[TheForge] texturing long stock

Sun Jul 14 21:10:01 2002

Try setting up a pipe, which is the right height, on back side of the power
hammer,  into which the bar you are working on can slide.  If you are not
using a power hammer, set the pipe up on the other side of the anvil.
Should work.

Dick Nietfeld
Shady Grove Blacksmith Shop
Grand Island, NE

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gladish Family" <[email protected]>
To: "Theforge@Mailman. Qth. Net" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 1:02 PM
Subject: [TheForge] texturing long stock

> What a project!
> Why is it that the simpler the form I want to make, the more work it is to
> get it right?
> I just finished texturing some 12' sections of 1 x 5/8, hot through
drawing
> dies. The whole time I was wrestling with these long bars and watching
them
> sag and twist and go all noodly I thought, "if I were working with a more
> experienced smith, he'd laugh and suggest a much easier way of dealing
with
> this."
> Any observations or suggestions, for the next time?
> TIA,
> Andy Gladish
> Guemes Island, WA
>
>  ~ The beatings will continue until morale improves.
>
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