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(08-25-2014, 01:06 PM)tackit Wrote: [ -> ]You have a very interesting and full life Rob, good for you.

Rob sadly I haven't fired it up yet , I have been doing one project after another the last couple of years, between making project sketches and ordering materials it slips my mind..... This fall when the heat off the forge will be welcome I plan on getting started with it....

I'm interested in the Japanese style of blacksmithing, this winter I'm going to study it and next spring see if I can produce tongs something close to theirs.

Check these beautifully done Japanese forge tools out, they are so beautifully I don't think I could stick them in a hot forge.

http://www.gstongs.com/index.html

I here you ,,,,,,,,,,so so many projects ,I MUST! get some of them finished off .

Similar plan here Tackit , I plan on using the forge mainly as a winter hobby , it will warm the shop and me .

So we will be seeing a sword forging thread from you this winter


Cheers Rob


PS ,very nice tools in that there link

(08-25-2014, 08:03 AM)DaveH Wrote: [ -> ]Rob,
What is a 'zip disc'?

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DaveH

Hi Dave , this is a zip disc , its just a 1mm thick cutting disc .




They really do zip through sheet metal , I use them to cut up larger sheet material ,there also great for cutting HSS bits and the likes .

(08-25-2014, 09:14 AM)EdK Wrote: [ -> ]How did you cut the circles out?

Ed

Hi Ed , here is the method I use with my 12" (its grown 2") bench shear.



,first cut off the bulk of the waist material .



Like so.



Leaving about a 1/4" .



Then start cutting up to the line and roll the part in the direction of the arrow wile cutting.




Like so.



I moved back to the start of the shear for the photo ,handle was in the way .




Easy

That done the intake and motor mounts were bored on the lathe.






Thats all chaps


Rob

I love to watch experts work with their tools, it makes me try harder, good going Rob.

brill

Nice work Rob as usual
Was the guard removed for the picture
John

Nope ! . I have no gards on any of my angle grinders .as you well no

To me its like having a gard on a chian saw .



Rob

(08-30-2014, 04:39 PM)RobWilson. Wrote: [ -> ]Nope ! . I have no gards on any of my angle grinders .as you well no

To me its like having a gard on a chian saw .



Rob

Great to see how you do it Rob. Just straightforward good work!


I saw one of those bench shears somewhere, homemade, made with a file ground into a cutter. I can't remember where. I thought maybe I'd like to try that some day.

Zip disc - Thanks Rob, and there I was thinking it was something special

DaveH

Thanks for the pictures and explanation Rob. Very well done.

Ed