viking-sword Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Well I have a show coming up this weekend and they want me to do forging demonstraions along with the items I will be selling and I thought I give a try at making some tripods. Made two sizes, medium and heavy duty. They took longer than I imaginged they would but for my first time I didn;t really know what to expect. I also had a go at a few of the adjustable trammel hooks though I've never seen one first hand, just in books and I'll say that for something that looks so simple there can be a bit of a learning curve getting the proportions right and making everything mesh well, anyway, here's a few pics to pick at. Wes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 They look good to me, Wes. I sell quite of few of the trammels and tripods. You did a good job. Thanks for sharing. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Your items look very nice. While practice and repetition will decrease the time it takes to make items, you might also eventually wish to consider making bending jigs and possibly changes in design that allow the item to be made faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I hope the "heavy duty" ones don't have simple points on the feet---you put a 10 gallon bean pot on one and if the soil is soft it can ship and fall over! For my heavy duty tripods I bend the bottom of each leg out and flatten it for a few inches and then bend the very tip down and point it----makes it easy to step on the flat to drive the point into the ground and the flat also helps keep it from sinking in (and the point from sliding out) The problem is then that these don't pack as nice and can't be re-used as two uprights and a cross bar---but folks that need a *heavy* *duty* tripod will generally have others for other uses... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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