100# Beaudry power hammer

I know a guy that is moving and needs to sell his 100# Beaudry power hammer in a hurry.
It has a new motor but has NO dies.Said he'd sell it foe $500.
I don't have time to mess with it but thought some one here should jump on this. It's about 45 min's from Corning NY.

Yesterday I installed the big mirror project that I've been working on. Despite its complexity, everything went smoothly & the clients are happy. I'll post pix soon.

Also, Louise & I closed on a little piece of property near the Potomac river in Westmoreland County, VA. There's a '40s cinderblock house on it that's not much to look at but has potential & has a view of the river. The price was right. It'll just be a weekend getaway though I'll build a little shed workspace in the future.

Happy Fourth, everybody!

Tom C

Beaudry hammer is gone :-(

Happy 4th everyone!

Happy 4th of July everyone, and heartfelt thanks to the many veterans who make continued celebration of this day possible!

Happy 4th

I'm home safe. Thanks to everyone for they're advice on places to see in the southwest. If I an get the mess cleaned up from the wedding arch maybe I will get to forge something.

A special Thank you to all the veterens who made it possible to have 4th of July celebrations.

Feather pattern

The layer count in feather pattern damascus is a funny one, its different to normal 'straight laminate' patterns.

The pattern is forged into the end of a bar, and then drawn out so the end of the bar is the face of the blade. On the blade I posted a pic of I stacked it up to about 150 layers of 'crushed 'W' pattern, which I then drew out to a 7" blade, so it works out at approx 20 layers per inch of blade length.

The number of layers you start with remains the same accross the height of the blade no matter how much restacking you do. ( in this case it was about 7 layers )

Im guessing the above doesnt make a great deal of sense, sorry!. probably easier to do than describe!

Beaudry hammer is gone :-(

That's a bummer.

Did it go to a landfill?

My hart skipped a beat when I saw your first post. Scrolled down to see if you left any contact # or such.... OH WELL.
JIM

I fully intended to work on the hammer project today, but spent little tim,e on it. Instead I modified thwe coal forge swubstanrtially and did a variety of peojects thAt kept jumping out at me.

Lemme try again.

I fully intended to work on the hammer project, but spent liuttle time on it. Instead, I modified the coal forge substantially and did a variety of projects that kept jumoing out at me. Like changing the finish on a bunch of calla lilies from ambiguous rust to black oxide from the gas furnace with a coating of clear lacquer. The most durable so far has been the black oxide, so now the clear lacquer is being tried as an experiment. I modified the air opening where my side blast cabinet is narrowest at the top before collecting into the stack. Took is from a 3"x20" opening to 3"x3", but that was too little. So I did 2"x20" and that works. Better? Don't know cuz I did anothwer modification of the corbelled wall that is metal and that seems to funnel the fire and smoke from the back area of the fire pot. The Jim Hrisoulas advice for 7" of coal is being tried.

I made a sign bracket for Iron Kiss Forge with a big S scroll atop an L bracket with a square corner. Standard design type stuff. Musta been some special energy ingredient in my b'fast food. :-) Still have to do the hanging sign but haven't decided how.

Also made a better pedastal for my big Beverly shear. After 10 plus years of using a vise grip to hold it on to a cast iron pedastal, I finally drilled and tapped some holes and bolted it down. The big deal however was that I dug out a pair of steel wheels in the stash and mounted them so that I can now move that heavy thing conveniently.

Used a rasp on the drive wheel of my belt sander to flatten it for better sharpening. An idea I got from Mr. Bader at a December Baltimore knife show.

Independence Day

I pray that our children, their children, and their children's children will be able to celebrate this day also, in religious freedom with freedom of assembly.

It has been said that freedom isn't free, I believe this to be true. It were those who offered their lives that paid for our freedom. If we preserve our freedom, we honor those who sacrificed so we could be free.

O. K. have a good day Saturday but be safe.

Bob

Independence Day

AMEN!! BOB

I hope we have not let it get away from us. I am hoping all those service people are not spining in their graves.

chuck

To all my Brothers and Sisters who have served, enjoy this day, you helped earn it.