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02-21-2010, 04:09 PM #1aka shooter74743
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So are you saying you are going to do this or just daydreaming?
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02-21-2010, 04:14 PM #2Junior Member
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Just daydreaming. It'd be fun but I don't think I could without a huge time and money investment. I mean, I could build guitar amps like, day 1. $50 soldering iron.
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02-21-2010, 04:30 PM #3Senior Member
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hmm: most hobbyist skip the smelting alloys and machining parts and concentrate on that middle area. the fire, hammering, grinding, quenching.
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03-02-2010, 04:02 AM #4Senior Member
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Yep... if you already have basic tools, invest in some ceramic wool blanket to insulate your forge, firebricks, a good "variable" torch like the Bernzomatic JTH7... a piece of steel to pound on (you can put in a concrete base to start) and some good files (Nicholson with handles). That should set you back maybe 75$... enough to buy raw material to forge.
Coming from the guy that just blew a grand on an anvil & forge...
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03-02-2010, 04:23 AM #5Senior Member
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Pictures, please!
Originally Posted by v76
Yep... if you already have basic tools, invest in some ceramic wool blanket to insulate your forge, firebricks, a good "variable" torch like the Bernzomatic JTH7... a piece of steel to pound on (you can put in a concrete base to start) and some good files (Nicholson with handles). That should set you back maybe 75$... enough to buy raw material to forge.
Coming from the guy that just blew a grand on an anvil & forge...
Chris L"Blues fallin' down like hail." Robert Johnson
"Aw, Pretty Boy, can't you show me nuthin but surrender?" Patti Smith
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03-02-2010, 04:58 AM #6Senior Member
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Hey Chris! I will... right after I bolt down my anvil stand this week. Found a 300 pounder locally... a deal I couldn't pass on!
I should be ready to forge in the next 2 weeks or so! I'm still scavenging parts to make an EERF KMG grinder clone and then I should be set, tools-wise for a good while!
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03-02-2010, 12:24 PM #7"My words are of iron..."
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I hate to break this to you in a public forum. No, you won't. Originally Posted by v76
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power.” R.G.Ingersoll
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03-02-2010, 10:24 PM #8Senior Member
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Ah, KMG clone grinders; I know them well. I really like the one I built. It would be better served with a VFD, but then I'd have to swap out the motor. I'm happy with what it does for me right now. Originally Posted by v76
Hey Chris! I will... right after I bolt down my anvil stand this week. Found a 300 pounder locally... a deal I couldn't pass on! I should be ready to forge in the next 2 weeks or so! I'm still scavenging parts to make an EERF KMG grinder clone and then I should be set, tools-wise for a good while!
Chris L"Blues fallin' down like hail." Robert Johnson
"Aw, Pretty Boy, can't you show me nuthin but surrender?" Patti Smith
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