EricS Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 I made this rounding hammer cupping tool this AM. It took about 2hours by myself. It was made from 1 1/2 scrap yard axle. It upset a little off center and is not as deep of a cup as I was wanting I'm thinking of forging to square then octagon then round again to maybe deepen the cup. Right now its about 5/16 deep.I used a 1 7/8 ball hitch to form the cup it was a little small for the shape I was shooting for. If any thing it will get me to make a cupping tool top swage that can be ground to the profile I want and then I can make a new cupping tool.let me know what you think good or bad. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 That ought to work. Show us the results please. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Olivo Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Looking good. Can always reform later. Looks like a good start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec.S Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Looks good! if you want more cupping, instead of going square, octagon and then round, just go all the way around it, round, this will promote the fish mouthing more readily.... Do not hit too hard because you only want the outer edges to move (colapse) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar.esq Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Alternately you could put a section of pipe between the hardie hole and the anvil to support only the perimeter of the cup while driving down the center. The pipe would need to lift the hardie up sufficiently to allow you do drive the center down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Ball stake and work the edges down over it---helps to have a large range of ball stakes to get the one(s) that are just right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec.S Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 This tool here, I believe is the tool we use for forging the rounding face on a forged to finish rounding hammer! Am I correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricS Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 Alec, this is for a rounding hammer I am making the tools needed(slowly). Thanks for the advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnnie Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Personally Eric I think you have 10 out of 10 for effort. I will be doing the same as soon as the weather coooooools down. Keep us posted on the other tools your making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricS Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 Thanks for the comments.I ended up forging it round as Alec suggested and it worked great.I was able to get the depth I wanted.Here are a few pics. My striking anvil I built a couple of months back is now on a 42" x 42" x 6" pad. I have to have it outside because my shop is only 8' x 16' with 8' cielings.The anvil is only about 6' from the forge. The only trouble is seeing the color at the end of the heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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