JRigoni Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Here is my take on forging a center punch. I wanted to play with the visuals of an offset taper. One of my first projects as a journeyman smith was in Wales in Andy Rowe's shop. He had me forging long, offset tapers on big stock under the power hammer. I haven't seen that form in a center punch yet, so I thought I would give it a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRigoni Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 I have a video of the process, but I forge Iron keeps shutting it down. Look up: forging a center punch on you tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donniev Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 That is a beautiful piece of work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 VERY nice! Why am I not surprised? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Very nice work. Now, tell me about those calipers...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy317 Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JME1149 Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Over the years I've enjoyed looking at your tooling and fixtures almost as much as seeing the finished product. You've impressed me yet again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackdawg Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 ok I admit to being totally confused by the photo's, wondering how you turned that block you machined in to a handful of half finished punches, then I watched the video and realised I had only had a "man look" at the photo's, because on second viewing of the photo's the block was obviously becoming a tool! . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Great stuff, as always. I really enjoyed the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRigoni Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 Thanks I'm happy how the forgings came out. I have had a number of positive responses on my double calipers. My plan is to both make a video of the forging process and have a few sets available on my website in the next few months. I'm most current on instagram (rigoni_ironworks) for those interested. I will post there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueRugger Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I can personally attest to the fact that these look much nicer in my hand than they do in the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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