I did ball ends on a new handle for my big vise by upsetting. Yeah, it was a bear. Especially the second side with the screw attached. Yeah, I deffinately did it the hard way but I was proud of my work. 

Super cool skulls and I feel you Goods. I made a little hook while heat treating a couple blades and some other experiments. 

Cool hook Rojo. 

 

Just to say on the post vise ball ends, the stock was one inch round and there was more room in the screw opening but it works fine. 

I needed a pair of tongs to hold 1inch, so I modified an old pair meant for 3/4" round. 

Dang Das, you made those by upsetting? Nice job. I would have went the easy route and welded a collar on the ends. 

Now you tell me..  

I don't know, I just wanted to do it this way. 

some nice work.. 

In prep for the upcoming NYSDB meet at Rochester Arc and Flame I have been prepping some items for display and idea items.. 

First item is a Sunobi  forged from farriers rasp and 1/4x3/4 mild steel for the core.  Will be my new "ninja-to" when finished.

and a pair of scissors one half forged (steeled mild steel) as a sample and the other forged at the last weeks EAIA meet. 

 

https://nysdb.org/All-Hands/

 

Thats a nice looking pair of scissors. 

I'm sure your demonstrations will go great. 

Size on the scissors? They look like the pair sailmakers use

Been tearing down a Buffalo silent 200 to restore,

Shaina found me a parts doner so imma take two and make one good one

im stuck on getting the pin out of the gear and the the side adjustment bushing that’s threaded does not wanna come out 

Once it’s completely apart it’s my intention to sand blast all the cast parts, make new legs, have a few new parts machined, and then re assemble, prime and paint this dude,  a deep full on restoration 

I’ll probably have more in it then I could buy a dozen beat up ones for lol 

There was a long LONG thread about taking forge blowers apart and a few guys actually knew how to get the pin out and better yet, get it all together and working again. I don't imagine it's still here, maybe in the archives?

Frosty The Lucky.

Frosty u lesson take before , never took apart what you don't know to make work again.

Or if you disassemble something take picture before you do it. 

thanks for the advice but This ain’t my first Rodeo natkova,

thats kinda the reason I buy broken blowers in the first place 

Jerry

 I got everything moving little bits at a time but it’s been a pain, it’s moving vary slowly, 

I know the silent 200 had a couple of different variations 

for instance I’ve seen some with a separate cone that puts pressure on the bearings but this one just has it machined in the shaft 

this one has a really good body and has the nice little fancy brass drain valve but both of these 200s are in rough shape 

the parts donor say full of water so long that i think someone drug it out of a pond, the bottom worm gear is shot, gear teeth are toast on it so there’s no bringing that one back but it’s got a lot of good parts 

Yeah, I got carried away again, there probably isn't anybody on the forum knows more about these things than you and if you run into something new, figuring it out won't give you pause.

Maybe I was just pining for the lost archives. 

Frosty The Lucky.

I don’t know that I know anymore than anyone else, I just operate by the everything is figuroutable lol 

Ive done some buffalo, champion an Otto’s before

but in all honesty this is my first silent 200 so I’m learning on this model 

it looks like a well built machine I cant wait to to try it out after I get the last few things off 

the gears are in excellent condition on this one but the shafts and adjusting bushings are in rusty condition and a little boogered up 

I think where people run into trouble on hand crank blowers is tuning those adjustments in so everything spins freely 

it’s got a funky offset bushing with a a stationary shaft in it and those pin holes to move it so I can see if you don’t get that dude in there right it could lock up 

Figuring out and repairing small engines and machinery is your day job so even if you've never seen a device before and have no personal knowledge of it, you know how to figure it out. Everything has a sequence of assembly and another of operation having experience with these two mechanical basics is knowledge and so on. 

Frosty The Lucky.

 

Glad to see you're working on that and I'm looking forward to the progress pics! Kinda giving me the itch to start working on finishing the restoration of that old Buffalo forge I started last year.

JLP, those scissors are impressive. I showed my wife and she asked when I’m going to make her some. I don’t think she will be as impressed with the results I’ll achieve at this time…

Keep it fun,

David

Big time impressive scissors. That is ultimate bladesmithing.

JLP, how do you "fit" the cut of the scissors/curve of the scissor blades? Just by hammer and hand, or do you grind them to shape, or some other method?

Cheers,

Jono.

There's always one guy you know that can take machines apart and reassemble them when they've never seen one. They're the guy you call when you have a couch stuck on a set of stairs. On the railroad they switch cars on the locals and probably play 3D chess in their heads when they're bored.

On 10/9/2024 at 3:30 PM, gewoon ik said:

Size on the scissors? They look like the pair sailmakers use

Overall about 11" long.   I'll use them as utility scissors..   I have several pairs I'd like to do. 

9 hours ago, Goods said:

JLP, those scissors are impressive. I showed my wife and she asked when I’m going to make her some. I don’t think she will be as impressed with the results I’ll achieve at this time…

Keep it fun,

David

Scissors are pretty tough to do well..    Very kind to say, but these are not perfect..  These are matched, so they really are just a single blade..   This is the forth blade and it was fitted to the second blade..   I've made 4 total at this point.. 

If I can do this in 4 you won't have a problem. 

9 hours ago, Rojo Pedro said:

Big time impressive scissors. That is ultimate bladesmithing.

Certianly a complex arrangement..  

1 hour ago, Hefty said:

JLP, how do you "fit" the cut of the scissors/curve of the scissor blades? Just by hammer and hand, or do you grind them to shape, or some other method?

Cheers,

Jono.

Forged to length..  and then the rocker of the blade is estimated at this point, .  I don't have a lot of experience forging these..  So much of it is trial and error and then adjust as needed. 

Fair enough. "Rocker" was the term I had forgotten, and trial and error makes sense for something like this, I think. Especially, if it's not something you have done often. I've never tried but I watched an Alec Steele video recently where he toured a scissor making shop and the machines and processes they have in place, just for the complexities of the rocker are very impressive and intricate.

For something you only make once, or every now and then, I think the best result, and probably most efficient, is often had by trial and error.

Made some repairs to my gas forge, as described HERE.

Yesterday was the BAM meeting with gig demonstration from Bernie Tapple. I took a page full of notes (and later rewrote more legibly and added doodles). I don't fish but I still want to try again using the tips and tools Bernie mentioned to see how much better I do. 

Maybe I'll make one into a devil's fork or Olympus Trident, lol

Here's the table with everyone's attempt at the fishing gig prior to the meeting. It was the trade item.

Here's a front/back/and inside view of socket on one of Bernie's gigs. My hand for scale. 

Here's front and back views of my second and third attempts. All three attempts combined a total of approximately 20 hours of forging time. Then Bernie goes and knocks one out start to finish in less than 2 hours. But he's got hundreds of gigs in practice, lol

My third attempt (4 tines) also has an attempted forge welded socket seam. I started to melt the bottom after the third weld setting heat so decided to call it done before I totally messed it all up, lol

Then finally, a pic of my notes from the demonstration in case anyone is interested in giving it a shot. 

The skulls are all kinds of cool.  I'll have to try one if I ever get back to the forge.

The brew shelf is awesome.

Jennifers scissors are a testament to her skill, and attention to detail.

Natkova, if that strap on the stretching table were to snap, you'd be singing soprano for a while.

My take on forge blowers, with experience limited to the one that I have, is that while some pins, and bushings can be a pain to remove, It may be best to destroy the part (pin or bushing) and replace with new.  But bear in mind that "new" does not allways equal "store bought". 

I've had so much going on of late, I haven't been able to get any forge time at all.  I've got a brand new bag of coal, unopened, just waiting to coke up in the forge. But I have a project in the shop, that I need to get to a certain point, before I can take a break from it.  But I'm getting closer.   Mabe I'll be able to get back to the forge some time in Dec. Here's a few pics of the project that's taking all my time of late.

Finally got it on it's own 3 feet:

Firewall, and motor mount installed:

Engine almost ready to install:

Did an "IRAN" (Inspect Repair As Needed) on Carburettor:

So that's what I did in the shop.

Shainarue, My Ol' Lady saw those gigs, and has informed me of my next forge project.  I am to fabricate for her a full size trident.   Thanks for her inspiration.