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Persimmon Forge: Professional Blacksmithing: Coal Trip 7/29/15

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Friday, July 31, 2015. My friend Wayne and I exchanged email for about three months trying to work out a date to make a trip to the coal mine. Fortunately it has been too hot to forge for a while so I haven’t been needing it to stay busy. My bin probably didn’t have 50 pounds left in it when we set off for Oklahoma Wednesday morning. A mining shovel creates a high-wall and bites away at it and fills haul trucks which drive the overburden up to the surface and dump. A high-dump coal loader scoops up t...

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Persimmon Forge: Professional Blacksmithing: 07/11/15

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Saturday, July 11, 2015. A Tiny Acorn Die. Shortly before the 4th of July weekend I was contacted by Fred who had visited the studio in the past. He had a relative, Dave, from Minneapolis coming for a visit and was interested in learning a bit about blacksmithing. We set up a date where we could spend the morning together working at the forge. I found a tiny acorn on a porter bar which Scott had made some time back. That would make the male [positive] form. 01 Holding two blanks in register. Next, I mate...

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Persimmon Forge: Professional Blacksmithing: Pedal Hammer Plans Introduction

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Friday, June 3, 2011. Pedal Hammer Plans Introduction. This pedal hammer was built after considerable planning and experimenting. I use it frequently and I am quite happy with it's operation. Like most other machines it's construction process and it's operation is inherently dangerous and requires considerable skill and vigilance to mitigate risk. This is a list of YouTube posts which explain some features and uses of the machine:. Persimmon Forge - Part 1 - (2006). Http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? I plan t...

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Persimmon Forge: Professional Blacksmithing: Making a Great Double Lung Blacksmith Bellows

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Tuesday, January 1, 2013. Making a Great Double Lung Blacksmith Bellows. The large blacksmith bellows is found with a number of variations which is as expected with a tool developed over a rather long time period by many craftsmen over a wide geographical area. Or, on a larger scale, they can be hooked up to a huge water wheel as at Hopewell Furnace as illustrated on this blog http:/ www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/97hopewell/97visual1.htm. These antique tools were made in the days before dimension...

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Persimmon Forge: Professional Blacksmithing: 07/15/15

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Ten years ago I attended the CanIron V meeting in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. We drove to Chicago and picked up our older son and enjoyed as many sights as we could work in along our way to Portland, Maine where we took The Cat ferry to Yarmouth and then drove the rest of the way to our bed and breakfast. We stayed at the very comfortable King George Inn. I call it my Celtic cross. I forget if Brad had titled it as such. See some other examples of Brad’s sculptures here. The l...

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Persimmon Forge: Professional Blacksmithing: 07/17/15

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Friday, July 17, 2015. Http:/ www.alecsteeleblacksmith.com/about. I was surprised to see this dictionary gave a pool playing reference as their second example. Http:/ www.urbandictionary.com/define.php? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Emporia, Kansas, United States. Owner and primary artist blacksmith at:. View my complete profile. Making a Great Double Lung Blacksmith Bellows. Pedal Hammer Plans Introduction. Using the Hydraulic Forging Press. Spare tire power hammer. In-line . treadle hammer. How I make a .

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Persimmon Forge: Professional Blacksmithing: More on Creativity

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Monday, July 13, 2015. I have been in a clean-up and throw out mood for a while now and the studio is slowly gaining more work space. One of the primary strategies is to see how much physical clutter can be digitalized. If I can photograph or scan what I really need to real I can get rid of the book, file, model, etc. I copied the following paragraphs outlining his 5 steps from this site. Http:/ www.globalcontent.marketing/a-5-step-technique-for-producing-ideas-by-james-webb-young/. Start putting differe...

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Persimmon Forge: Professional Blacksmithing: Gorilla Tape Bumpers

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. On 7/28/11 I wrote a piece about vise handle bumpers. Http:/ persimmonforge.blogspot.com/2011/07/vise-handle-bumpers.html. Since then I’ve changed my method a bit. Now I just use Gorilla tape. I pull off about 8” or so of the two-inch wide tape and rip it down the middle to get two 1” strips. These easily wrap adjacent to the handle end-stop. Over time they compress and make a very effective and durable pinch-preventing bumper. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). How I make a .

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Persimmon Forge: Professional Blacksmithing: 08/05/15

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Repairing the Tumbler Gear Motor. Thursday, July 16, 2015. A neighbor friend, Tom, is an engineer retired from the army reserve. He seems to know about everything there is to know about engineering and some other things too so I consulted him. He agreed to help me take apart the gear motor and see what would be required to get the tumbler running again. 2 HP E435 Synchrogear motor. It occurred to me that If I had built the tumbler in a manner similar to my hydraulic press and t...