teenylittlemetalguy Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 I am very happy to be working with Colter Fike to bring you two full weekend classes! Both weekends are focusing on skill building for beginners/intermediate by working through fun small projects. Below are just a few of the topics we will be covering: Shrink and stretch: Often misunderstood skills that you can use to your advantage. Project will be Spoon making (without the need for a swage block) Symmetry: Lay out with volume changes the easy way. Learn to create balanced designs with minimal math. Hammer swing tune up: Efficient hammering, no sweat! Brazing for the blacksmith: A valuable and underused metal fastening technique. 90 Degrees in Alaska: Fast, easy and accurate square corners! Tapers: The secret to graceful lines to your projects. Bringing it all together: Sunday we will combine new skills on a project. Weekend #1 April 10-11 Weekend #2 May 1-2 Classes at ; 2520 N. Meadow Lakes Loop. Wasilla Ak Payments and sign up can be done Monday through Friday 8:30AM to 3PM at Fike Industrial Construction Wasilla, Alaska 99623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Will that be Forge Brazing or Torch Brazing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) In the forge. Edited April 7, 2021 by Mod30 Excessive quoting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Good, I'm always surprised that more people don't know that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) Exactly the same here. I know I will have a couple artists in the group that it will really help. It's like blacksmith hot glue... Edited April 7, 2021 by Mod30 Remove excessive quote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 It's a "traditional" method of fixing things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 For sure! Brazing in general is amazing stuff and usually much easier than people think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I have an *old* tiny, (3.5"?), postvise where the screwbox is forge brazed out of a number of pieces and the internal thread was made from sq wire that was wrapped around the screw, unscrewed and then forge brazed inside the screwbox. Frank Turley examined it and told me he thought it predated 1800 and probably came over with an immigrant as a prized tool of his profession. (Picked it up at Quad-State one year for US$20.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 That's how mine was made as well. It has 4" jaws though. It's also a tang mount (like many of the earlier ones). I have no idea of the age, but she works just fine. I don't go full 170# gorilla on it when when tightening it down though since the brazed screwboxes aren't as strong... and the age doesn't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 Wow, that sounds impressive! It would be a good trick to have in the old toolbox. Phyre forge told me he cut the sides off of a larger postvise to make a 2" one and uses it daily. I could really see it being useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Mine had the tanged mount too; but I had to make that and the spring myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 16 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: tanged mount When you say "tanged mount" do you mean the type with the two wedges that holds the actual mounting plate to the piece of bent flat bar that that goes around the spring and stationary jaw? Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Here's a picture of mine before I mounted it. The mounting arm comes through the stationary jaw and spring and is wedged in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 The mounting bracket/plate has a tenon that goes through the shaft of the stationary jaw, through a sq hole in the soring and is then wedged to hold everything together near the inside of the vise end of the tenon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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