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Nice set Laurence. Did you put the blue into the burl? Just curious how it was done. Like the effect. God Bless Mike

What a treat to watch! Talk about economy of motion! Very obvious that he has had 70 plus years of experience forging. Thanks for sharing. God Bless Mike

Ray I had an email from him about 4 months ago, he has moved closer to me, in the Russellville area. Sent him my cell, but haven't heard from him. Sure would like to though! I apologize for not catching you, I saw your table, and you were discussing with a customer, (didn't want to interrupt)...

Don Hopefully some of the guys here that own them will chime in. A great resource is Sid Seudimer (sp?) He use to rebuild LG Hammer and had a wealth of knowledge on them. Good Luck! And God Bless Mike

I picked up one very similar if not that model at an auction, seemed to be in a bit better condition physically but the wiring to the switch was gone, plug in and it on type set up. I got a foot switch from HF and its working nice. I did notice that the hole in my base plate did not line up with...

Also practice with a few "scrap" blades and get use to running the belt off of the platen just a bit, this will give you a different radius depending on how far off you let the belt track. As Laurence said, practice, practice, practice. It is easy to get discouraged, don't be, count them as...

Mikey I believe you will be AMAZED at the capabilities this machine will give you! I know I was! Great build, thanks for sharing. God Bless Mike

Bruce Bump has some mighty fine File guides, and his have carbide faced so they can be used on a belt grinder. Making one from O1 or similar works fine, I really enjoy being able to use the grinder to cut nice crisp and even shoulders! Good Luck and God Bless Mike

Badger, Great looking chefs knife. You should be proud of that one. Really like the copper with the cocobolo. Keep em comng! God Bless Mike

Bradley: I'm hoping since it is hard cast, it will be more flux resistant than soft brick and should be much more so than koawool. I did order what they refer to as a silicon carbide plate that I am told should be impervious to flux, we will see! Doug, what type of regulator do you have at the...

Eric As with above, a light box may make a lot of difference, one thing I started using was a tripod I picked up at a yard sale, it has almost unlimited adjustments and has helped me a lot! God Luck and God Bless Mike

Running at roughly 3/4, reached a full welding heat in roughly 17 minutes. Once reached, I backed down the gas and was able to maintain welding heat. I feel this will be a fairly fuel efficient forge. going to play with it a bit and see what the gas consumption is like. I believe I will cut the...

Here shows the swirl inside doing as it should :) God Bless Mike

Here is a photo of the shell and shelf in the front of the forge to hold fire bricks in place. Thanks and God Bless Mike

That's just what I did! I was concerned that the block being hard cast might become brittle with repeat use. I wrapped in one layer of koawool then a plate steel shell. God Bless Mike

Thanks Doug, I can see the advantage of being able to shut down in a hurry! With the needle valve, are you referring to what they call a "Red Head" I have one but this was already inline so I used it. Seems to give me good control, just not use to the other yet. Thanks and God Bless Mike

Mikey Great looking knife! How did you like grinding free hand? Awesome job, look forward to seeing more of your work. God Bless Mike

Well I couldn't wait to finish it up to try it out! The block took a bit longer to heat up, about 21 minutes, verses about 7 minutes for the koawool forge. I am new the cast forges, but think I will really like them. After 21 minutes, I was able to back the gas down more than half and yet keep...

the "T" fitting is reduced down above the gas inlet to 1" pipe. I may go to 1 1/2 later as I seem to have plenty of air volume. I normally try to reduce by at least a 1/2" to help boost the air/gas mix flow volume. The hole into the block is 2" this was the smallest drill bit I could get...

The piping from the blower is 1 3/4" (don't ask me why, 2" will work fine. I believe I got a good deal on the valves so I used this size piping) the gas is a 1/4" stem of black pipe attached to rubber gas line, and comes in ahead of the air via a "T" fitting and reducers. The Valve body is to...