Rojo Pedro Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Cool knife JP. Nice tools Pat. I could not agree more about making tools. Some times making a tool needed for a project is more fun than making the project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 It's good to put your touch mark on your personal tools. It makes it easy to ID them when at demos or other folks are at your shop and sometimes tools get mixed together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davor Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Nice looking chisels Pat, but don’t flare them out so much. Like the one in the third picture. You must have a straight line behind the edges or you will knock those corners of. The edge is hardened and you don't have enogh tempered steel behind those flared edges. I learned that the hard way. If you google a cold cut chisel, you'll see that thay have a straight line behind the edge or that it even tapers towards the edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I have a number of chisels with flared tips, and they all work great. I agree with what Davor says about possible disadvantages of such a design, but "You must have a straight line behind the edges" is a bit excessive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USANewbie Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I'm finishing up my torch cart. I added a rounded piece for the oxy bottle to sit in at the top, and a chain. And for the propane bottle i used a clamp for a tank that usually goes on on an RV. It works well. Then im going to reorganize and clean the shop some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalfgreen Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 pat they look great. I hope to make one soon. getting my supplies together now to start round 2 of KOL using a form this time lesson learned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 IFCW A Pairing knife would be perfect for this kind of construction.. It's a lot of extra inletting though vs tradtional knife standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluerooster Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 On 10/26/2021 at 8:19 AM, Pat Masterson said: Very cool handling concept. Is it inlaid into that side of the handle or was it thin enough that it wasn’t necessary? Really like how the manufacturers stamping was left. I like that too! It was a fair sized bearing race, @3 1/4" diameter, and about 5/8" wide. Was a tapered roller bearing, Jennifer, I'd really like to know how you saved the writing. Every time I flatten out a bearing, it all goes away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lary Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Experimenting with copper finish. Glad I did it outside, muriatic acid is nasty stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Lary, I usually put the acid in a container when i use it, it may eat through those boards and stuff. Seriously though how did you do the finish? Electroplating or just clean the metal and do a hot rub like with a brass brush? I ask becuase i tried electroplating a few weeks ago and failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USANewbie Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 I went out in my shop and its wet. Unfortunately i have a small yard and its a low spot and floods when there is a lot of rain. I can either build a wooden floor which will cost me $700-$800 or bring in gravel to build up my shop floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 I built up my floor with gravel from a local arroyo---got permission from the landowner and used a lot of 5 gallon buckets. But I'm cheap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USANewbie Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Gravel is pretty cheap compared to lumber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Drainage pipes are suggested, even with gravel as fill. Besides how long is the lumber going to last in wet conditions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USANewbie Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Glenn, I can't dig where I live because there are pipes buried everywhere and I don't own the property. The lumber would last if I use treated and keep it off the ground but I would rather do gravel, its cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalfgreen Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 well that's a bummer. I was able to complete KOL use this time but ain't it my luck I run out about 1 inch from top and no ends done. 2 hours to wait then pull from form and let this cure. then will have to order more to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 I wouldn’t pull the form until you have more. Hopefully someone more experienced will chime in here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 I'd recommend leaving the mold in place until you've finished casting. The curing of the existing KOL won't be hurt by having it there, and you won't have to re-insert it to finish casting the top and sides. That said, the texture of your KOL looks perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalfgreen Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 sounds like a plan. probally order tonight or tomorrow morning whenever I see my accountant. think I will soak a towel and insert into trash bag here shortly. and wait to see when that lovely lady gets home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 When we did our shop addition, we went with crushed limestone. It packs very well and is easy to maintain. The tractor was a life saver over a wheelbarrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Masterson Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Gandalgreen is that a Hell’s Forge single burner or an entirely homemade forge? I ask because I can see a small chrome looking logo type thing in one of the pics that looks similar to the ones on hells forges but can’t make out what it says. If it is Hells Forge did you not go with the lining materials they provide because you just wanted something stronger right off the bat? I have a single burner Devil Forge which looks basically the same as the hells and the refractory they sent lasted quite long - I guess it’s almost a year now and it only really started going down hill quick after I started using flux. I now have new kaowool and kastolite on the way so I’m curious to see how yours comes out as I’m guessing mine will be a very similar process. Did you rigidize the kaolwool first? I believe my forge originally came with the kaowool already installed and rigidized, then I just put the included refractory on it but I could be remembering wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Crushed limestone is awesome.. A little water and tamping and it's hard as rock.. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalfgreen Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Pat yes it is the hells forge single burner. it did come with a product to use but the info I read about it I was not impressed. it came lined with wool that I had to rigidize. after reading about the product they send and then KOL I decide to do KOL. soon as I get some more KOL ordered and delivered I will finish and post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 had a great day in the shop was working on a project for school making a copper ring had no copper stock so I took old electrical cables and melted them into a bar this became a 3 generation job as my grandfather came over to get help from my father then my father came out and helped as well. turned out with the homemade crucible (heavy wall pipe with a piece of 1/2in steel in bottom) and the fact I couldn't heat it proper via my forge i ended up using the forge tipped up and a oxy-acetylene torch to get it heated and poured it into a piece of angle iron blocked off after some clean up I had a nice bar of copper and then proceeded to wreck it as i broke 2 rings i have enough to get 2 more attempts in tomorrow or i must fork over the cash to by a length of copper rod(which would most likely have cost less than the propane, oxygen and acetylene I used to cast but hey experience is price less right?) also o broke my 2 coated bricks for the back side of the forge and have no coating left left uncoated i have melted these bricks before when i built my first setup (hence my discovery of IFI not all bad things are that bad) M.J.Lampert p.s. will give update on ring when completed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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