1:27 am
January 18, 2011
Needing to make some legs for a small iron and wood bench I opted to do the bases of the legs with forged 3''x 3/8'' heavy wall tube to save on weight which was a requirement of my client. 3'' solid wound have been no problem for the 250# hammer but that powerful stroke isn't especially helpful when forging tube so the 50k was used. The lighter faster blows get the job done faster with less chance of deforming the piece and the tubing needs to be coaxed rather than forged if you get my drift.....Parallelogram deformation must be dealt with often and easy does it.
I wanted the legs 3'' at the bottom tapering down to 1 1/4'' where they will be trimed back to 1 1/2'' then they will be joined with 1 1/2'' solid and continue tapering up to form arm rests and join with the back......Something to think about if you have a small hammer and want to make it appear you can forge bigger stuff. Unlike solid stock, the heavier the wall of the tube the easier it is to forge.....Gentle curves only....
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4:10 am
NWBA Member
June 8, 2010
Wow Bruce:
Didn't know you could do that with tubing!!! Looks like 1/4" wall tube... So... set up my LG25 to make light blows and boom... I can taper that stuff!!?? Thanks for the idea!!:spin:
4:27 am
January 18, 2011
Lynn Gledhill;15695 wrote: Wow Bruce:
Didn't know you could do that with tubing!!! Looks like 1/4" wall tube... So... set up my LG25 to make light blows and boom... I can taper that stuff!!?? Thanks for the idea!!:spin:
It actually has a 3/8'' wall. You'll have to adjust your hammer so the upper die is higher to accommodate something as fat as 2-3'' but the force of the blows shouldn't be an issue. 1 1/2'' on down tube shouldn't be a problem with no adjustment.
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6:18 am
NWBA Member
August 7, 2010
Good Morning,
Vancouver Island Blacksmith Association made a set of gates for the Luxton Fairgrounds where our Blacksmith Shop is. The design has two 6 foot (+/-) diameter wagon wheels in each side of the gate. The spokes are 1 1/2" square down to 3/4". I built a taper top tool and we used flat dies top & bottom. I did the first one and it worked out well, so Charlie Low wanted to do the rest. He did a real good job, first time on the Kuhn. Charlie is a Marine micro Biologist who works over-top of a micro-scope all day. He loves doing Hammer work!!!!:D:D:D
Square material is easy to go diamond if you don't take your time. Little bits at a time.
Looks like you did a good job Bruce, Congratulations
Neil
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