge or form a spring for a power hammer?

Here are some pics of the blower attached Had to cut it back, a lot, works great and its free

A while back I built a side draft 6 inch high sides the tuyre is 3 inches from the bottom but I have a 1 inch piece of fire brick stopping the heat from traveling to the bottom, see thread "English forge" on "solid fuel forges" for some pics showing the Boss assembly

I am still looking for the Haberman video Der Schmiede aus Bohnem

www.dropbox.com/sh/x1abgs44cg8kxbd/QFb9rWrA5t/OABA 2012 is link to pics from demo

The side blast forge I built a while back has worked quite well comparing it to a bottom draft, I use about 40% less coal for the same jobs, although I use it for smaller projects 3/4 inch and under. Forge welding is much easier as is control of the fire

The Ontario blacksmiths have reached a better level of understanding technique and application, Brian and Lyle did a great job and it was a pleasure having them in Ontario. Thanks Brian and Lyle

And thats what its all about, change. Glad to have you and your grandfather there Josh

We talked over dinner listening with total aw

Good news all Brian Brazeal has arrived safe and sound in Belwood Ontario. He will be teaching his tool making course on Sat/ Sun, What a great Honour

Belwood, Ontario here. welcome to the group OABA is really great.

Doing what we do and working where I work, having the ability to bring home large amounts of big steel, the word divorce comes to mind if there is too much junk around the farm,

Ok call me cheap. My wife called me in to tell me our clothes dryer will not dry. She bought a new dryer and told me to take the old one to the dump. Just thinking I started to take the dryer apart telling her that it is easier to move it disassembled ha ha ha ha As I got to the blower I thought hmm Ok so I took it out hooked up the power and WOW does this thing move air. I have a new blower for my forge. As I took the old dryer to the dump there must have been twenty forge blowers all hiding in dryers

I will have a look tomorrow

Thanks Brian you can use it in September

I got all the dies let me know what you want