Borntoolate Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 WE got a few pics of the latest project (Fire poker). We thought this pics was kinda cool. I now am the proud owner of an invisible hammer. Or see through might be better. Translucent? I prefer invisible. Also some other in progress pics plus finiished. I found makeing 8 sides from 4 to be a challenge. IT went slow. Curious if others have done 8 sided and what sequence or technigue worked best. The 8 side taper was even more challengeing. BUt I think I figured that out. Taper square. Then taper square again just on the other four sides. That's also how I kinda did the general whole length but it can get outa whack on you easy if you get in a hurry. Seemed like a LOT of planishing and tweaking the sides was needed. But I am slow. Good hammer control practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arean Ellis Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Looks great! I really like the shape you used for the business end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FieryFurnace Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Great work! Octagonal is not a hard form to make just takes a little practice. Basic rule of thumb is just forge everything normal down to square and then take the corners off. You have to visualize a little or you'll end up taking too much off the corners, but that is attained by just a little practice. It does take a lot of planishing but that is what MAKES the finished product. One of my favorite eliments is to make a twist that progresses from square to octagonal to round without stopping or breaking the twist. It gives the piece the appearence of having been twisted into round. I like to forge the ends of my firepokers down to round and use this eliment to go into the end. Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Sometimes the octagonal section gets a little twisted while forging, usually from not giving a full 90º turn back and forth. The flatter is a good help in correcting this. The lack of 90º turning can also result in a parallelogram cross section, when you were really shooting for a square. Realize too, that the 'rockered' face of the hammer face will give more sideways spread than the anvil will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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