NOMADICISTA

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.

A view of one side of the shop.



Another band saw.



A 50 ton press that my friend hand made.

Stuff on the wall. Some of Danno's early works.



A picture of the flying saucer that I am making.

A nice grinder.



The drill press.



One of the many swages that are in the shop.

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.

A pipe bender.



A hand operated metal shear.



The smaller mig welder.

Anvil and pliers.



A work table, and my flying saucer project.



More clamps, and hand made bending jigs against the wall.

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.

The evening that I took these photos, Danno was making a vegetable ladle.



Here is a hand operated metal bender.



Another picture of clamps.

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.

The forge in action. Here, Dan was heating up the handle for the vegetable ladle. The forge works on propane.

Hammering the handle in to shape.





Here, he is forging the spoon part of the vegetable ladle.

Some more heating of the spoon part.



Just a view of the shop.



Grinding the edges of the spoon.

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.

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