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Anarx

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  1. How do you like using that grill on there? is there much space between your grill and that plate?
  2. I recently completed my brake drum forge and have been giving it a good run but ran into a bit of a problem. I used this large drum *13" ID and roughly about 10-12" deep* it was working fine until i tried to heat the middle of a set of tongs i was working on. no matter what i did i could not get the heat high enough to get the middle of the bar. right now i'm debating about cutting off the surface of the drum *where the brake shoes would connect* to or put something inside the drum to raise up my coal bead. how deep should i my firepot be? i need to rectify this ASAP and i have my oxy fuel torch ready to go.
  3. Portland area.. i think there are half a dozen smithy's up here.
  4. Well i got my hands on 2 leaf packs from an 80's Jeep. coil spring cut offs from a honda, RR spikes from the tracks, and 2 13" 8 bolt break drums with a 4.5" hub diameter for fire pots. all of that i have gotten for free. i have a friend who works for an auto shop. so sometimes getting free materials is not too hard.
  5. I have been gathering the supplies to make my ammo can forge. I have the firebrick and kaowool. having some trouble coming up with fireclay but i have not checked the big box stores yet. my questions are in regards to the burners. right now i am planing on going with the 'Reil Burner' for this forge but i have been wondering about other kinds of burners. I have seen people that use Mig Tips for their burners and some other designs. is there a Newbies guide to building burners that will explain the pros and cons of each type?
  6. honestly i feel solar is pretty weak when it comes as a main power source. water energy is something i've been thinking about allot. *living in the northwest* and if your property has a year round running stream on it. that would not be hard at all, and would have a pretty decent output *Roughly 2kWh* Look around on the web. there are tons of home made wind mills etc. also don't forget about your forge. there is a great source of heat for a boiler.
  7. ok just so i am reading this correctly. you have a 6500 PEAK watt generator at 120 volts that's roughly 55 amps of power output. do you have running water on your land? how sunny is it there? how many days of rain would you guess that your land gets? are you willing to do alternate forms of energy? hows wind in the area? there are ALLOT of options for you to get power. don't rely in PG&E to supply you i would suggest getting to the point where you supply them. the cheapest option i see is to use a small combustion engine on your power hammer. look at your hammers engine whats the horse power output of it? perhaps even something as small as a lawn mower engine would work for it. i'm in school right now for renewable energy so i can bounce some ideas off of you and see if any stick.
  8. Anarx

    first hammer

    I am just getting into smithing and have only had 5, 4 hour classes. once i can get my own forge and anvil i will be doing it a whole lot more regularly then i am now(Even if i have to pack the anvil and forge up into my van and drive to a local park to do it). I am about 6' 250 lbs and allways tend to grab a 2 lbs cross pein when i am in class. i own a 3 lbs drivers hammer but it wears on me badly *bad handle on it as well*. i have used a 8lbs sledge in class but that was with 2 people hammering and one holding the stock and draft *Drafting out about a 20 lbs replica of thors hammer* Well i guess this makes a good first post. Jess *PS THANK YOU for that hammer site. i have been looking for a 2 lbs cross pein with no luck.*
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