yesteryearforge Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Various Hardy bicks/bickerns ready to be wire brushed when they cool down. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbillysmith Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 How do you get such a smooth finish on the cone portion when forging???? I'm always left with tons of hammer marks... -Hillbilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 nice bunch of tools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolish Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I gota make me some of those. How are you pumping them out so quick that two of them are still that hot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 He has access to a complete welding/machining/blacksmith shop. Correct me if I am wrong, but the way **I** would do that is: Cut mild square rods to short length with saw. Use 4 jaw chuck on lathe and taper attachment to turn cones. Get strip of 1/4" x 1 1/2" steel, punch square holes with punch station on ironworker, cut into squares with shear on ironworker. Arc weld square rods into square holes in square washers produced above. Heat in forge and bend while hot, toss on floor to cool, clean and paint, repeat as needed to fill orders. List & sell. Advertise in any permissible way. ;^) Now that Poor Boy Blacksmith Tools is gone, there is a niche to be filled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Esposito Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 John, I was unsuccessfully looking for poor boy tools on Ebay. So they are out of business? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Ken S. passed away Dec. 29th, and to my knowledge, no one took over making his line of welded blacksmith's tooling, or his on-line sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I just got my horizontal and versicle bicks- very well made and have used both. Quality tools. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackcat Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I purchased one of the 90 degrees and it was perfect for my needs, and almost too nice to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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