March 18, 200719 yr Here are som tools i use under the powerhammer. Warious Tongs, swages,ringtools, and a were smart hotcutter for the powerhammer i made for many years, to cut roundbars up to 80mm, in thre steps It allmost funktion as a gilliotine, but you hawe to be wery gentle when you strike the tools. Roger
March 18, 200719 yr I really enjoy your posts. I am tending towards more heavier forgings rather than ornamental and am fascinated by how you do things. The cutter that you show, do you still use it? and what are the three steps?
March 18, 200719 yr Author This is how i use the hot cutter. Hope i can explain this in english. Place the rounbar in the hotcutter and strike a light blow on the tool, just half way through the roundbar, turn the roundbar 1/3 of a revolution??? (cant find the rigth word, hope you understand anyway) than hit the tool once again little bit more than half through the roundbar again, turn it 1/3 again and strike the tool again just half trough the roundbar and the hotcutter made its work. Hope you undestand this. Its wery important that you dont hit the base on the hotcutter with a heavy blow, othervise the tool can be destroyed:( Roger
March 18, 200719 yr Ahh so it is like using a Hardy cutter in the anvil, cut, spin, cut, spin, cut, spin. Roger that is so amazing, you do very cool work!
March 21, 200719 yr Ahh I get it, for some reason I was thinking ... never mind. I appreciate what you do. BTW very seldom are you unclear. It is as easy to follow your posts as about anyone else.
March 21, 200719 yr Thank you for posting the pics. Please take one of the other side of the hot cutter. Hard to see what is on that side. Steve
March 22, 200719 yr Roger, I have some questions that you may have answered in previous posts. How long have you been in the forging buisness? How many people work in your shop? Is there one particular type of work that is your main production or are you what we in the states would call a job shop, doing relatively small volume work for whoever needs parts? Are there many (or any) other shops like yours in your country, or is the demand for work like yours pretty small? Thanks for your posts and particularly the pictures. I really enjoy seeing industrial tooling and projects. Patrick
March 22, 200719 yr Author Ok, Patrick To answer your questions. I have been a powerhammerblacksmith seens 1978 We are 3 people working in my forge. We are a type of jobshop, small wolume of details, to whoever need parts. I dont know any more shop like mine in the whole Scandinavia, who working with freeforging with powerhammer, so I think i
March 26, 200719 yr Author Here are some picture of the hotcutter from both side. Any more questions? Roger
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