JHCC Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 3 hours ago, iron woodrow said: No need to get complicated. A big tube with the blast going in and a smaller copper tube shoved in at an angle so it dribbles oil into the air flow as it enters the furnace. The design failed initially because chips were clogging the ball valve. Filtering solved that and now she runs like a dream. iron Woodrow, could you please start a new thread in the proper section with drawings and photographs, so that others interested in such a setup can find it easily? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron woodrow Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 4 hours ago, Marc1 said: You use fish and chip oil with chips still in it? When the oil is emptied out of the fryer it is put into drums. There are still chips and other bits at the bottom of the fryer... and thence the drum. 3 hours ago, JHCC said: iron Woodrow, could you please start a new thread in the proper section with drawings and photographs, so that others interested in such a setup can find it easily? Thanks. Im not ready for that sort of responsibility. People would be asking questions and asking for plans. You know what i always say about plans? i dont have one! As i said, no fancy stuff required, just a way to regulate and dribble the oil into the airblast, a good size blower, and a suitable refractory lined vessel. And no chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeroclick Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I made this shoe horn at a demo I did on Sunday, at the museum I have been volunteering at pretty happy with how it came out for a test piece. It was a really good day there were two other smiths in the forge so had to share through the day. One of them is 87 years old and been forging since he was 13 he had some brilliant stories. Apparently he left school at 13 because when he told his teacher he could get a job as a smith he was told well he best get to it. Cheers, Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Well we all have failures. Was going to be a nice draw knife. It broke while I was putting the handle on. I was using file handles, and I wanted it on further so I was holding one end of the draw knife and hitting the other end on the anvil to drive the handle on further. The way it broke and how it broke could have been a scene from forged in fire it was so bad haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzkill Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Bummer. It looks like it was coming together well up to that point. On the bright side, if there is one, you get to see you grain structure at the break and assess your heat treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Every time something like that happens to me, just before the break, the voices in my head are screaming no no don't do that. Why don't I listen to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 3 minutes ago, Irondragon Forge & Clay said: Every time something like that happens to me, just before the break, the voices in my head are screaming no no don't do that. Why don't I listen to them? Can't get a consensus? My voices get in regular arguments and they all make good blacksmith sense. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 haha, yeah I was kinda thinkin it was a dumb thing to do. And the other thing was there was a small micro crack that I think was from forging the bevel in too cold. It broke where the small crack was. I also should have normalized it, that would have helped with the grain size some. Oh well, was a good learning experience. Littleblacksmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Throw the halves back in the forge, now you have two herb choppers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 That was going to be my suggestion too, straighten the tangs & handle them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Just fold them up and around for herb choppers. No real need to handle them. Theres a few ways to repurpose the halves tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Das totally beat me with that You got two nice herb choppers now, Mark. Good luck has shined on you... I'm all hearts and horseshoes these days, but here is something little different: A man bought one a couple months ago, he gave it to an American friend of his, and now as his birthday is coming his wife ordered this as a replacement. My favorite kind of costumer is the returning one. Bests: Gergely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Hammer Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 6 hours ago, Irondragon Forge & Clay said: Every time something like that happens to me, just before the break, the voices in my head are screaming no no don't do that. Why don't I listen to them? I learned as a flintknapper to stop when that little voice says not to do something after breaking many a flint points in various stages of finish work. It's served me well in blacksmithing, especially with getting burned. That voice says "Ah, MC you better get a hold of that piece better before hitting it." or "Ah, MC let that piece drop clear and jump back." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Or did you reach for a piece of steel at black heat, and that little voice says “MC, can’t touch this!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajajoaquin Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I got a little bit of forging done on my hot cut. It’s the half shaft from my wife’s old car. I only get 10 or 20 minutes at a time to forge so I get a couple heats and then put it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 You are a madman asking for a hurting forging in sandles but it should work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I’m just worried what’s going to happen when his wife tries to drive the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Hmm. I took old car as no longer used. Never know tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 That’s the best case scenario. The worst case doesn’t bear thinking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Methinks he is cruising for a HOT foot. SLAG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajajoaquin Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I paid extra for the OSHA-approved flip flops. Car is long gone, but the axles were from a CV joint replacement. Cheaper to buy the whole CV/axle assembly than to disassemble and replace just the joint. So I ended up with axles. (If I do more than a couple heats, I put on leather shoes. I work from home and I put my office in my workshop. Most days the forge stays idle but every now and then I get a conference call where I have to attend but I don’t really have anything to add. It’s a bit awkward when I forget to mute myself.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Hammer Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 11 hours ago, JHCC said: Or did you reach for a piece of steel at black heat, and that little voice says “MC, can’t touch this!” Oh yeah, then I just spun around and said "Stop.......Hammer Time!" and went back to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 There are pictures of steel toed flip flops out there, I believed they were Australian. (hmm here is a pair, a bit upscale from the ones I remember: www.sandipointe.com/im/sandals/steel-toe-sandals-0.jpg) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 These are my steel toes with leather spats, which I usually wear over sneakers. I haven’t yet tried them over flip-flops yet, but I don’t see why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron woodrow Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 On 8/1/2018 at 10:58 AM, ThomasPowers said: There are pictures of steel toed flip flops out there, I believed they were Australian. (hmm here is a pair, a bit upscale from the ones I remember: www.sandipointe.com/im/sandals/steel-toe-sandals-0.jpg) No steel toed flip flops over here, mate, We use steel cap thongs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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