BLACKSMITHING was [TheForge] Patriotic rant....

Sat Jun 22 01:53:01 2002

They are out of 1/4" cr square stock finished length about 16" just a simple handle (loop back 4") but a back and forth twist down the length small 3/4" dia hook, polish then blacking and treat with bees wax. I sell them for $15.00 cdn about $10.00 US. You have to make a lot. I also make them out of rail road spikes, which I buy at the scrap yard for about 10 cents each, they get them by the ton. I make lots of them, and hate them, but it helps feed the family. I do this stuff for a living, well depending on what you call a living.

"Ralph Sproul" <[email protected]> wrote:

> � � � �Sounds like you did a stroke of business.........what type steak
>turners? the ones with the small hook at the end? � What type of handle did
>you make for them?
>
>Ralph Sproul - Bear Hill Blacksmith
>Webster, NH
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 12:44 AM
>Subject: Re: BLACKSMITHING was [TheForge] Patriotic rant....
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>
>> I thought I had done good unloading 22 tons of coal, making 50 steak
>turners and varous other running around.
>> "Ralph Sproul" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Bill, I'll bit on this one.......... Got a call yesterday from a
>> >good friend that buys and sells stuff. Seems his travels took him to a
>> >private school that was dismantling thier blacksmith shop that has been
>> >running at the school from 1864. I went over with the boom truck as he
>> >said there was a large unit for bending pipe with a flywheel......so I
>had
>> >to at least go see what that was.
>> > While I was there I filled the 8 x 21 deck of my rigging truck with
>> >all kinds of stuff like hossfeld benders, ring rollers, old axles made of
>> >wrought iron, seven rolls of leather belting, rolls of conveyor belting,
>> >cool old signs, three crates of 12" bolts, some air blowers, lots of
>chain
>> >hooks and u-bolts, some great laminated as well as steam bent runners and
>> >arches, a caulking vice(step vice), and oooodles of square head bolts,
>nuts,
>> >and other nice hardware, etc, etc.
>> > Now back to the real point. The thing that bends pipe with the huge
>> >flywheel turned out to be a Champion Blower and Forge #2 axle and rim
>> >upsetter.......what a cool old tool. This thing would buckle 3/8 x 1 1/2
>> >flat cold and not loose it's grip. I can't wait to put a piece of 1 1/2"
>> >square into it hot to see how it works. It is in mint condition and I
>dont'
>> >care if someone doesn't want to buy it or whether it has any value, it is
>> >just a really well made tool in perfect condition.
>> > I've been taking to more hand tools lately for demos, but this won't
>> >be going anywhere, I'll bet it weighs 1200 lbs.
>> > So it took me all day to unload and put this assortment of items
>> >away around the shop, and that is what I did for the first half of the
>day.
>> > The second half of the day I spent maching out power hammer die key
>> >fixtures so I can take cold roll and make one pass on the milling machine
>to
>> >have a new key. I'm finding this key fixture is allowing me to make all
>> >kinds of tapered ramps, which will then allow me to make different power
>> >hammer die dovetails in the dies.
>> > Interesting where one fixture/jig can take you..........off on a
>> >tangent once again.
>> >
>> >Ralph Sproul - Bear Hill Blacksmith
>> >Webster, NH
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "April & Bill Clemens" <[email protected]>
>> >To: <[email protected]>
>> >Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 8:30 PM
>> >Subject: Re: BLACKSMITHING was [TheForge] Patriotic rant....
>> >
>> >
>> >> What has anyone done or thought about regarding BLACKSMITHING today???
>> >>
>> >> ALL OTHERS NEED NOT REPLY!!!!
>> >>
>> >
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