George N. M. Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Alexandr, lovely. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. GNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Nice church keys Blue! Yes, you need to beat more HOT steel on her and put a good shine on her face! She'll love you for it. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Still focused on cleanup (which is going very well), but I did take a few minutes to make a bowsaw out of some scraps of conduit. The balance isn’t great, but it lets me out to use a perfectly good metal-cutting bandsaw blade that snapped on me while it was still brand-new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 I pick up wood cutting bowsaw frames and mount the hacksaw blades in them. Not shop work but I used a 6# sledge to drive a bunch of T posts for a fence around my wife's raised beds. Luckily it has a nice short handle so I can swing it one handed while standing on a step ladder and holding the pole. I did have to remind my wife to stay out of the "oops zone" a couple of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Word to the wise. Be careful, a missed blow will send you flying off that ladder if your reflexes aren't quick enough. I used to pound in 14' street sign posts for tall cucumber fences. I made a post pounder after picking myself up off the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 I made a too heavy post driver when Deb and I were putting fences up for the goats. It was WAY better than trying to use a sledge even made getting the post plumb before driving it. Slip it on the post, stand it up and balance it. They do NOT need to be heavy to drive posts, you have to lift them to make a strike after all. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Some years back, a friend gave me a nice post pounder that I briefly considered turning into a tuyere. Fortunately, practicality (and sanity) prevailed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Post pounders are your friend. The 3 inch diameter driver has been around ever since I can remember, and has handles. The 2 inch ID x 32 inches long one (no handles) is the go to when ever a T post needs put into the ground It is suggested that ear protection is used with both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 I used a sledge hammer for years until I got those tall posts. I have a lot of scars from learning the hard way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 I always pounded posts in with a hammer as well till I got a post pounder in a lot at an auction. I learned they make life Way easier and safer when pounding in posts. Simple to make really. The one I got was home made. I did make my own t post remover after looking them up and prices, I decided to make my own and it works well. Done the old wiggle pull, wiggle pull method on posts enough when I was younger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 (edited) Wiggle-pull is bad for your back... jacks work good and a hi'lift is the best. It's got a big tongue for wrapping a chain around. Edited April 18, 2022 by Nodebt Correct spelling error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 I’m lazy, When I need to drive t posts or steel pipe in ground, I use an engine powered driver lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 I made a T post puller that works a treat but a little heavy sort of like the driver I made. <sigh> On the upside the puller has a C shaped business end that fits around the post, it's on a lever arm a few inches from a lever a few feet long on the other side of the fulcrum and you can slip in a length of pipe for those stubborn posts. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 I pulled them from the last place using a chain wrapped over the bottom section and run over a steel wheel from a pickup to the trailer hitch on my truck...Any bending is addressed by my screwpress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 I pull them with the tractor front bucket & chain. Hard to beat hydraulic assist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave51B Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 What kind of tractor? Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 A Massey Ferguson 255. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Randy, that tractor is waaaaay to clean! you need to drive it through some cow pies and mud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Realized I have a demonstration to do this Saturday and Sunday, and I have no inventory. Well, I really don’t have to sell anything, but I do end up making a lot of leaves for the crowd. I thought a story board could help explain what I’m doing. So, that is what I made today. There not perfectly matching and had to bend the one step to fit the board, but I got some practice in and it should get the idea across. I’m thinking I may leave it at the group forge, we’re often teach newcomers the steps… Keep it fun, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluerooster Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Good lookin' story board on the leaf makin' process. As to post pulling I use my li'l ford tractor, and a chain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Goods, are you starting out with a pointed piece of angle iron? The top of the story board picture is a little fuzzy. Thx, GNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frf Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 roy from frf i did nothing today. day of rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 George, no, I started with 1/2” square and only showed the 1st step as a blunt taper. I feel like I skipped a few steps at the end though… David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave51B Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Nice Massy ya got there Iron. My loader tractor is a Massy also...a 44. Goods, where is yer demo? Someplace north of ya? Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Dave, no, due east in Vernon, Indiana. It’s at the Vernon Group IBA satellite’s home forge. The Sassafras Tea Festival (with a civil war reenactment) is the event and the forge site is right at the edge of the festival. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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