TWISTEDWILLOW Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 JHCC, they look awesome! #2 in the line up did you use a fuller for a ball pein? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 I have an auxiliary hardy holder that enables me to use paired fullers under the treadle hammer. This is a three-piece bottom setup: block with 2” square hole resting in the anvil, adapter with 7/8” square hole and 2” square stem, and the fuller itself: My anvil has a 7/8” hardy hole, so the adapter lets me use any of my regular tools with the auxiliary block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 That’s pretty cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BsnNFrnt Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Been mostly lurking for the last two weeks working on this thing. I finally got to the point where I can post something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Masterson Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 16 hours ago, Ted Ewert said: 1/4"-3/8" should give you enough material for the tennon, assuming a 1/4" tennon. You could always do a test piece to get more accurate. Do you have a monkey tool to square up the shoulders? Easy to make. Thanks Ted. No monkey tool. I used my bolster plate on the last one I did but these will be my first “proper” tenons with a guillotine tool. The last one I did free hand at the anvil and it was awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluerooster Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Well, My first attempt at blind, square hole, first attempt at basket twist, and first attempt at a gas key all rolled into some forge time. First off The hole actually went quite well. Drilled a 9/32" hole, heated, and drifted to 5/16 square. Looked OK, albeit a tad off center. Then, slit, and started the basket, and twisted. Got all wonkey, so I just twisted it tight. (forget the basket) I believe it will be functional, but nowhere near aesthetically pleasing. So, it will hang on the wall, as a reminder of how not to make a gas key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dax Hewitt Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 That's quality Mr Rooster. You have me wondering if I can do a triangle one. They are very common in my game and even expensive commercial keys break for fun. JHCC, love the beer tap heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluerooster Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 All I can say is give it a go, and see what happens. That's what I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinDoc Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Nothing super fantasic, but I did finally get out for a minute. Turned a small piece of 5/8 rod i had into a punch. Forged it down then grinded on it for a minute to round it out and clean it up, because who doesn't like shiny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Two distinct phases to today’s work. The first was drilling, tapping, and finishing the beer tap handles I forged yesterday. The second was when my student Eva showed up for a lesson. She’s on a big spoon kick, and having just carved a wooden one, she wanted to try forging one. Since this was a good opportunity to teach her upsetting, that’s what we did. She really enjoyed using the torch stand for spot-heating the area to be upset: And she learned a good lesson about turning the anvil on its side to upset into one of the curved sections as a swage: (Please note that her thumb is not on top of the hammer handle.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Are you making them for a individual or for a commercial bar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 TW, these are for my neighbor across the road, who is an avid home brewer and is just about to make the jump to pro, having made plans to turn the old Army-Navy store downtown into a brewpub. These four are test pieces that he will use on his “keezer” at home, and I’ll probably end up making another dozen for the pub itself. So, both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Addendum: when I was on vacation a couple of weeks ago, I took a pound of plasticine and spent a fair about of time “sketching” ideas. I’d make a model, take a couple of photos, mash it up, make another model, and so on. My neighbor picked the four he liked most, and I made those. We also talked about some other things he liked (such as a leaf-handled bottle opener I’d previously made him), and I suspect I’ll be modeling a few more ideas before long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalfgreen Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Everyone looks like they been very busy and work looks amazing. Wish I had time to get my stuff together have worked 128 hours in 2 week span WOW. Wish that was forge time but all these posts I see keep my itch alive and the first day off I get I'm not completely drained this guy will getter done. John really like your tap handles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 More deck work. made brackets for the top of the railing, got stairs in, started the decking. Just have to get an inspector over to check the framing and give it the ok. Then 1 more inspection and its done. Got 4 more brackets to make, and a whole bunch of bolts. Then i can start on the lower portion. I did learn to keep one in the fire while scrolling and bending one that made pretty quick work. 2 of the bolts are forged the other 4 are just lag bolts i squared the heads on. Where they are going. There is a screw on the underside that is not visible so it is just a screw. But you can see where the forged bolts are going. And just an overview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalfgreen Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Looks beautiful Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Masterson Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Nice deck pieces Billy. I finally got an auto darkening helmet. Made my welds ten times better. I was able to make one of the tools I’ve wanted most for a while now - twisting wrench. Also used the new guillotine tools to make tenons for this picture frame. Was not as easy as I hoped. I’m sure that’s mostly because I need practice but do you guys think having the grinds all the way to the edge of these dies would help? I guess now that I think about it I’ve only seen butcher dies in YouTube videos and never up close so maybe they all look like this… Anyway, and Most importantly- I’m in need of some help! - I made this picture frame over the weekend for a wedding gift. I’m really happy with the way it came out but I realized once it was done that there’s nothing to actually hold a picture in place lol. Big problem. I made these little tabs to try to attach to the back on the top and bottom cross pieces but both jb weld and gorilla glue didn’t hold them…maybe bc of the paste wax finish? I guess I could just double sided tape a picture in but I’d like them to be able to easily change the picture if they want to. Any ideas??? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalfgreen Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Could bend a thin piece of metal around the bottom with enought material and tension to slip picture in between the 2 tips like a clamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Auto-darkening helmets are the bomb, but be careful welding anything chrome plated. Hexavalent chromium poisoning is bad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 You should be able to tack weld the little tabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 The tap handles have been delivered and installed. Photo courtesy of the brewer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Sweet! It looks like you did some more work on #2 and thinned it up a little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalfgreen Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Very nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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