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lately I have been working for a contractor building a large house on top of a mountain welding structural steel I beams for Lg window frame unit & wrap around second floor outside deck & so on Wile talking about hammer control @ lunch time I notice that all the crew members use titanium framing hammers Hmm ? In my first thought about them was its to light & NO wt behind them well I just had to try one so I turned back into a wood framer for a bit I gota say I was impressed they hit harder than I thought ! & are lite wt :) cost $$ 250.00 + So the smithing challenge -- since I don't have any titanium here or anyway to get a scrap piece MAYBE ?? someone out there mite have a piece & forge it into some kind of hammer & test it out forging ??-- and get back to us on what you think about this, one of a kind hammer ? Then maybe the ? of what wt of hammer that works best will be thrown out the window LOL :o Steve PS -- or if you have a piece to donate to this Idea we can forge it out here @ are local meeting in July just give me an EM [email protected] Thanks again

There are many smiths from the UK on this site, maybe ask a ? like any smiths in you,re area ?? & yes if you,re will to learn & help out most smiths will teach young folks

Thanks Sam & All for you're effort & Info on welding !! GOOD JOB *** I started welding in 76 in a Mom & Pop shop they welded just about anything that came in the door !! since then I have taken that to the point of welding anything from A to Z !! with any welding process I run a welding shop with 3 employes - Me, Myself, & I LOL one of the things I find the hardest - OTHER than figuring out how long it will take to weld up the job is what rods to use for what I am welding -- this isn't a beginners ?-!! so here it is for all you welders here - WHAT kind of rods do you use on what you weld up ?? lets say heavy eqt buckets or whatever - specially cast rods for whatever ? stuff like that I have rods in my shop that only 1 other welder here knows what there for, all welding here is done by 6011 / 6013 / 7018 / 308-16 / ni-55 for arc other than that there in trouble Mig mild steel / 308 / aluim 5356 / structural wire lol ! not here !!!!! :<( and a weak point for me like dual shield & such would like to learn more in that area ! Tig my strong point & back ground is even worse here :<) an ACE card for me when I can use it not often though :<( I will gladly answer any ? in that area ! So welding what ? / what kind of rod or rods ? / arc-mig-tig-or ? / Maker of rod ? I will start then gota get working Heavy Eqt / rods 7018 min a better rod is 110-18 takes more abuse / maker Washington alloy they make some smooth running rods I recommend them THANKS All sorry got off topic some LOL but were all here to learn some new tricks STEVE'S Welding & Fab & Artistic Blacksmithing PS-- when I took a welding class MANY years after I learned welding ?? do we ever ? the teacher used only !! 6010 whats that I asked ?? he told me its a hard rod to run if you can run it you can just about run anything else !!! he was right ! its a hard rod to run & a good rod to learn on for you welders that want to learn to arc weld well - 7018 & 6011 were lock up in the cabinet to easy LOL

SO shall we just lump all this together & call are self's craftartisan's :P

Adair ship here & I will give it a full test of what it can do & can't ! and will send you the results :rolleyes: FOR FREE TO :D

Idd throw a grill on the forge & a couple of steaks on two, by the time there done the charcoal should be to :lol: lol Dinner is served :wub:

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Ive got a welders problem & I need a better fix I am 30' in the air on a man lift welding structural Iron I beams for a house project the sun is coming into the back of my helmet & I can't see the weld properly to weld good :( the job is on top of a mountain well my first temp fix was duck taping 2 clean auto shop rage to back of the helmet it worked for 2 weeks until a spark somehow found the rage's LOL carpenters can run darn fast when youre helmets on fire -- AW you know the story Hmm something burning somewhere ??? finish weld first then ck out , well taking helmet off found the problem LOL tore rags off no big deal IF you don't like fire don't weld or be a blacksmith ! anyway cking around for a leather back piece for helmet or something to fix this & No welding supplies bis here has any Idea of anything to buy or where to go :angry: :angry: and I know there something out there for this ??? for now will use a chunk of Levis cotton But would like some Ideas or where to get a helmet set up for outside work in the sun or ??? mite be doing a lot more portable welding this summer bridge work maybe :rolleyes:

Alan the O'pps on blade length was me & I marked / painted it on the saw along time ago Its at least a beer or two longer than will tighten up & I forgot that I switch the 1 -3 PH plug out to 2- 1Ph 220 plugs LOL so wiring job coming up and that mite just force me to re-wire my back wall since I moved the welding area back there years back elec is safe but plugs are not where they need to be, then theres the new 10' slide door I want to put in the back next to the forge that takes out the 3 elec conduits going to the back area need to go up & over the new door and down total re-wire 110 + 220 1+3 ph DANG its one of those jobs you look @ THEN go find a beer & do something else !! LOL now that it summer cutting big holes in building is easier -- ALWAYS something

AW now the customer likes it & wants it @ the same price ?? depending on you !! now is the time to tell the customer that it took 5 Hrs + & the price has to go up some cause of that time the second one will take less time BUT still you have to pay the bills LOL well Welcome to the madness :D Frosty LOL on the Mac !! got my sisters old lab top for X-Mass it needed a new home :)

I am glad to see posts from folks on this :) !!! no there is no one that can weld 3/4 W blade with band welder on a band saw here :( 1/2 yes high school + one welding shop I can ship outa town way outa town will cost me more to cut out 1/2" reweld cause there to long / I have 5 costly new blades shipping cost is extra on reweld :angry: than buy new again , & theirs 3 wells band saws here same size that need blades in town so I need to do this myself in shop right the first time LOL SO next ?? is what blades do you like for cutting what LOL :rolleyes: I will start with a High volume mild steel blade -- hand rail stuff & the sort thanks for all you're input Steve P

Yes Nathan something ?? I think in Portland Or area EM John Emmerling @-- [email protected] He knows him Steve PS Tom Clark or the school no longer sell Say Mak

I like it ! now for a Idea of what to do with this art piece how about house address No# on it :D for the county Rd thing - lighted even better Hmm LED ? just texting out loud LOL

one thing not suggested here is a better rod then 7018 witch is a good rod to use BUT ! :P for things that get abused I use 100-18 next step up- stronger rod I use this rod alot on heavy eqt repair in areas that 7018 will fail sooner or later pre heat - post heat -cover & walk away Done Steve's welding & fab

maybe Mike-Hr will chime in on this or send him a em

Hay Sam Steve's welding here I am willing to help when I can I learned to weld in a job shop not much I haven't welded on LOL :wub: A to Z AND then some !!!!!!!! that was before I got into smithing

looks like it mite be a peter wright ?? that long & wide sounds like 300 lb or so like mine :) need a side pic to see plate probliems if you can in person take a lg ball bearing & drop on anvil it should rebound about 80 % from hight droped $ 300.-- not a bad price for a lg anvil !!

Intresting set up !! :) How about a pic of it mines the bricks in the forge, to see how you set up the fire box

HAY put a card holder on that & sell them to plummers !!! VERY COOL

HMM :) did'nt think about using ss rod when i Tig welded blades earlier,, I can do that I have lots of 030 ss LOL that size is getting !!!!! harder & harder to see though :( will give it a try & will get back here on how it worked THANKS Steve H So still a ? ? on what to use to braze bandsaw blade together

How about a Pic so we can see the prolbim that can't be fixed ??

ps -- blades are 5/8 W to wide for a 1/2 elec blade welder box none has a bigger blade welder box :(

I have a med size wells bandsaw & 5 new blades that are 1/2" or so to long :( NO one ! even close does blades & will cost more to ship out & cut + re-work than I can buy new again :angry: So I need to learn how to weld / braze blades correctly I have weld them together with my tig & high carbon rod I get about a 30% good rate brazing I think is the better way --- ? is what rod to use ? pre heat - post heat ? I do have a jig to hold the saw blade in place wile working themon the welding table :) so someone out there tell me how to do this PLEASE ! job coming up will need bandsaw working soon its been in the corner not working way to long !!!

rember you will lose 3 to 4 " @ each end when rolling will have to be cut of after rolled

Danger Its a new style -- air treadle hammer :P with control