October 25, 201213 yr Made up some tooling today, right angle and straight up fine mandrels, a small 3 pin bender that will fit in the hardy hole, and scroll starter for very fine scroll work and making snub and penny end scrolls.
October 25, 201213 yr BEAUTIFUL work Sam! How does that three pin bender work? I have not seen one and it looks versatile and useful. I am amazed at the fine finish and perfect tapers on your tooling! That looks like machinist's work.
October 25, 201213 yr Author Thanks guys! finish technique is easy, 24 grit, 120 grit, 220 then wire wheel. Any hot bending after polishing and you just wire wheel again. Nampa, the longer arm pivots on the center pin, like a diacro or a hossfeld.
October 25, 201213 yr Excellent form and craftsmanship Sam. Your attention to detail is exceptional. Thanks for sharing these and inspiring the rest of us to make our shop tooling as pleasing to the eye as the work is that goes out the door.
October 25, 201213 yr Sam, you do nice work. Quality tools are often a reflection of the type work someone does.
October 25, 201213 yr your gonna love those long bicks. They are handy as heck. and real nice work by the way.
October 27, 201213 yr Author thanks very much everyone! Tooling for the Hoffman is SO nice and easy to make, with the 7/8" hardy hole there's not much time to source large material that you have to step down to get a shoulder, or upset smaller stock trying to get a shoulder. good looking work. are they made out of pavement breakers? Yes they are, old bits.
October 27, 201213 yr Sam, the tools you make are things of beauty! And, I especially like the eyes on your new anvil :)
November 9, 201213 yr Larry of Monster Metal does bit sharpening as part of his shop jobs. He always has lots of old bits for sale VERY cheap if any of you want to contact him. They are great for all sorts of tools.....
November 12, 201213 yr Awesome! This is inspiring to me since Ive been meaning to make some more anvil tools and I have about 5 breaker bits laying around :D
November 14, 201213 yr Awesome tools! How did you shape the bicks? If you forged them that's some very precise work. If you ran em up on a lathe what tooling did you use?
January 7, 201313 yr Sam, your skills get better and better with every project you do. I was sorry to hear you moved to Maryland, NY will miss your nuttyness, ha ha ha ha
January 10, 201313 yr NEWBIE question: What is the use/purpose of the tiil that is situated in the hardy hole of the first 2 photos? Also -- Very nice tooling, by freehand do you no power tools? Wither way, very nice, my forging is coming along, but finnish work is a whole other skill to be appreciated and learned Jon
January 22, 201313 yr Very fine looking tools, impressed with how much skill and talent you have. Great job! www.sawblade.com
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