That is a nice looking piece of workA bit more shop time. A chasing hammer for my sweetie, who wants to get into repousse work.
First a punch and a drift, out of some Atlantic 33 that arrived last week. To date I *really* like the "do nothing" tempering routine. Though the quench temperatures are *high*. I did the face with an oxy-propane torch to isolate the heat and just wailed on it until it upset to the right shape. Managed just about 1 1/4" out of the 3/4" base stock. And the hammer is out of the A-33 as well. We'll let you know how it holds up.
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And it's not done if it doesn't have a handle. This is some locally-harvested yew a neighbor had in his firewood pile (gasp!).
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It split beautifully, and the drawknife work was like putting on an old glove. It's been a long time, but still seems to work.
For next time, I'll probably move the eye 3/16ths towards the peen end - the balance isn't bad, but the visuals are a bit off.
Wow....... No more words, ran out..... Okay one more..... Beautiful!A bit more shop time. A chasing hammer for my sweetie, who wants to get into repousse work.
First a punch and a drift, out of some Atlantic 33 that arrived last week. To date I *really* like the "do nothing" tempering routine. Though the quench temperatures are *high*. I did the face with an oxy-propane torch to isolate the heat and just wailed on it until it upset to the right shape. Managed just about 1 1/4" out of the 3/4" base stock. And the hammer is out of the A-33 as well. We'll let you know how it holds up.
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And it's not done if it doesn't have a handle. This is some locally-harvested yew a neighbor had in his firewood pile (gasp!).
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It split beautifully, and the drawknife work was like putting on an old glove. It's been a long time, but still seems to work.
For next time, I'll probably move the eye 3/16ths towards the peen end - the balance isn't bad, but the visuals are a bit off.
No, they're shamefully awful. I could find a place to hide it away for you, you know you're forever going to see each of those 16ths.the visuals are a bit off.
I gotta say there's a lot going for it.Ah retirement eh?
For the next one. If there is one in time I'll bring some candy to the meetup in October.Fire up the smokehouse and send it out here I’m sure we could organize an emergency members get together.