Frosty Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 1 minute ago, eseemann said: You do have a point. I try to keep it under a hat. Uh yeah, pulse width modulation, that's what I was talking about. If we modulate the focal point we've got a Phaser. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Frosty, I thought that Black Bart the Birch dealt with that point years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 Got to watch those Martian death rays tho, might impart i wanted qualities to your forging. I would recomend against using them to make life size dinasour sculpures... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 On 8/11/2019 at 4:22 PM, ThomasPowers said: Frosty, I thought that Black Bart the Birch dealt with that point years ago? Black Bart the Great White . . . birch didn't get near the hat I keep the point under, that one's in the mud room. Where's the, "Earth shattering kaBOOM," Martian death ray, Charles? There WAS that Earth shattering kaBOOM some 65 million years ago. Darn Martian death rays! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Of more interest is: When is the *Next* "Earth Shattering KaBoom" going to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 Soon, one hopes. Time to cull the herd, the inffection called mankind is getting out of hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 A lot of the man bugs are self chlorinating. I'd like a chance to get off this rock before the next Earth shattering Kaboom. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Moose Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Well said Charles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 We are a few years from shipping cranky ol’ Smiths off world yet, Jerry moose, I hate peaple, but like persons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Hey; I've applied for a job at Virgin Galactic (Also White Sands, Sandia National Labs, NM Tech,...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 Did you put “hand rivet” space craft skins on your resume Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Maybe I should have mentioned hand forging Titanium; didn't think to list that for an IT job... When this move is finally done I have some pancake flippers to make with steel basket handles and titanium blades as I was gifted with some Ti sheet. I had a friend once borrow my bench mount sheet metal punch to punch holes in Ti for lacing some lamellar armour together. It did the job but he said it sounded like a gun shot going off for each of the hundreds of holes he had to do---he also went through several punches/dies IIRC. (And returned it with new set installed.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: (And returned it with new set installed.) Oooh, someone it's okay to lend tools! He's a keeper Thomas. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 I tend to not lend tools to folks that won't return them in better shape than I lent them...I once lent my Bader to a friend who was frantically trying to finish a project for his MFA, he wore out a contact wheel on it and the replacement was dropped ship to my door. The current crop of college students tend not to get anything lent to them and quite a few of them get to forge in class with a dead soft hammer...a french pattern cross peen that lost it's temper when the factory it was in was bombed during the war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 By HojPoj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 Looks like an anvil... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I'd strongly suggest putting a piece of garden hose/hosepipe on the bick to help avoid zpg type injuries. Easily removed when needing to use the bick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 For normal size anvil horns, use a tennis ball for protection. If needed a bungee cord around the anvil waist will keep it in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 If you walk into it more than once, I would say accidental sterilization might be a good thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louspinuso Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) Just found this thread and figured I'd post my improvised anvil. It's a 2 inch thick piece of steel I picked up from the scrap yard for $38 bucks. It weighed in at 110 lbs and my brother in law welded it to a piece of railroad I had. Seems to work pretty nice. I'm going to try cutting a hardy hole on one end. And here's a rebound test in case anyone is wondering. Wish me luck! Edited October 25, 2019 by Mod30 resize large photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 All we need is a percentage rebound number. If you have read how to do the test you will note that it suggests to place the end of the scale on the anvil and drop the ball bearing from the 10" mark, then the rebound reads off directly as a percentage: 8" = 80%, 6.5" = 65%, etc. I'm not going to try to figure out the percentage from what you did. Please just post the number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario the Millwright Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Hey everyone. New to the site and fairly new to forging. So much to learn. Couldn’t afford an anvil so I put together this beast out of an old forklift tine. I haven’t even had a chance to try it yet but should hold up pretty well New to the site and fairly new to forging. Still trying to get myself set up on a budget. Working with a railroad rail anvil I build or a while now but found the top wasn’t big enough and flat enough so I decided to build a bigger one since the prices for used anvils(that are in rough shape) are way to expensive for my budget. Here’s what I put together with an old forklift tine I’ve had beside the barn for years now. Figured it was time to put it to good use. I just finished it and haven’t even had a chance to pound any steel on it yet but soon. I’ll update on how it handles The pounding once I have a chance to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Welcome to IFI. Have you read this yet? READ THIS FIRST It will help you get the best out of the forum with tips like editing your profile to show your location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Did you go for full thickness welds or just good parameter welds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
671jungle Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 I am also curious, considering a full weld chunk of 4140 laying on the side of a mild steel plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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