August 26, 201411 yr Hi, Here are some pics taken last week of forging a part for local folks who are restoring a steam locomotive in Astoria ,Or. The billet started out as a piece of 6.5" x 12 round 4130 and was brought down to 2.75 x 18" with one end spread to about 9". The forging took 4 hrs on my 385lb. DeMoor hammer. It was a long 4 hrs and Aleve and single malt scotch were the order of the evening. I did the work gratis as all are volunteers working on the project, a worthwhile endeavor in my estimation. John
August 26, 201411 yr Author Jeremy, I bought it off Ebay. It's not totally accurate and reads a little higher than a thermocouple. It's in the ballpark at 25-50 deg difference. Spend your $ on a thermocouple and pid reader. John
August 26, 201411 yr Thank you John, about ready to start some bronze casting and that looked like a handy unit for temp checking of the crucible.
August 26, 201411 yr Ooooo, thats some work John! Was it 6.5" billet or 12"? You have any pics of the finished piece yet?
August 26, 201411 yr Author Michael, It started as 6.5" dia x 12" long. The piece is being machined now. It was the third and final forging. Don't know if I could do another as I thought I was in better shape. :( John
August 27, 201411 yr Neat!! Curious what the part is for- I work on steam locomotives as day job. That's pretty cool. Do you work for Steam into History or over at Strasburg? I've always loved steam locomotives. Getting to work on one would be really neat. They have a small steam excursion line not all that far from my house in New Hope Pa.
August 27, 201411 yr That's pretty cool. Do you work for Steam into History or over at Strasburg? I've always loved steam locomotives. Getting to work on one would be really neat. They have a small steam excursion line not all that far from my house in New Hope Pa. B&O Museum. Mostly work on a 50 ton Porter built in 1950. We also have some replicas of older locos that operate.
September 5, 201411 yr Author X2. guess we're in the same boat. I needed a couple of days to be nice again after forging that one...old, sore and cranky. John
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