Ted Ewert Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Our facilities building has copper air lines running all over the place. Best way to go for permanent air lines IMHO. What size air compressor do you have Roger? Do you have any equipment running on it, or is it just utility air? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerrogerD Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 I don’t yet possess the compressor. i’ll be getting it once the building is done. i suppose I’ll get a simple range of die grinders and angle grinders and stuff. I might push the boat out if there ‘s any money left and get a plasma cutter. Or not… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Good looking building. The best thing I have found to use air for are the tools and processes you can’t do with anything else. I plumbed my compressors in but with the advent of rechargeable drills and impact wrenches they are now only used for the plasma cutter, paint spray and blow gun, tyre inflator, needle descaler (useful for texturing ground and sanded out welds) and the shot blast cabinet. I still use them for die grinders and an angle grinder/drum sander having invested in them, but the advantage brushless motor rechargeables give of freedom from the ‘umbelical’ airline or power cable means I would not be buying any rotary motion air tools now. I can thoroughly recommend the Hydrovane type compressors if you are going to be doing any heavy duty/prolonged work and will be in close proximity to it. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerrogerD Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 Thanks Alan, good advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerrogerD Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) And the roof is on. Edited September 12, 2021 by RogerrogerD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 That’s coming along nicely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 It's looking better and better, Roger! Maybe throw a dance as a shop warming party? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerrogerD Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share Posted September 13, 2021 OK, no walls yet, I admit. But I simply had to line up the chimney and to do that I needed the bellows too… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 You have heard of anvil envy, now I have shop envy as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerrogerD Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 No walls yet but had a pal come round and make a plinth for my swage block with the offcuts of the building oak. Payment was a beer and a pie at the pub. ;- ) I’ll forge some right angles to hold the corners presently. It has a slot in it so I can stand the block on its side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Looks good and solid, definitely worth a beer and pie. What kind of pie do they serve at the pub? Is there a selection, nightly special, whatever the hunter bagged yesterday . . . ? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerrogerD Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 Rabbit. Steak and kidney. In this case though, fish pie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 When my wife & I visited London in '79 we loved the pub pies, my favorite was the steak & kidney. Wish we had something close over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Sounds good, I'd try the Rabbit first. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerrogerD Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 Corners for the swage plinth now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Very nice RogerrogerD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerrogerD Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 i’m gonna hammer in the morning…. etc… copper pipe hammer racks now installed on one of the main oak posts, next to the forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Those are pretty cool Roger, I don't think I've ever seen racks made from copper tubing. I wonder how long it'll take to develop a nice patina? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerrogerD Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 I don’t suppose they are the cheapest, but I had some spare copper pipe and need some practice soldering as I’ll be using the same to install a compressed air system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Ahh, you have to do something with all the bits and bobs left over. If you're going to plumb compressed air through copper practicing soldering is a good idea. Maybe stand outside the shop the first time you pressurize it. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerrogerD Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 Walls continue to go in, and this week got the chimney in, a bench for grinders, and my small anvil. Next few days we’ll get my big anvil in and a couple of vices on a tree trunk. also got some pigeon hole storage up at the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerrogerD Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 getting there, bit by bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 You have some attractive bits there Roger. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerrogerD Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 Vices. Two regular blacksmith post vices set up sunken into a slot and bolted down this morning on the old tree stump I have been using for a few years. The stump is slightly rotten and is not as rigid as I’d like, so in the medium term I’ll need a replacement stump. The other vice, set up outside the smithy (I know, I know but its most useful there is a circa 1895 Peter Wright parallel vice, that I restored a few months back. I’m a little unhappy with it as the jaws aren’t closing straight, so it’ll need some attention. Its the Uk so they’ll all be damp, I’ll keep oiling them up. The latter is on a chunk of “knotty ash” which although it has some creaks in it seems fine for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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