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Iron Dave

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    Machinist, Welder, Draftsman, Guitarist
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    old cars & trucks, music, tools
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    full time college student

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  1. Well…. I was able to get the bronze spiral gear and small gear apart without damaging anything. I originally thought that the shaft had a sleeve on it because of how it looks, but I was wrong it’s all one piece. The inside has a lot of crud at the bottom some of it is rust, the gears had some of that crud and grit on them causing them not to run as smoothly as I would like. I agree with bsiler about not filling it up with oil, I cant see how it would hold any oil since there’s no provisions for some kind of seal, and I would think that a seal would only create more resistance. Originally I thought about sand blasting the whole thing inside and out and then painting it inside and out, But now Im wondering if a liberal coating of boiled linseed oil might be better. thanks for the help guys
  2. Hello every body! Recently I bought my first Champion 400 blower and a very nice leg vise for my future blacksmith shop. The blower puts out a good blast of air and for $40 I couldn
  3. that's a weld? that looks like someone tried to polish **** and then put a tube in it
  4. hello! my name's Dave, I'm a machinist and computer draftsman with plenty of welding skills. Ive always had an interest in building and fixing stuff and making it better than what it was. Learning the blacksmiths trade is something Ive wanted to do for quite some time now. I recently built a forge from a design that has been rolling around in my head for more than a year. The forge was designed around a centaur firepot and built out of the leftovers in the weldshop at my college. My forge ended up being part of the final exam for my Fit & Fabrication class. its not perfect but its very robust and it did get an A so i'm very happy with it. We tested it by standing three people on it. One blacksmith, one welder and me, at least 400 lbs so i know it will last a long time. The only two things wrong with it, its somewhat heavy and the legs are a little crooked because i didn't weld on the bracing first before welding the legs on. I learned a lot about distortion in that class from trial and error and hopefully if i ever build another one it will be even better than the first:D
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