[TheForge] Beautiful tool

[Bruce Freeman]

I love the shot of his model (see
http://www.markfejes.com/portfolio/current/index.html) with mask,
boots, and nothing else, leg up on the anvil.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Ben Barrett <ben at nw-arts.com> wrote:
> What's the advantage of moving the whole top-lever piece, if it is not
> about momentum or mechanical gain from the lever?
> It looks really cool, but I fail to see how it is more functional than
> a C-frame press of similar look, with the cylinder in-line with the
> work.
> Please explain :)  I like its lines a lot though, and it looks easy to
> both move around and move around :)
>
> Ben
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:
>> It cycles like a striking hammer though it's actually a
>> press he uses to form sheet steel. You should watch the
>> video if you have the bandwidth, it explains
>> everything. Heck it even sounds pretty.
>>
>> The guy lives about 250 miles from here and Deb's been
>> wanting to visit Fairbanks for some time now. We might
>> have to get a critter sitter and take a cruise.
>>
>> Frosty
>> -------------------------------
>> If it ain't forged
>> it ain't real.
>> Wrought iron is.
>> The FrostWorks
>>
>> Meadow Lakes, AK.
>>
>>
>> From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>> http://www.markfejes.com/portfolio/current/2007/pages/2.html
>>>
>>> Wow.  The tool is a work of art in itself.  But I
>>> don't quite get what
>>> it's for.  Sheet metal, maybe?  Does it run
>>> continuously or is there a
>>> control that I didn't see. (I didn't download the
>>> video or flash or
>>> whatever it is.)
>>>
>>> And I love his lifetime supply of free sheet steel.
>>> I had good success
>>> making a couple of raised/sunk pieces from badly
>>> corroded 16 ga. that
>>> had been on the floor of my first shop for
>>> fireproofing.  Great
>>> surface texture.
>>>
>>>
>>> - Mike
>>>
>>
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Bruce
NJ

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