July 27, 20178 yr Getting my super stump filled up. Sand, oil, scraps of steel.... this thing weighs a ton and I can't wait to get her finished!
July 28, 20178 yr Still on the first one! LoL but cleaning up this one took a couple of grinding disks , flaps & cutting disks ! But given the $35 I paid for it I think it's with it .
July 28, 20178 yr On 7/26/2017 at 1:48 PM, Michael said: Sure, go right ahead. Thanks, Michael, I really look forward to seeing the end product!
July 29, 20178 yr Wrecked a perfectly good piece of steel......tried a hammer eye by myself, man i need a friend about now. Or just a striker i guess.. Hard to tell from the pic but its way off center.
July 29, 20178 yr My slitter was one of the first things i made. Its far from strait. Never thought about the problems that would cause. A bent slitter is like a rutter on a boat. Duh! 1 minute ago, JHCC said: If it's square and straight, just make a dog-head hammer or some kind of top tool. Im going to do just that jhcc, will make a nice top tool. Thx!
July 29, 20178 yr Alexandr, what country/region is the chalet with "New windvane" located? That is one fine windvane !!
July 30, 20178 yr Nothing in the forge, but I began tearing out an old seldom used 10 foot long wood work table that the pack rats had made a condominium out of. Sorry no pictures of before but I'll take some tomorrow of the shelving that I still need to clean out and burn pile.
July 30, 20178 yr 10 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: Grind the fat side to match and then continue? I did just that, its a trapping hammer I promised a friend when i first started smithing. Im unhappy with it in so many ways but it will have to do. He pushed me into the project so any flaws are on his sholders lol. I knew i wasn't ready but hey, I knocked out my first hammer!! I cheated a bit with the torches and welder, also had to get creative with the handle making as the eye is way off. Shoud work well for his application though. All in all im just glad its over ! Lol
July 30, 20178 yr 7 minutes ago, Tommie Hockett said: I think it looks nice...... but I have no idea what a trapping hammer is lol Thanks, realy pretty happy with it as my first hammer. Learned alot! My trapping hammer is a cheap 3 lb sledge with a piece of flat welded on the back for digging a trap bed in hard/frozen ground. The other end is for driving trap stakes. We trap yotes in our spare time.
July 30, 20178 yr ok I gotcha. I did a little of that back in highschool. I trapped coons but I used snares. keep up the forging bud that stuff is awesome I cant wait to give it a go when I get home!
July 30, 20178 yr very nice piece for the first one,,,perhaps a slit, V wedge thru the back middle for pulling out the stakes cool touchmark
July 30, 20178 yr Broke my old framing hammer and have never made a claw hammer before, and had a nice chunk of 4140, so... And forged out some parts for the next handrail job...
July 30, 20178 yr Wow, fantastic job on that hammer! Im not far from feeling confident enough to start my railing/gate projects.
August 1, 20178 yr 3 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: *shiney*! Are you going to wipe it down with boiled linseed oil? Is that the recommendation? I also need a spring for this. do we have any members who make & sell replacement items for these vises?
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