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Offline jeepman

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weekend work
« on: November 09, 2003, 04:12:36 pm »
I just wanted to show off what I was up to this weekend. We dusted off the forge and moved the anvil to do a little smithing.
The chisel on the left is 1 1/4 wide. It came from a railroad spike. The 2 1/4 slick was a ford ranger spring. The 1 1/2  chisel on the right was from a sawmill blade.

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Re: weekend work
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2003, 07:15:34 pm »
Awesome  8)
I like the slick...
my Ranger is an '03...
She'll never miss 'em
springs are overrated anway


Some days more than others :D

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Re: weekend work
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2003, 11:34:55 pm »
Hey, nice work,I like them :) :).

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Re: weekend work
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2003, 06:07:01 am »
Did you weld the "socket" to the chisel or hammer it into shape from one spring? I've been saving leaf springs for a while - probably have enough laying around to make 30 slicks.


Awesome.
Lot of stuff..

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Re: weekend work
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2003, 02:36:04 pm »
I hammered the sockets out. That is the hard part. On the chisel, I hammered out a fan and formed it on the horn. I had one seam to weld. I thought it would be easier on the slick to split the blank and hammer out two fans and weld two seams. The end result was better, but more time and finesse involved. I had to read up on tempering to finish the job. Foxfire, Roy Underhill, and Blacksmith Gazette all offer different methods. The railroad spike chisel went in my oven. The slick went to the forge. I cheated on the sawblade chisel, I cut it out with a plasma and welded the handle on. No temper lost.

 


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