Thread: Kagi-ba-Sword forging shop

Thanks for updating us, I really enjoy this thread

Agreed. Thanks for your unique thread.

Originally Posted by PaddyX21

Thanks for updating us, I really enjoy this thread

Thanks Ya'll

I like building stuff but this is now at the 2 year mark. I am tired of building and ready to start forging stuff. OCT 1st is launch date.

Power hammer is DONE!

Dan, that is one fantastic bit of equipment. Lots of time and effort has gone into that for sure. Thanks heaps for taking the time to put the video together, really interesting.

Stu

That is a really nice, clean well thought-out design. Congratulations. For what it's worth, have you thought about a safety shield around the spring assembly? I remember a friend who build one said that is a good idea - if the spring should let go, all hell breaks loose.
There has been a lot of TLAR engineering going on in Texas lately - you build a tire hammer, and Charlie has a nice clean looking new grinder.
Namaste - Skip N

Thank you for sharing the video with us. The hammer looks very efficient, a form follows function type tools. I am inspired, thank you again.

Charlie

Impressive! Bet the neighbors just love it when you fire that up!

Really nice, and impresive as heck for a hnad build unit! But I can see one potential problem that you can probably retrofit a solution for. the hammer is going to wear that bushing out very quickly due to the side to side movement it is experiencing. A second bushing higher on the hammer shaft will stabilize this motion and ensure a much longer useful service life. But even still, gotta say I,m jealous.

Thanks everybody.

Here is a video of it forging hot steel.

This is Orishigane. Orishigane is made by taking old iron-in this case-wrought iron nails from 1820 and running it through the forge to make high carbon steel.
The small pieces are sorted, stacked and forge welded many times to produce the blade steel.
This is the first run of the forge as well.