intruder357 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojak Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 *fingers crossed* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 didn't get any coal in my stocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojak Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 1 hour ago, Daswulf said: didn't get any coal in my stocking. There there Das. It looks like I didn't either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I told my wife not to get me anythin but if she just absolutely had to she could get me coal. Instead I got another pocket knife and a pair of welding gloves and some other stuff but no coal Not complaining by any means, just makin a comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I suppose Mrs. Cochran did not feel you had been naughty enough... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I'll try harder this year. You can be sure of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I was mean, nasty, & short tempered for the last 6 months, NO COAL in my stocking. Starting in the morning I work harder on next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Maybe your practicing the wrong definition of "naughty"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 24 minutes ago, Charles R. Stevens said: Maybe your practicing the wrong definition of "naughty"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WL smith Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Intruder 357 What did you do??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intruder357 Posted December 26, 2015 Author Share Posted December 26, 2015 apparently i was the right kind of naughty Also i pulled up the website to tractor supply where the sell the coal on every electronic device in the house and said i want coal I don't do subtle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 14 hours ago, intruder357 said: i pulled up the website to tractor supply where the sell the coal on every electronic device in the house and said i want coal I don't do subtle That's definitely not subtle. Maybe I'll have to try that lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Olson Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I must have been really bad. All i got was some cheap horse shoes and a 9 dollar hammer from tractor supply. Party in the shop. Woo hoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud in PA Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I got 4 ft. x 4 ft by 8 ft. box built in my cellar, with a window cut into the foundation right above the box. It will hold about 4 tons of coal. Now I don't have to carry coal down to the stove, only up to the forge, if the honey-do list ever gets done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Been eyeballing those hammers, as they look like they require the least dressing, there Keven. Let us know what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojak Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I have that exact hammer. Be prepared to fit a new handle as the epoxy they use to secure them gives out after a few days of heavy use. No wedges that I could find, not even a wooden one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natenaaron Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 4 hours ago, Charles R. Stevens said: Been eyeballing those hammers, as they look like they require the least dressing, there Keven. Let us know what you think. Pardon my ignorance but what do you mean by dressing and how do you know if a perspective hammer needs dressing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 26 minutes ago, natenaaron said: Pardon my ignorance but what do you mean by dressing and how do you know if a perspective hammer needs dressing? Dressing is a final finishing of the face and pein to clean tool marks, round corners maybe crown the face. Dressing can make for fewer hammer marks, more efficient forging, etc. Some hammers may need serous grinding to suit a particular need I have a shallow 8lb. straight pein I made from a double jack sledge head, modifying our tools to suit is something we do. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Nate, if you do any dressing of your hammers, be particularly careful not to overheat when grinding a new shape. Too much and you might remove any heat treatment to the faces and/or head. I usually grind/polish until it's uncomfortable to the touch, then wait and let it cool down. "Patience, grasshopper....." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natenaaron Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 So "dressing" if you look at the typical store bought cross pein (orang other hammer) you will find a more or less smooth face, with a slight crown and rounded edges. Right... more likely a spiral pattern cut in the face where a lathe tool cut a crowned face and knocked off the dyed at a sharp 45. All this needs tone made smooth, and the edges blended soho I don't leave sharp edges marks in the stock. The radius of the crown should be about 6-12" (draw a circle 12-24" across and check) the edges need to blend in almost in 1/4 circles, something like 1/2-1" radius. The pein is another mater, most are to sharp, more like a splitting wedge Something like a 1" radius in needed, some folks like flat middles and blended edges and others like round. Personally I like round, if I want to get fancy with how I hit the stock to very the dent left by the hammer I'll use the flat face or a rounding hammer. Again round the edges as not to mar the work with an errant blow. This is dressing, as opposed to modifying a hammer. The ones from TS with their flat peins and polished faces look like less work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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