forging

Stainless steel forging

Chris Shea — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:33:09 -0500

Hello all,

I'm a new member. Professional smith for about 10 years. I'm considering a small forged railing project for an indoor pool (not submerged but it will get wet.

If anyone has any advice for forging stainless steel and keeping its corrosion resistance in such an environment I'd be very grateful. Checked the archives and found some useful information already.

Rose Garden Installed

eligius1427 — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:06:53 -0500

Hi all, the Rose Garden Fence that i finished a few months ago finally got installed and the new garden was dedicated last week. There were supposed to be two more panels on each side, but I guess they ended in weird spots in relation to the paths within the gardens so they put them on the other side of the garden. Although the rail was built to be viewed from the street, I think even the view from the back creates a nice silhouette.

New tool

Rich Waugh — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:47:20 -0500

For quite some time now I've been wanting a sinusoidal stake. Every once in a while I actually have a need for one, and the resto fo the time I just think they're really sexy and have been dying to have one. A couple of days ago, I actually had a few hours free time so I got busy and made that sinusoidal stake.sinusoidal stake The overall length is about 25" and the large diameter is around 1-3/8", tapering to 3/8" at one end and 3/4" at the other end. The arms were forged from a piece of automobile axle stock and the remainder was made from A-36 structural steel. To forge the sinusoidal arms, I first tapered both ends of the axle on the power hammer, and then made a series of alternating bends using adjustable bending pins in the post vise. (After I finished the stake, I developed a better bending pin jig for the vise - I'll try to get that posted one day before long.)

Rose Garden Panels

eligius1427 — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:00:56 -0500

Hi All, I finished one of the two decorative rose garden panels yesterday. Should finish the other one and the posts this weekend then off to the powder coaters. They go with 10 more non decorated panels and are for the new Lincoln city rose garden here. The panels are 5'H x 7'L and weigh about 500lbs(275lbs for the non-decorated ones). This is the biggest project I've worked on and I am happy to on the final stretch. It should also provide me with a lot of exposure which I am excited about.

rose garden 2

eligius1427 — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:59:34 -0500

rose garden 1

eligius1427 — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:58:41 -0500

The Game

byJohan se — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:55:58 -0500

Norge.

From February 14 the sculptures are being represented by Galleri Ramfjord in Oslo, Norway.
Click here for more info, or to see more junk art by Johan Jonsson.

Steel alloy for making a texturing stake?

eligius1427 — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:45:46 -0600

Hi all, I want to make a texturing tool to fit in the hardy hole of my anvil and don't know what kind of steel to use. I'll be hammering 1"x1/2" solid bar stock hot. Do I need tool steel? If so, can you harden tool steel at home with no special equipment? I just talked to a machinist and he said I would need a special kiln and all. Can I get already hardened tool steel and just weld it to a 1" sqr post? I didn't realize that trying to make such a "simple" tool would be so difficult. Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Basket weave

grizz — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:54:11 -0600

Here's a picture during fabrication of the previous weave.

Oslo, Norway - J. Jonsson at Galleri Ramfjord

byJohan se — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:57:15 -0600

Norge.

From February 14 the sculptures are being represented by Galleri Ramfjord in Oslo, Norway. Click here for more info, or to see more junk art by Johan Jonsson.