[TheForge] tongs
Ralph Sproul
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Wed Sep 17 12:47:02 2003
Steve, Nice tools any way your doing it.
I was wondering what that rain around my shop was............
At one of our demos a few years back, Carl Close told a story about
his dad teaching him to forge years ago......his dad's words of wisdom to
him were: "You don't just beat the shit out of it - and expect it to look
like something!"
Now there is words to live by. :-)
Ralph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howell Steve" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:08 AM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] tongs
> Hi Ralph-
>
> I don't have as many of the operations set up on the hammer as I'd like
> (yet). I've been wanting and needing to build a small V block with a sq.
> bottom to split the jaws open and form the spine on the back of the bit.
> Alot of guys do this on a press but I'm still splitting by hand and
> upsetting in the vise. ...old school, I guess.
> The bit alignment is done hot after offsetting the eye area; It's easier
to
> make a picture than it is to describe but you basically put a dog leg
behind
> the bit and then the other way, in the reins. That keeps the eye area in
> plane with the stress and keeps the reins parallel to each other. A vise
and
> a bending fork is all I've been using up to this point.
>
> Lots of opportunity for power hammer tooling with this stuff but as
Streeter
> said; "If you can't do it by hand, the power hammer is only going to rain
a
> series of mashing blows upon the work..."
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Sproul [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 6:32 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] tongs
>
>
> Steve, That tape measure is a rare item...........I Hope. :-(
>
> On your tongs, are you doing the front bit alignment in a vice? or on a
> block tool on flat dies in the power hammer with something in the bit
while
> it's hot?
>
> With those heavy bends at the rivet to give rack hanging
clearance.......are
> you doing those by hand?, in a saddle on the flat dies? or in a jig of
some
> sort to get them nice and even?
>
> Ralph
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howell Steve" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 12:59 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] tongs
>
>
> >
> > Recently Ralph and I were discussing tongs off list and I thought I
would
> > share some of mine with you.
> > They are something I often work on when I have a few idle minutes.
> > They are under the tools2 folder in the photoaccess site.
> > Also included is my infamous Lufkin tape measure I spoke of months ago;
> > First railing job, brand new tape measure and my net opening was 113",
or
> > WAS it??
> > BTW- Paul, you were right about those flex lines for natural gas- my
> > apologies to the list.
> >
> > Steve howell
> > Seattle
> >
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