January 16, 201610 yr Author That is a large pipe vise indeed. Not in my current budget though, otherwise I would have it already. I do intend to go back however as this yard has a plethora of machine shop tools as well as lengths of known tool steels and various mild steel bar.
January 16, 201610 yr Author One of the two hammers has been claimed. One more to go. The next person to message me gets a free (+shipping) hand forged hammer sent to them. I expect to be forging hammers within the next 7 days. Next DM gets it.
January 16, 201610 yr Shoot me a PM if you are thinking of working Wed or Thursday in the shop. I'm busy with work Sat thru Tuesday at the moment, but if I'm not working, maybe I'll take a drive and give you a hand in the shop. Don't hold off waiting for me though, if it doesn't work this time, we can get together again some other time when our schedules match up.
January 17, 201610 yr 22 hours ago, Glenn said: Last photo with the single heavy wheel and left of the two metal totes, is that not a heavy pipe vise? May want to grab it if it is still there. That belongs to the yard.. Trust me I've tried.. Lol J
January 17, 201610 yr 6 minutes ago, Daswulf said: how bout them giant gears? We discussed using them for the drive on the hammer build we're planning.. Lol -J
January 17, 201610 yr I watched that video of pulling out a coil spring............if that was Crazy Ivan hisself, he earned his name.......I've never had that much trouble un-coiling a spring
January 18, 201610 yr To uncoil a spring, I usually just measure around/along the spring for the length I need, cut it off and straighten that piece out...much easier!
January 18, 201610 yr 11 hours ago, arkie said: To uncoil a spring, I usually just measure around/along the spring for the length I need, cut it off and straighten that piece out...much easier! Me Too! Far too much work to straighten the whole thing when I only want 6 to 10" plus harder to store when straight.
January 18, 201610 yr Hey guys, lets keep it on topic, this is afterall how Pete is setting himself up not about how you would have done it better. And both of us were half a case deep and just screwing around at the end of a long day so I think it was well worth the "effort". -J
January 18, 201610 yr I have 5 coils in my stock pile the cleanest is destined for punches but I don't know what I'll be making from the rest. So I'm eagerly waiting to see what Ivan makes from his stock.
January 18, 201610 yr Man i had no idea the forum had this many subcategories. This is an awesome thread and i can't wait to see more.
January 18, 201610 yr 19 hours ago, arkie said: To uncoil a spring, I usually just measure around/along the spring for the length I need, cut it off and straighten that piece out...much easier! But doing it that way deprives folk of seeing the look on folk's faces when they see how much stock is in a garage door spring. Oh come on JW, we're still "pretty close" to on topic. You wouldn't really deprive us of good entertainment would you? Frosty The Lucky.
January 19, 201610 yr Author Here's some more of what I got done today. I started a new coal forge build more suitable for working larger and longer stock (think gates and fences). The table is a 3/16" thick and roughly 5.5'X2.5' with some 3" X4" angle wrapping most of it. The legs are thin walled round tubing. It is 175 lbs of steel from a local scrap yard which cost me $50. I used $6 in cutting wheens and approx $5 in welding wire. This same forge can be built via drilling and bolting if you don't have access to a welder. I still need to fabricate the fire pot and twuyer. The hood was free salvage. Cost was $61 total. This was paid for from an order for a hammer and a pair of tongs I'll make later this week for $230. I put $50 into the pot for fuel and abrasives. This leaves my total loss/gain from this shop build at +$144. Side note, to the hammer winners I will get to forging them by the end of the week and pm you for your mailing addresses. Stay tuned.
January 19, 201610 yr I certainly hope you're using one of your own bottle openers there, don't see one on the table. Thanks for keeping this thread going Pete, very entertaining.
February 25, 201610 yr Author Well, currently I'm laid up in bed. I threw out my back again due to a chronic condition mixed with working 14 hours a day 7 days a week. There is no easy way to support yourself while still only moderately known as a Smith. Constant work/upgrades/internet presance work. I was building a new power hammer when my back went out. It's a 65 lb air hammer. We have spent about $400 USD on the build. JWS has some pics of it. Other than that it's been a shuffle of "make money to spend d money to make more money". I haven't gone thru my receipts lately to calculate my gain/loss but I would say at this point I am still in the black. When I am healed enough to walk on my own I'll get some pictures of the shop and all the tools I have built for myself. There has been a whole lot of shop maintenance time spent as well. Moving things around to make the shop more efficient/less cluttered between myself and J. I'll do my best to keep things updated. It is exhausting to keep myself afloat out the gate as expected. It happens but I'm too stubborn to fail so I'll make it work no matter what.
February 25, 201610 yr Ouch. Hope you recover soon hate to hear your down and hurting. The power hammer sounds like a sweet deal can't wait to see pics of that bad dude..... no hurry, you get better so we can see some more of that sweet metal work you do! Until then rest up and come up with lots of glowing red ideas!
February 25, 201610 yr Ivan last box came back. Will send I out by the end of the week. Need to get here my father in law could help. Rest and get well need you to keep on keeping on. You are an insperation to us all.
February 25, 201610 yr I thought I told when I was out there with Nick to not be so crazy...though I think I also reminded you laughing at that statement. Get better soon!!!
February 25, 201610 yr I told you to take your time gettin my hammer done, no need to kill yourself!! Hope your back on your feet soon.
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