Mark Ling Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 Thank you! When he was here buying coke (I'll let ya'll figure out what kind, it was $25 for a 50lb bag..) he had mentioned that he'd been wanting to make a hammer out of some cable and so I thought that would be a cool Idea, and I had wanted to make a damascus hammer for a while, and thought why not. forged from 1" (or maybe a little larger) cable, folded over once to have a larger chunk of steel. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Frosty said: Dishitoutagus? “Dishitoutagus” it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 So far today I have fabricobled a mount for my portaband so I can use both hands on the material and I can see what I’m doing. I won’t miss trying to cut a split cross or for blank while bear hugging my portaband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Michael, could you do a separate thread with dimensions and details, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Here you go, JHCC. https://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/53269-portaband-table/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Finally started an electrolysis tank. Electrode plate is about 1/8"x6"x18" steel. First candidate in an old 11"x3/4" spike I found while metal detecting. Surface rust knocked off. Its in line of sight to the plate so now to wait and see how it works. At a guess it's maybe around 16 gallons of water and around 3 table spoons of PH+ in the tote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave51B Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Das....couple of things. Make sure your clamps are in good contact with bare metal, not rust. Just like charging a battery, when you wiggle the clamps. Also I'm not sure what you mean by Ph+, but you should have at least 1 Tbls. of washing soda, lye or whatever per gal. of electrolyte. Your clamps will take a beating if they are in the electrolyte........ Just sayin' Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Thanks for the suggestions Dave. I will make sure to have a better "bite on the work pieces. Actually I might not. And try to get them out of the soup. Mad far as the PH+ my friend that has done electrolysis gave me a bottle. He marked it PH+ ( as in the pool chemical) washing soda, and sodium carbonate. Which I would think is the chemical used all in all. I will adjust things and see how it goes. Apreciate the advice. Actually, I came back up to the shop and it looked like the clamp was getting more a workout then the workpiece. I ground down to metal on the workpiece where it's clamped and suspended the clamps higher. How can I connect the work piece without it being in the soup? Or is that just a necessary evil? I can replace the clamps if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Das, I apologize if I'm barging in here, but to suspend my workpiece, I wrap it once or twice with heavy steel wire a time or two and hang it from a non-conductive rod (wood, PVC, etc.) and affix my clamp to the wire. That way it's out of the solution. Good luck with the electrolysis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 What I do, Is I drill a shallowish about 1/8" hole, and put in a self tapping screw. Then I take a piece of copper wire, and rap it around the screw, and then attach the other end to a piece of rebar going across like you have the piece of wood. That way, you can put several items on the piece of rebar submerged under, and just attach the clamp to the end and your then able to get current through all of the pieces. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Good ideas, Thanks. Tho I usually don't want to drill the pieces I can see how these ideas will work. Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 I understand. I just liked drilling them over grinding them, cause grinding down to bare shiny metal shows up better, compared to a shallow hole (I don't drill all the way through), and most times I fill the hole with a little bit of epoxy and you can't even notice. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 A productive evening: Made a bickern from a piece of axle (with my son striking) A pair of experimental tongs (as detailed HERE): And made progress on two other projects (one of which is Lisa’s Christmas present — shhhh!!): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Sawicki Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Can we guess what it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Sawicki Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Fruit bowl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 ahhh a Bruit d'fowl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Nope, and Non. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Not bad enough take on "brut de forge"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 So bad, it's good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I thought it was a bit foul myself...sorry to hear that it's not a skull cap like Merlin wore in that movie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 It is something that I think you will appreciate, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Giant bottle cap sculpture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Nope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Large flower candle holder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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