Here are a few things I have been up to lately that are metalwork-related,
one way or another:
I am preparing to sell off my collection of trip hammers, so I got an old
style 25 Mayer Bros hammer out of the barn, hooked it up to 3 phase power
and demonstrated to a blacksmithing group (The Badger Blacksmiths) how to
evaluate one.
See the youtube video I took a little later on that subject:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6s7st6XA4Y

I have been monkeying around with Arduino microcontrollers lately for my
woodgas experiments and I also demonstrated testing and calibrating
thermocouples:
http://www.spaco.org/Woodgas/thermoc...0react or.htm

Oh yeh, I finally finished the medieval metal chest that I have been working
on since April of 2007. I ended up spending 443 hours on it.
The whole story is he
http://www.spaco.org/chest.htm
if you have seen this before, just go to the bottom of the page.

Actually, I guess I have pretty much integrated my blacksmithing,
fabrication and machine work into my general metalwork. For instance, a
thumb for the backhoe and various machinery repairs for neighbors.
Threshing show and historical reenactments of blacksmithing and yarn
spinning start at the end of July for us.

What about you all?

Pete Stanaitis
----------------

On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:54:24 -0500, "Pete S"
wrote:

Here are a few things I have been up to lately that are metalwork-related,
one way or another:
I am preparing to sell off my collection of trip hammers, so I got an old
style 25 Mayer Bros hammer out of the barn, hooked it up to 3 phase power
and demonstrated to a blacksmithing group (The Badger Blacksmiths) how to
evaluate one.
See the youtube video I took a little later on that subject:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6s7st6XA4Y

I have been monkeying around with Arduino microcontrollers lately for my
woodgas experiments and I also demonstrated testing and calibrating
thermocouples:
http://www.spaco.org/Woodgas/thermoc...0react or.htm

Oh yeh, I finally finished the medieval metal chest that I have been working
on since April of 2007. I ended up spending 443 hours on it.
The whole story is he
http://www.spaco.org/chest.htm
if you have seen this before, just go to the bottom of the page.

Actually, I guess I have pretty much integrated my blacksmithing,
fabrication and machine work into my general metalwork. For instance, a
thumb for the backhoe and various machinery repairs for neighbors.
Threshing show and historical reenactments of blacksmithing and yarn
spinning start at the end of July for us.

What about you all?

Pete Stanaitis
----------------


Absolutely beautiful work of art! I AM suitebly impressed! Bravo!

Now about the trip hammers....anything I can afford?

Gunner

--
""Almost all liberal behavioral tropes track the impotent rage of small
children. Thus, for example, there is also the popular tactic of
repeating some stupid, meaningless phrase a billion times" Arms for
hostages, arms for hostages, arms for hostages, it's just about sex, just
about sex, just about sex, dumb,dumb, money in politics,money in
politics, Enron, Enron, Enron. Nothing repeated with mind-numbing
frequency in all major news outlets will not be believed by some members
of the populace. It is the permanence of evil; you can't stop it." (Ann
Coulter)

Good to see you've been busy Pete. Seems to be dmaned few metal
manglers left around here.

I just started my mid summer shop project yesterday - rebuilding the
spindle and head on my Excello CNC mill. Had a stone bitch of a time
just taking the motor off. It has two varible diameter pulleys for
speed changes like a 2J bridgy. there must be some trick I don't know
to remove the belt. I'll have to find out before re-assembly.

The spindle head is the project to do the project. I have several AR15
lower forgings and several more FAL investment castings that need to
be completed.

Karl

On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 05:01:13 -0500, Karl Townsend
wrote:

Good to see you've been busy Pete. Seems to be dmaned few metal
manglers left around here.

I just started my mid summer shop project yesterday - rebuilding the
spindle and head on my Excello CNC mill. Had a stone bitch of a time
just taking the motor off. It has two varible diameter pulleys for
speed changes like a 2J bridgy. there must be some trick I don't know
to remove the belt. I'll have to find out before re-assembly.


Look for a place to insert a couple cap screws to compress the spring
that squeezes the pulley halves together. This allows the belt to go
slack while you remove the motor.


--
Ned Simmons

On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:54:24 -0500, "Pete S"
wrote:

snip cool stuff

What about you all?

Pete Stanaitis
----------------



I finally finished an electric reel for the sail line. I bought a
piece of al plate for the job ~25 years ago. It works great, holds
about 1000 yds of 100# mono. We marked it off each 100 yds, regs say
you can't have more than 600 yds. out. In actual practice, I found
that we seldom let it out over 300.

I used an old chevy pickup wiper motor for the drive. The spool is
about 6" x 6", al flanges interference fit on al spool center, 2
dutchmen each end. There's a center shaft of 1/2" ss running in ball
bearings. No level wind. I have to manually level the line as it
retrieves while holding my beer in the other.

We've caught reds, specs, flounder, drum, sheepshead, and one dang
hardhead so far.

Pete Keillor

On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 07:08:13 -0400, Ned Simmons
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 05:01:13 -0500, Karl Townsend
wrote:

Good to see you've been busy Pete. Seems to be dmaned few metal
manglers left around here.

I just started my mid summer shop project yesterday - rebuilding the
spindle and head on my Excello CNC mill. Had a stone bitch of a time
just taking the motor off. It has two varible diameter pulleys for
speed changes like a 2J bridgy. there must be some trick I don't know
to remove the belt. I'll have to find out before re-assembly.


Look for a place to insert a couple cap screws to compress the spring
that squeezes the pulley halves together. This allows the belt to go
slack while you remove the motor.

DOH!

I knew I was doing it wrong. But far more challenge my way.

Thanks for the tip.

Karl

Pete S wrote:
Here are a few things I have been up to lately that are metalwork-related,
one way or another:
I am preparing to sell off my collection of trip hammers, so I got an old
style 25 Mayer Bros hammer out of the barn, hooked it up to 3 phase power
and demonstrated to a blacksmithing group (The Badger Blacksmiths) how to
evaluate one.
See the youtube video I took a little later on that subject:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6s7st6XA4Y

I have been monkeying around with Arduino microcontrollers lately for my
woodgas experiments and I also demonstrated testing and calibrating
thermocouples:
http://www.spaco.org/Woodgas/thermoc...0react or.htm

Oh yeh, I finally finished the medieval metal chest that I have been working
on since April of 2007. I ended up spending 443 hours on it.
The whole story is he
http://www.spaco.org/chest.htm
if you have seen this before, just go to the bottom of the page.

Actually, I guess I have pretty much integrated my blacksmithing,
fabrication and machine work into my general metalwork. For instance, a
thumb for the backhoe and various machinery repairs for neighbors.
Threshing show and historical reenactments of blacksmithing and yarn
spinning start at the end of July for us.

What about you all?

Pete Stanaitis
----------------

What do you have in your TH collection? I've been looking for another
one for the shop. Would be nice to have drawing and
flattening/planishing dies without needing to change them every time.


--
Steve W.

Sorry that I didn't get back to you sooner.
They are all 25# and 50# hammers and I am asking between between $1500 and
$2500 each.
All of these hammers could use some work. The Little Giant people pay
about $1200 for a rebuildable carcase these days, so these prices are not
out of line as far as I can tell.

There is one Mayer Bros. Easy Hammer, too, but I am asking $3500 for it
because of all the time I have in it.

Pete Stanaitis
---------------

"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:54:24 -0500, "Pete S"

Now about the trip hammers....anything I can afford?

Gunner

On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 07:35:07 -0500, "Pete S"
wrote:

Sorry that I didn't get back to you sooner.
Not a problem

They are all 25# and 50# hammers and I am asking between between $1500 and
$2500 each.

Sigh...thought they might be out of my budget range. Shrug

All of these hammers could use some work. The Little Giant people pay
about $1200 for a rebuildable carcase these days, so these prices are not
out of line as far as I can tell.

Probably not. I have been browsing for a few months..and have found
few power hammers below $2k


There is one Mayer Bros. Easy Hammer, too, but I am asking $3500 for it
because of all the time I have in it.

Pete Stanaitis

Thanks Pete! You wont have any problem selling them.

Gunner

---------------

"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:54:24 -0500, "Pete S"

Now about the trip hammers....anything I can afford?

Gunner


--
""Almost all liberal behavioral tropes track the impotent rage of small
children. Thus, for example, there is also the popular tactic of
repeating some stupid, meaningless phrase a billion times" Arms for
hostages, arms for hostages, arms for hostages, it's just about sex, just
about sex, just about sex, dumb,dumb, money in politics,money in
politics, Enron, Enron, Enron. Nothing repeated with mind-numbing
frequency in all major news outlets will not be believed by some members
of the populace. It is the permanence of evil; you can't stop it." (Ann
Coulter)