C-1ToolSteel Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Aww! So cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Jasent WHY DID YOU PUT THEM IN WATER ANYWAY? I don't have a slack tub in my smithy. If I want something to cool while I do something else I stick them on a couple of firebricks or hang them up to normalize. The idea that everything goes into the slack tub is more a leftover from when folks were generally smithing zilch carbon wrought iron and so fast cooling wasn't a problem. Real mild steel is also pretty safe but A-36, what we usually get these days, can have problems if you quench it and so it gets a desert normalization---just toss it on the bare dirt and let it cool. Anybody working alloys that *might* be above mild should have a cover on their slack tub with a big sign saying "Are you SURE you want to do this?" on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupmaster Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 @Randell Warren Super duper cute. I love the picture of the one completely wrapped in its momma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 @Randell Warren Super duper cute. I love the picture of the one completely wrapped in its momma. That's probably just the one on top. Mom wasn't looking to happy with all the attention and handling in the other pics. New mothers aren't usually too patient with people messing with the babes. I got bitten by a doe goat for checking a new kid once. It had a problem during birth and I just wanted to make sure all it's legs were where they should be and moved correctly while it was still possible to correct without a lot of trouble. All babies are cute, heck I'll bet newly hatched T Rex were adorable. Babies you could really get into. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I love pictures of puppies too. It looks like mama will be a good one. As to what we did in the shop. Friday we unloaded the 970 lbs of steel including the 630 lb 10X4X3/8 plate without a hitch. Used the engine hoist with a chain centered on it. Set it on 4 steel cutting horses and cut it in half then cut 8 pieces out of one half for the students to use in the class next week at ESSA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Made a holddown out of motorcycle drive chain. See here for more details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupmaster Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 That's probably just the one on top. Mom wasn't looking to happy with all the attention and handling in the other pics New mothers aren't usually too patient with people messing with the babes. Frosty The Lucky. True. :-) My mamma Havanese is pretty snappy with anyone but me on the day after she has puppies, and she even pushes me away with her nose and doesn't like me to handle them. She lightens up pretty quickly, though, to the point that by weaning time she wants as little to do with her litter as possible. Pretty cool, how they're designed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzelik Hammar Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I really like that hold-down! how is it fastened on the other side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Needs an easy to grab handle on it as you are losing heat as you are manipulating your piece and the hold down. Another variant has a stirrup on it and you step on it to apply pressure---better for things you do a lot of so you can adjust the length to work right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWest Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Heat treated my first hammer head and started the handle for it. Made from 1 3/4" PTO shaft. Not the prettiest thing, but I took it for a test run and am very pleased. The fat peen moves material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I really like that hold-down! how is it fastened on the other side? Each chain is held down by a bell clapper used as a weight. Needs an easy to grab handle on it as you are losing heat as you are manipulating your piece and the hold down. Another variant has a stirrup on it and you step on it to apply pressure---better for things you do a lot of so you can adjust the length to work right. I'm thinking about making a couple of loop handles, each with two hooks: one to hook onto the weight, and one to hook onto the chain. Ideas are percolating.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzelik Hammar Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Each chain is held down by a bell clapper used as a weight. Not going to lie, I had to google bell clappers for that to make sense (not really the images I was after, at first. lends its name to an unfortunate deformity). That said, that seems like it would take a while to get it in the right place for each use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I'm thinking about making a couple of loop handles, each with two hooks: one to hook onto the weight, and one to hook onto the chain. Ideas are percolating.... And here's what I came up with as a proof-of-concept (I'll probably make some better ones from 1/4" round later on): that seems like it would take a while to get it in the right place for each use. Not really. Since the chains aren't especially flexible side-to-side, you just lift, slide, and drop. Doesn't require super precision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzelik Hammar Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 That makes more sense. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Made a holddown out of motorcycle drive chain. See here for more details. Good job John, that anvil ain't going anywhere! True. :-) My mamma Havanese is pretty snappy with anyone but me on the day after she has puppies, and she even pushes me away with her nose and doesn't like me to handle them. She lightens up pretty quickly, though, to the point that by weaning time she wants as little to do with her litter as possible. Pretty cool, how they're designed... Don't mess with the momma is sound wisdom, even the sheep got protective and I fed them. It's almost like they knew why those lambs got food names. Oh yeah, mom's had all she wants of the younguns come weening time. Human kids tend to stick around longer, my Mother asked me when I was moving out a couple times a week till I did. Then she asked when I was going to come for a visit every time we talked. Ain't life a hoot. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 The weights could also be made from window sash weights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupmaster Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Ain't life a hoot. Hear, hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDDstudios Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Made a leaf triangle bell. First time creating a leaf, thought it went pretty well. Did not finish creating the rod used to ring the bell and a wall hook to hang it by, as I ran out of fuel, and I got tired of it raining on me every 45 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzelik Hammar Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I glued my boot to the floor... Dropped some epoxy while attaching scales to a knife. I felt verrrrry smart when I tried to walk away... Handle adhesion looks strong though >.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Only laterally connected to blacksmithing, (like Rodgers' impromptu lateral to no one in the Falcons game yesterday) but, in the shop, I've started on a thickness sander build using leftover parts of the treadmill I built my belt grinder out of, and some angle iron and whatnot. My son wants it to sand his knife scale blanks - that's the lateral connection to blacksmithing. I want it for sanding cutting boards (you use knives on cutting boards - maybe forged, handmade knives. Another very tenuous lateral connection). Got to weld in the motor mount framing, true up the drum and build a dust collector hood for it. And managed to get the first bit of grinding in on Theo's collaboration knife blade (collaboration #4, blade #4). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I glued my boot to the floor... Dropped some epoxy while attaching scales to a knife. I felt verrrrry smart when I tried to walk away... Handle adhesion looks strong though >.> A cousin of mine once dropped a pneumatic nailer nozzle-down onto his foot. It hit at just the right force to trip the safety catch and at just the right angle to fire a sixteen-penny nail between his toes. He came to a rather abrupt halt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzelik Hammar Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Wow, he got lucky! I'm pretty sure if it had been me I would have fallen on it and fired another 4-5 nails through my foot. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 A cousin of mine once dropped a pneumatic nailer nozzle-down onto his foot. It hit at just the right force to trip the safety catch and at just the right angle to fire a sixteen-penny nail between his toes. He came to a rather abrupt halt. I used to use those daily for a few years and only had one accident. It was actually towards the end of my construction career. I had a knee wall I was building and had a nail redirected by a knot in the 2x4 I neglected to pay attention to. The nail shot out of the side of the board and into my finger. It went about half the length of the nail before it stopped. The boss laughed and the electrician gasped. The funny thing is it didn't hurt until we borrowed the electricians pliers to pull it back out. About 1/8" over it would've hit the bone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Looking pretty good John how are you going to adjust the thickness? I don't do knives but am getting tired of messing up this ONE handle I'm making for my collaboration seax. I have the bones of the treadmill I picked up to make my belt grinder ready for a dump run but maybe. . . . ? While I've never glued myself to the floor there was one incident in a bar in Craig AK. A fellow who'd been indulging like a logger can indulge, decided the folk in town didn't like me and wanted to pick a fight. A leftover tube of Superglue in my pocket, the dance floor and his boot ACCIDENTALLY had an encounter when I bent over to pick up something. The pack of smokes I accidentally knocked off the table I think. He was getting louder and more . . . "threatening" in a bumbly drunken sort of way and I couldn't get him to let me buy him a beer to make things better. He wasn't a bad guy, just drunk and I seriously doubt he would've laid a hand on me before the guys at the nearby tables escorted him out the door. Anyway, I stood up abruptly right in front of him, he stepped back and fell flat on his back, that darned left boot never budged and he laid there arms spread and started to snore. I had one of the gals at my table give me her bottle of nail polish remover to me and got his boot unglued before anybody else noticed the odd angle. Talk about make a rep, folk never even saw the punch and he was out cold in one. I've never had a very close call with a nailer though I have had a couple turn and peak back out the board at me. My worst close call with a power tool was when I was hanging a temporary smoke hood over the camp stove while we were building. I needed to hang just one corner was standing on the third step from the top of a ladder and ran the screw into my finger on the other side of the board. Did you know a wood screw takes right to calloused skin and you can't pull your finger off it. At least not in that position, I was pushing sort of back handed, my palm side was screwed to the board. I am SO happy I didn't drop the drill or fall off the ladder, Deb would never have heard me yelling our power was my Lincoln Ranger 9 welder generator and it was sitting on the bare plywood porch. Thinking back on them I like the avoiding a fight by gluing a drunk to the dance floor memory better. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedgemon Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 In 1969 I was stationed at Ft Richardson, AK...one weekend, shortly after payday, my wife, another Lt and his wife decided to go see some local nightlife, so we drove a few miles north to a place called the Red Barn. It was kinda dimly lit and full of loggers and oil well types - almost no wimmen. We ordered beers and very shortly these two really large dudes walk over and said "We're dancing with your ladies", then literally lifted them out of their chairs and proceeded to dance...we got our wives back about 6 tunes later - they had danced, almost properly, with almost every man in the place by then...we did not stick around to make lasting friendships... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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