forging video

[scott.livesey]

short forging video. all knifemakers should have a rig like this in their backyard
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bzr4geIwLIKAY1dLX1VISjV1T2s

 

[Daniel Macina]

I think that's a little over my fabrication skills!

 

[Kevin Zito]

short forging video. all knifemakers should have a rig like this in their backyard
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bzr4geIwLIKAY1dLX1VISjV1T2s

I don’t really ever use mine though.

 

[Kevin Zito]

It keeps tripping the darn breaker... but to be fair I’ll admit that that the extension chord is about 80 ft long

 

[Gliden07]

Scott please stay ou of my Garage!! LOL!!

 

[scott.livesey]

where i used to work. induction furnace to heat the steel, 1600 ton press to forge. end product of part shown is the piece that goes from drive axle to drive wheel in front wheel drive vehicles.

 

[Gliden07]

where i used to work. induction furnace to heat the steel, 1600 ton press to forge. end product of part shown is the piece that goes from drive axle to drive wheel in front wheel drive vehicles.

What did they use for steel??

 

[scott.livesey]

1040, 1045, and 1050. we made a basic forging. the forging was sent to next facility where it was machined, threaded and splined then assembled into an axle assembly. where the axle met the wheel piece is the CV joint

 

[Von Gruff]

Now that is a forge but just not for the weekend blacksmith.

 

[springer82]

After watching that I went into YouTube. Oh my. There are some massive forges and presses out there!