Jimmyiorn Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Hello all my name is Jim and I live about 30 min south of Pittsburgh Pa, I do coal mine service for a machinery producer. I have been reading on the site for a few weeks now and have been trying to soak it all in, great site. i got into black smithing about 8 years ago with a rivit forge, post vice and a 110# ASO from HF cast steel Russian . I did some pounding just couldn't put enough time into it then. I recently got going again and I definitely have the bug. I have since picked up a #115 Peter Wright, built a brake rotor forge and have been hammering every chance I get making hooks, forks, hardy tools, punches, drifts, ect. I will be working on building a small shop to work in, and hopefully talking and meeting some people from here to get better at the craft. ?#1 would the ASO that I have listed above be of any use as a striking anvil. i will try to get some pics on here asap thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 welcome jimmy, glad to have ya. if i were u, i'd bust out the shotgun and have an ASO shoot. i'd hate to use a cast iron 'anvil', even as a striker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Welcome aboard Jimmy. Sounds like you are pretty close to my area. I'm about 45 minutes south of Pittsburgh. What town do you call home? I have a Charleroi address but I'm closer to Bentlyville. Yup, there's A lot to soak in here on IFI, let alone keeping up. If the anvil is cast steel then it could be used for striking. Set it up at the correct height and give it a try, nothing lost you already have it. If it's cast iron then not so much. Just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyiorn Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 Thanks im in canonsburg, it is cast steel so I think I may build a stand a give it a try, I would like to forge my own hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Welcome aboard Jimmy, glad to have you. If you'll put your general location in the header you might be surprised how many of the Iforge gang live within visiting distance. Just telling us in one post isn't going to stick in our memories after we open another message. Keeping where you are in our faces is much more effective. If nothing else the cast anvil will make a fine bottom tool holder, hardy, bending forks, swage, fuller, etc. A lot of the Russian HF anvils were cast steel and not BAD anvils, not great but not nearly as worthless as Chinese cast iron so prevalent now. You'll do far more forging on the PW though, just wait til you compare their performance under the anvil, their weights aren't different enough to matter but the character of the steel sure is. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 frosty is right, as usual. i misread your post. I thought u said cast iron, not cast steel. totally different can o beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I haven't made any hammers yet but I did strike for Crazy Ivan when he made a couple at my shop. I do have the hammer eye punch and drift tools we made to make the hammers. Just not having a striker, I haven't made the jump to forge a hammer yet. If you feel like stoping by my shop some time Pm me. We can fire up the forge and crack a couple cold ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyiorn Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 Thank you all, daswulf: sounds good i will try to get some pics up too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyiorn Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Figured I would put a few pics up: tine fork, steak turner, bottle openers gotta get some more pics I'll put more on a little later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Nice looking work. Hmm. A bottle opener out of a valve? You'll have to show me how to do that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyiorn Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Das it was pretty easy, I figured a gearhead that likes a cold one would like it, I have heard that some valves have ??? Sodium in them ?? Not sure about that so if it goes in the fire watch it. I don't know if I have any more around I'll look maybe we can make a few. here are some of the other thing I have made. Rough but they function , and my touch mark for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 not bad at all. keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Very nice indeed. There's a simple grace to the corkscrew that's quite beautiful. I'll have to give that a try with some garage door spring I've got kicking around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Jimmy I have a box of them kicking around and if I need more I can ask nicely at my neighbors to tear apart some scrap engines he has laying around. Yeah I heard that on here somewhere. When I'm not sure I atleast try to be cautious with scrap. Same here JHCC. Sounds like a fun project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 2 hours ago, Daswulf said: Nice looking work. Hmm. A bottle opener out of a valve? You'll have to show me how to do that one. yes can we have better pix of the bottle opener and details of how to make it, on this laptop I cant see much detail on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyiorn Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Forged flat seat end to two flats then rolled bottom lip in to catch underside of cap bent stem to comfortable angle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Ah ok thanks. Cool idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 thank you, will try that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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