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by Rudy Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:38 am
Here are photos of my friend's metal shop where I am learning to forge metals. First, the big band saw.
Here are lots of hammers and clamps.
Here is a very old hammer machine, and in the background is a ceramic kiln.
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by Rudy Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:45 am
A view of one side of the shop.
Another band saw.
A 50 ton press that my friend hand made.
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by Rudy Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:51 am
Stuff on the wall. Some of Danno's early works.
A picture of the flying saucer that I am making.
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by Rudy Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:56 am
A nice grinder.
The drill press.
One of the many swages that are in the shop.
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by Rudy Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:03 am
One of the anvils and a cooling bucket. Also a shaping cone and the small mig welder.
The larger of the two forges.
Some early works of Danno's.
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by Rudy Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:08 am
A pipe bender.
A hand operated metal shear.
The smaller mig welder.
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by Rudy Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:13 am
Anvil and pliers.
A work table, and my flying saucer project.
More clamps, and hand made bending jigs against the wall.
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by Rudy Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:22 am
Some bending jigs.
The work table and usable metal underneath.
The main air compressor. We are going to put in an even bigger one soon.
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by Rudy Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:27 am
The evening that I took these photos, Danno was making a vegetable ladle.
Here is a hand operated metal bender.
Another picture of clamps.
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by Rudy Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:33 am
The smaller forge. Notice the bicycle rider against the wall. It was made for a French restaurant that I played accordion at.
A side view of the smaller forge.
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by Rudy Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:36 am
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by Rudy Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:46 am
Hammering the handle in to shape.
Here, he is forging the spoon part of the vegetable ladle.
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by Rudy Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:54 am
Some more heating of the spoon part.
Just a view of the shop.
Grinding the edges of the spoon.
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by Rudy Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:01 am
Hammering the spoon part again.
The forge.
Here you can see the piece that Dan used for the handle.
My camera ran out of battery power, so I did not get the finished spoon photographed.
There will be other photos coming, especially of my flying saucer project.
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by Jones'n4chrome Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:20 am
Rudy,
Thanks for all the photos, a few didn't load all the way,
go to "edit" then change the number up of down one digit, BUT BE READY
That sure looks like a fun place to learn a new skill.
Chuck
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