keithh999 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 well the new (old) forge is done and ready to fire up tomorrow now that ive rearranged the shop to support the way bigger forge!! attached are pics of before , during, and after the rebuild. replaced main flywheel shaft and poured new babbett bearings and made new internals for the one way clutch hub (took several trips to the belt sander to get the correct geometry on the drive teeth). Either wire wheeled or electro-derusted the entire thing and really let loose with the primer and paint!! New legs and new hardware and new belting and the main flywheel belt is 7 ft long!! Forge was a freebie and dropped maybe $80 in new material. dished out a 14" steel doughnut for the new firepot and fabbed a new tuyere out of some 3' pipe with a 2" stub going into the throat of the blower. Even highlighted the Champion logo on the casing. Looks good i think!! Keith MMM Fab & Forge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithh999 Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 continuation of pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 How'd you get the legs off? I've got one just like and need to replace one of the legs, but I can't get it to come out. Really don't want to cut it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Absolutely unbelievable! Love the colors, the yellow blades visually set the package off. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Lodge Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Nice restore! Looks like that forge is good for another 100 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Fantastic! Keith, I am impressed. Paint job on it really looks good and like Phil, I like the yellow blades in the blower and the lettering highlights. I did the same with my old lever forge that I restored about 5yrs ago. Pat' April 6, 1886 and found the pat. on a google search and printed it off. I love it when folks take a little time to bring something like this back to life. Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Excellent job, thank you for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithh999 Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 taking the legs off was a chore but a few shots of PB Blaster and a torch allowed it to creep enough so that a pipe wrench and piece of pipe as a cheater was able to unscrew them...hint...jockey the leg back and forth as in screw in and then unscrew...helps to break the rust bond. make new threaded legs from 1" gas pipe...not 1" schedule 40 pipe. Thanks for all the kind remarks guys!! having ones peers acknowledge an accomplishment is a real pleasure!! Keith MMM Fab & Forge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McCoy Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 It's always a good thing to take an old girl who's been worked hard and get her cleaned up for the next dance. You've done a great job, enjoy and thanks for sharing. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Nice job Keith. A person should have pretty tools if they like. I prettied up my 50# LG, just because. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithh999 Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 heres what i made for the people that gave me the forge...since she plays organ at my Scout troops church i figured this might be appropriate. made from 1" square its rather stout!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pault17 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Beautiful rebuild. noce cross as well. I like the pins in the nails - nice touch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOblacksmith0530 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Nice job on the rebuild, I left mine unpainted. I did modify the legs to put two steel antique wheelbarrow wheels on it so mine is portable and what I use for demo's. One difference in the two mine has a rod with open hook ends between the lever and the counterweight arm, it came that way, but was damaged adn I made a new one to replace the old one. I am not going to take any pictures of mine though cause it aint got a pretty paint job on it....... yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forestgu3 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Any photos of the clutch assembly apart? Finally got mine belted and running but the clutch seems to slip 1 out of 5 pumps. Don't really want to take it apart and not be able to put it back together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Excellent work! That's one of the nicest re-builds I've seen, and you even painted it Steelers colors!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZIG Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I'd like to see the clutch pictures, if You took it apart. I'm fixing to redo. A Buffalo No. 0 this fall. Since temps have dropped enough I can stay in the shop longer now. Been a long hot summer in Dixie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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