j.w.s. Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Wow, it's been a while since I've posted anything - been quite busy moving and working. I packed up my personal shop at the end of October and merged it with the main shop for our business but it required a lot of work and I can honestly say that save for a little insulation I'm finally content with it. Here's some shots of what I've been up to, including a small 12 ton press build and some actual forging. I took pictures of most of the construction on the press - including redesigns and fixes as they were needed, probably would have been less of those if I actually had a plan instead of just winging it. There's a few shots of the new shelves, work benches and center island that I built as well. It all started with 1 workbench in the corner and exploded beyond my control! The last few pictures are of a war hammer and an O1 pattern welded blade that were both made using the new press after I ironed out its issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golgotha forge & anvil Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 nifty stuff..nice shop. wish mine was bout half that size! Gene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix24 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 that hammer head is too cool :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokshasa Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 like your press man, real simple , i bet it works great.one question though if i may, what do you have as a pump? nice work space as well, nice and neat lol not like mine at all hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.w.s. Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 like your press man, real simple , i bet it works great.one question though if i may, what do you have as a pump? nice work space as well, nice and neat lol not like mine at all hahaha I'm using a 12 ton air over hydraulic press from horrible freight. I mounted the switch it comes with to a small (4"x8") piece of plywood to use it as a foot switch. There's only one other modification that the pictures don't show - I took some O1 drill rod, cut 6 pieces from it and stood 3 on each side of the floating arms I beam - just inside the channel. Figured out very quick that once it warms up, that I beam doesn't like the pressure - tends to twist. I'm temporarily using a small vice grip on the open valve until I decide the presses final disposition. I'll snap a few more pics today when I'm over there. I'm stalling right now since it's only 19F out. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokshasa Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 lol tell me about it, the cold is a problem for me too...when the forge isn't running lol. yeah I beams tend to twist a little , maybe welding some cross braces inside the ibeam would help make it a little more stiff. but if that drill rod does the trick... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.w.s. Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 lol tell me about it, the cold is a problem for me too...when the forge isn't running lol. yeah I beams tend to twist a little , maybe welding some cross braces inside the ibeam would help make it a little more stiff. but if that drill rod does the trick... Here's my solution for the twisting - I've been using this pretty hard the past few days and it's very solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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