April 6, 201214 yr No fullers, no flatter, no striker, no problem! While it's definitely no work of art I learned quite a bit working on this. Unfortunately I can't seem to upload pictures at the moment. I'll try again later.
April 6, 201214 yr Allen, I was out your way earlier this week, had a two day class in Raleigh. Looking forward to the pictures. Mark<><
April 10, 201214 yr Author Weird. I'm still getting an error whenever I try to attach a photo so I guess I'll have to add it inline. Pretty atrocious hammer marks on this one, but I'll take it given the sorry state of my tooling.
April 10, 201214 yr I like it. It looks sort of rustic. You have the over all shape down. Nice job. Mitch
April 13, 201214 yr well done, are those marks from your pein? if so you may think about dressing the corners and rounding them off, it would stop that sharp edge Josh
April 14, 201214 yr Looks good to me, you did the hard work shaping it, dressing it up with a flatter is the easy part!
April 14, 201214 yr Author well done, are those marks from your pein? if so you may think about dressing the corners and rounding them off, it would stop that sharp edge Josh Indeed they are sir, good spot. I've examined the shoulders on the pein in question and one is definitely in need of dressing. Must have missed a stroke at full power and mashed it on the anvil or something. Thanks for pointing that out.
April 14, 201214 yr Author Looks good to me, you did the hard work shaping it, dressing it up with a flatter is the easy part! Thanks. I have to admit after the 2nd 3 hour session hammering away on this thing I've never wanted a power hammer (or a striker) more. The next one I do will definitely have a mild steel body with a tool steel bit, my hope being I won't have quite as rough a time shaping it.
April 14, 201214 yr Author Allen, I was out your way earlier this week, had a two day class in Raleigh. Looking forward to the pictures. Mark<>< Hopefully your class went well. Next time you're in the area feel free to stop by.
April 14, 201214 yr Indeed they are sir, good spot. I've examined the shoulders on the pein in question and one is definitely in need of dressing. Must have missed a stroke at full power and mashed it on the anvil or something. Thanks for pointing that out. an angle grinder is the fastest (and if you're good the best) way to do it, i recognise them because i had the same issue when i started, take them down to a radius of about 1/2" - 3/4" radius depending on the lenght of the pein (smaller pein, smaller radius) Josh
April 19, 201214 yr I like it. It looks sort of rustic. You have the over all shape down. Nice job. Mitch What he said.
April 19, 201214 yr Well I have gotta say that your inexperience is clearly visible but so is your considerable talent and obvious determination! I can see that you'll be a GOOD one!!!
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