Do you have photos of the transoms? I’m considering using the plain Jane leveling feet but all us garage guys knows how nice it is to roll equipment around.
Hey Y’all - Haven’t been on in a while (life gets in the way of the hobbies sometimes) but I just wanted to share a new piece of equipment I got for the shop. It’s a Rockwell 21-100 vertical mill I found at auction ($400!).
She was pretty worn and tired when she came in. Took me about 2...
Hello All - I am attempting to forge some curved flat awls from O1 rod. My question is should I be worried about decarburization when working with such a thin cross-section of steel (0.10”) and if so, how would I minimize the effects when working with a gas torch.
Or possibly I’m just...
@EdCaffreyMS : You ever thought of writing a book? These tips are priceless. I haven’t graduated to the forge yet but I’m copying and pasting all these for future reference!
For some reason my IP address is being blocked by ResearchGate. Does anyone know a work around for this? Tried a few computers (home/office) to no avail.
So this is the final tool. A simple brass handled HSS blade holder. I still have to tweak it a little but I'm satisfied.
What I've learned through making it:
1. Can't heat harden 360 Brass. It can only be work hardened. Apparently there are some special brass alloys that contain nickel that...
Thanks. As I understand, Brass gets harder as it is worked. Other than a simple knife bolster, this is the first time I’ve really worked with Brass and I am really enjoying it.
Hello All - I was able to make the general shape that I was looking for by rigging up my pneumatic cut off saw perpendicular to a cross slide vice and slowly mill it (sometimes my crazy ideas actually work!).
Now for the hard part. My plan now is to heat up the brass with a torch and then...
The knife shown below is typically called a Clicker knife in leatherworking. I would like to recreate this knife handle for some gifts and was hoping someone may have ideas on how to go about fabricating it.
My first thoughts was to:
Somehow machine a groove in a square stock of brass. Heat...