[TheForge] Press ?

[Daniel Kretchmar]

I saw some bronze/brass? bells at the annual Guild of Metalsmith's 
Conference in Hastings a few years back.  They flaired out beautifully.  I 
asked the maker (the name is gone), and he told me that he had used a log 
splitter with a positive and negative die to flair out the bells.  It 
sounded like a great idea, but one thing has been preventing me from getting 
one.

Do they make electric log splitters with any kind of power? I have been 
thinking about getting one for a awhile, but I don't I want a gas powered 
one running in the shop and I haven't seen good ones that are electric.

Dan
www.irontreeworks.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Frost" <frosty at customcpu.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: RE: [TheForge] Press ?


> Steve:
>
> I'm not Ralph for which I'm sure we'll both be eternally glad. <grin> 
> Regardless it wouldn't be difficult to mount a reciever to a splitter. The 
> typical configuration has the ram driving the log into a wedge. The wedge 
> is typically welded to a flat plate that bolts to the base of the 
> splitter.
>
> All you'd need to do is torch the appropriate sized opening in the base 
> and make a new bolt on plate with the reciever tube. Reinforcing the area 
> torched away as necessary. This will leave you the option of replacing the 
> splitting wedge and having a useful log splitter.
>
> The only drawback I can see on the practical side is ram speed. Log 
> splitters move fairly slowly for good reason and a good forging press 
> should close quickly before going to high pressure.
>
> Other than that all it'll take is a little fab work.
>
> Frosty (NKA Ralph) <grin>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <steve at sigmatek.com>
>
>
>> Ralph, do you know of any pictures with a reciever hitch setup?
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>
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