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Blower

Hi Guys, The above is a pipe organ blower, it's cast iron, huge, shifts a lot of air and is quiet. Comments? Regards Cha...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by charlesanderson
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by charlesanderson

Heat Clay

Does anyone know how to get heat clay? links? suppliers? random info? Regards - Adam
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by goo-itez
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by goo-itez

How my Demo went

I asked you all about what to demo and got a great response. Thanks. Here is what I did. I started with a Rococo leaf (...
0 comments posted 20yrs
posted by andhi
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by andhi

Cable pattern welded blade start

Hi Guys, Just an update. I did a raw material swap with a nice bloke in America, I gave him a couple of Australian burl...
12 comments posted 20yrs
posted by charlesanderson
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by charlesanderson

hydraulic forging press?

Anyone know of any plans out there for building a hydraulic forging press? Could something like that have a fairly fast...
13 comments posted 20yrs
posted by dontsend
13 comments posted 20yrs posted by dontsend

annealing temp chart for various items?

I'm looking for a chart with the temps for annealing various products. I've seen them and had one till I changed jobs r...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by clannorm
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by clannorm

Looking for Propane Forge/Kit

I've been taking an introductory blacksmithing class, and am interested in purchasing a 2-3 burner propane forge (possib...
15 comments posted 20yrs
posted by muck
15 comments posted 20yrs posted by muck

Anvil ID help needed

Foreword; The following post was originally in sci.eng.joining.welding, I was advised to post it here. Thanks, Jim Gree...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by jimnthemNOSPAM
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by jimnthemNOSPAM

Material for making tongs

I have at my disposal a bunch of 7/16 rods that were the spokes on some old metal wagon wheels. Is this material too th...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by rlgroshans
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by rlgroshans

Spark arrestors

Because he thought it would keep my neighbors happy (and the building inspector happy) our engineer has spec'ed a spark...
6 comments posted 20yrs
posted by noMail
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by noMail

balancing a hammer??

Gday all, After making a hammer a while ago and modifying one recently, I got to thinking what makes one hammer feel go...
21 comments posted 20yrs
posted by troy_honeman
21 comments posted 20yrs posted by troy_honeman

Magnetic field effect on grain growth/size?

I was wondering if there have ever been any attempt to see if a strong magnetic field applied to a piece of metal durin...
21 comments posted 20yrs
posted by JohnFlyTn
21 comments posted 20yrs posted by JohnFlyTn