01tundra Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) This has been on my "to do" list for a while now, but this wasn't the ideal situation to make my first set.One of my imaginary internet friends from another forum recently learned that he had cancer, which forced him to leave his job to get the necessary treatment & recovery. A group of people on the forum decided to donate to have a wood stove installed in his house so he could afford to heat it through the winter. They contacted me last week asking if I could build them a tool set by this week and that they would be happy to pay me (which I declined - the pay part). So my only window to get this built was yesterday....started at 8:00 AM and was cleaning the shop at 5:00 PM, worked non-stop all day long. I did have a lot of motivation to get it done since it's a donation to such a good cause.I really wish I would've had more time to make my first tool set, but I'm still happy with the way it turned out and hopefully it will serve the recipient well for years to come. Edited October 26, 2015 by 01tundra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Add a flip dog and you have a set! You did a man's job by any acount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 Thanks Charles.Yeah, I really wanted to add tongs to the set but I'm out of time. I figured I could always get one made and send it to him later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Gives him somthing to look forward to, and you somthing to do with your hands wile your thinking of him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 Do you think I could pull off something along these lines with two pieces of 1/2" round stock?I've got the material to build them if 1/2" would work, I'm just afraid that there won't be enough material for the split fork? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Weld another peice in, either skip weld a peic of 1/2 in across the end, or just lay one in in the side, or take a peice of 1/2x1 and fuller down and split, weld the fullerd down 1/2" shank on. Forge, gas, mig, tig, stick.. What ever works for you and clean it up in the forge and on the bench. Not enugh material is easy, just add more, your a blacksmith right? Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 Yeah, I guess I could also just fold over the 1/2" and forge weld it together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 then you have to split it and you dont get as much material, honetly, i would just weld it on as a "T" and go from there. A bolster helps but isn't nesisary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 Gottcha, sounds easier given the time constraints I'm under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Forge or other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 Not sure yet, either forge weld or mig a 1/2" piece across the 1/2" handle section and then draw out each side for the fork. Probably just mig the tee together and clean it up and then forge from there. I do actually have some 1" round stock laying around, so I could fuller the neck down to 1/2" and then forge weld it to the handle end, then split the 1"......man I sure do need that powerhammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Nice. I like the wire wrap. Where did you get the brush part? Are they available for this purpose or did you adapt something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesteryearforge Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 You could just bend a piece into a long U shape and forge weld it and then split it for the fork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 That's basically what I'm doing, got the fork end forged last night and it came out pretty nice. Also got the handle end forged for the fork side of the tongs. Trying to figure out the mechanics now to get the pivot point in the right spot. I believe it needs to be closer up toward the handle end to maximize fork travel with minimized handle movement.I got the broom end and shovel blank from Kayne & Sons. I wish I would've had more time, I would've rathered to hammer out the shovel end myself......oh well, next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Well done. That's a nice fire set, it's good to have a wood stove the IR soaks heat to the bones.You can turn one end in a loop and weld it then split for the fork on the tongs. Is the stove door big enough to use tongs?Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Well done. That's a nice fire set, it's good to have a wood stove the IR soaks heat to the bones.You can turn one end in a loop and weld it then split for the fork on the tongs. Is the stove door big enough to use tongs?Frosty The Lucky.That's a good question Frosty. The stove is a fairly large one with a glass door, so it appears to be large enough to use tongs with. I'm not sure if he would really even use the tongs since I rarely use mine.....at this point it's basically me challenging myself to build them just because Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 OK, I'm good now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 beautiful stove. How do you keep the glass so clean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Nice stove, it's a lot like our Jotul. Is that a shaker grate lever I see under the side door? I REALLY wish ours had a shaker grate.We never open the front door when it's burning, I do all the tending, poking and rolling from the side door but I haven't tried tongs, they might work I don't know.The windows are ceramic, same stuff they make the space shuttle windscreen from. The ceramic is rated to take a cold water quench from 1,700f without effect. We've had good sized blocks of wood roll and slam into it without effect. Except scaring the stuffins out of us.If it's like our stove it's a 3 burn zone fire box and one of the air feeds blows down across the window from top to bottom so it stays pretty darned clean. That's how ours stays clean. It really helps to have good dry wood, our wood this season is a little too green so our window is creosoting up on us. I have to take a strip of birch bark ad scrub the window with the inside of the bark. It works surprisingly well.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 That's just a picture off the internet of the stove that the volunteers are installing in our friends home next weekend. The tool set is my donation to the cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Fancy enginiering puts heated secondary air at the botom of the glass, keeps the soot from forming by adding air against 500 degree glass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Fancy enginiering puts heated secondary air at the botom of the glass, keeps the soot from forming by adding air against 500 degree glassOur Jotul has a set of stainless tubes under the top baffle plate inside the fire box that super heats combustion air and portions some across the entire top of the fire box. It also directs a stream of super heated combustion air down across the window sort of like a windshield defroster.When it's burning at optimum it's quite the show, there's a bed of glowing coals under the wood, above it there's a flickering multi colored cloud of burning wood gas and there's a gentle vortex flowing down in front of the window and back under the coal bed. The final burn zone is also fed combustion air from the SS heat exchange tubes and directed into the space between the baffle plate and the stove's top.If our wood is dry enough there's never smoke coming out the stack, even lighting it from cold it barely smokes. The chimney sweep keeps telling us we're wasting their time but we get it swept and inspected twice a year just because.This year we were too late ordering wood so it's pretty green and we're getting a haze of smoke from the stack. It'll need swept this spring for sure maybe the sweep will feel needed this time eh?You just can NOT beat a modern wood stove, they're efficient incredibly controllable and cleaner than anything but natural gas. If you smell wood smoke at our house it's a neighbor's stove.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 From what I understand the recipient was happy with the tool set, so mission accomplished . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panday Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 That looks nice. I've been wanting to make some fireplace tool sets, but I can never decide on a style I can do reasonably with my present tooling. Speaking of tooling. Can you share any info about that behemoth anvil stand of yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Fine looking fireplace tool set. Something to be proud of that you made it. That's a fine looking stove the guy has. The tools and stove look good together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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