October 13, 20187 yr To support longer stock in the forge, I used to use plastic crates stacked up, which worked, but were bulky and made of plastic didn’t fare well with hot steel. I saw a simple support stand on a video on you tube and thought it should be fairly straightforward to make, and it turned out to be very useful so far. Here is the build video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1qYu8aNCiU&feature=share
October 13, 20187 yr I had to laugh when after you tacked the first leg it fell off after taking the clamp off :-) Anybody that welds has had that happen. I wonder if theres a welding term for that. I might have missed it in fast fowarding the vid but what kind of device makes it adjustable? You made a handy tool!
October 13, 20187 yr Author I have since added a set screw near the top, not in the video so you didn’t miss it. I need more welding practice, I also find it funny when things drop off, but not at the time!
October 13, 20187 yr 6 hours ago, Kevin Olson said: I wonder if theres a welding term for that. Yes, it is Oops. You may want to weld a V to the stand to keep things from moving about. Lay the stock in the V and it stays put.
October 13, 20187 yr Weld missthelocation. I dont know. It sounds funny to me on a saturday in the shop doin stuff
October 14, 20187 yr Welcome to IFI... Have you read this yet? It will help navigating the idiosyncrasies of the forum. https://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/48833-read-this-first/
October 14, 20187 yr "I wonder if there's a welding term for that. " "Tuesday" (Or Monday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday,...)
October 26, 20187 yr On 10/13/2018 at 2:01 PM, Glenn said: You may want to weld a V to the stand to keep things from moving about. Lay the stock in the V and it stays put. Thus: Another good option is to use rebar for the horizontal piece; the nubby texture keeps things from sliding around.
October 29, 20187 yr Mine is a pretty simple affair. Base is an old chair base with a piece of auto exhaust pipe welded to it. Another piece slides inside it with a roller welded on and a nut&wing bolt to adjust height. It does double duty for a stock rest when ripping long lumber with the radial arm saw and long stock in the forge. When using it in the forge a couple of c-clamps keep it from turning & the stock from sliding off to the side.
October 30, 20187 yr Made this when I started. It takes no floor space. It is used almost every day. Further, bolted to the wall I have a crane that works/pivots like a crane in a hearth for longer material.
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