JHCC Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Rehafted the long rounding hammer, whose previous handle had developed a longitudinal split. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Looks great.. And right back at it.. Way to go and inspiring.. Gergely Thanks for the pics.. How to do you like that firepot/clinker breaker setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFC Snuffy Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 No forging today, but I picked up Tylecote's The Solid Phase Welding of Metals through ILL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Here’s the little hammer JHCC and I worked on yesterday. In reality, he worked on it and I missed with the sledge hammer. Decided to make it into a two sided fullering hammer with two different radiuses. Been wanting a leaf making hammer for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Got a photo of the slitting chisel/eye drift we modded from that big cold chisel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Easy enough to get! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 There we go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 9 hours ago, SFC Snuffy said: No forging today, but I picked up Tylecote's The Solid Phase Welding of Metals through ILL. No forging for me either, but your comment made me take a trip over to the web and purchase a copy as well.. JHCC and Lou, Nice job on the hammer and chisel.. I still like to use a round punch for eye forming an got eventually to the point of where an eye drift wasn't needed unless I was making the cheeks of the eye longer like when making a ball peen.. On a square or a cross section with square side with practice the eye ratios I prefer were possible.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Yeah, we wanted to try that, but didn’t have a round punch of the right dimensions. I’m making a big round punch in my home forge and will be trying that method on my next handled tool. And Thank You! It was still attached to the parent bar when I left, and I’m looking forward to seeing it ground and finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I'll PM you as there are a few things that get done a little differently and the shape of the punch can be a little different also depending on what you want for an eye ratio from top to bottom.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMike Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I do like that hammer and chisel and hammer. Nice work. No forging for me. installed a 240 circuit for my grinder and welder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 A good drift for hammer eyes is definitely on my short list. I’m so behind on making tooling which is strange because that is my favorite part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 20 hours ago, BIGGUNDOCTOR said: Michael, a couple of tips for the next one, forge at a yellow heat, and find a good straight peen hammer. The peen will work the thickness down faster and in one direction compared to the rounding hammer that spreads it in all directions. Thanks for the tip, that vid was the tail end of the sledge work, when things went a little parallelogram and I switched to the hand hammer to correct before taking another heat. I worked too cold for years of self taught fumbling before meeting other smiths who set me right. 12 lb sledge is a straight peen(6 lb in the vid), won’t even think about one handing that hammer EC0F43B0-9F71-4839-9329-CE7DE309CE67.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 4 hours ago, jlpservicesinc said: I still like to use a round punch for eye forming Brent Bailey has a video showing how he uses a round punch under his 250 lb. LG to form the eye of a cross peen hammer. The relevant section is 2:20-3:26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma5JgGxyKGU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 On 4/25/2018 at 10:10 PM, alexandr said: Hi guys. I sent 2 chandeliers to Buffalo. Chandeliers are installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Beautiful work.. Way to go.. 6 hours ago, JHCC said: Brent Bailey has a video showing how he uses a round punch under his 250 lb. LG to form the eye of a cross peen hammer. No Drifts needed.. It is punched with just a round punch.. There are ways to shorten the time it takes to do any to these forging operations..Mind you using that power hammer shortened up the process quite a bit. In the video he uses the drifts to get the eye shape he wanted.. This is controlled during the punching and if done right the eye is perfect without additional working or re working.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Stephens Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Alexander, Very Nice. Thank you for sharing the pictures. AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Welded up a new hammer stand. Clearly, I need more hammers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Clearly! Having fun with the portaband aye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Actually, its guide bearings burned out, so I had to do all the cutting with the angle grinder. Much messier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Oh darn. Yeah. Better get that fixed.... HAH! soon as you need it the most it lets ya down. Typical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Tried a new version of a dragon. This one on the diagonal with square stock And with prototype eyes Thanks to Nitzan Lilie for the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Beautiful chandeliers Alexandr! Nice hammer stand JHCC. Wish I had enough hammers to justify something like that. 58er, dragon looks real good. I'm in the shop playing with my new 12" contact wheel on my belt grinder. Finding that hollow grind bevels are a bear to get looking right, but the blade rest I just made is helping a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Made a bunch of hooks for some folks, and have more to make over the next few days. And since I was making hooks, I thought I'd do something a little different and make a hook to hang my nice apron on. Picked a bit of 3/8" round out of the scrap bin to tinker with, and ended up having a dickin's of a time deciding were to take the finial. I started out thinking I'd just to a simple ball. Then I thought I'd play around with a diamond. Got to this point... and kind of like the look. If I'd had the time, I would probably have gone full-diamond with it, but there's no saying I can't heat and beat tomorrow! It was definitely fun to get out of the rut I've been in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobasaurus Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Making a small wood plane blade from several pieces of cable and an old file. Here is the scarf before the final forge weld: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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