Thread: Most important Tools

Originally Posted by silentC

So what's to stop me borrowing your Lie-Nielsen, throwing it in a bucket of green sand and making a casting of it?

Only the attack dogs

Not to mention a very upset and irate owner.

It's things like this that make me wish we lived out of town. My brother in law has 10 acres

Next step a 10 acre bushfire

Originally Posted by Termite

An anvil and a FBH.

I must be having a senior moment - what's an FBH?
Graeme

I'll give you a clue. It's a bit bigger than a Big Hammer.

Right! thanks
Graeme

Originally Posted by silentC

Spot on. That's the beauty of metal casting. If you need a new part, you get the old one and make of mould with it. So what's to stop me borrowing your Lie-Nielsen, throwing it in a bucket of green sand and making a casting of it?

When you drop in Darren, I hope you won't be offended if I keep the shed locked.

After seeing your Christmas card you could always get the golfer to heat the metal for you. I thought that was one of her duties.

Does anybody know of a supplier of coke or charcoal? I have inherited many smithy tools from the ipswich railway and want to release some frustration on some red hot steel.

Thought you guys might be interested in this site I found the other day while looking for vacuum pumps:confused:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/terrybrown/

Originally Posted by goodwoody

Does anybody know of a supplier of coke or charcoal? I have inherited many smithy tools from the ipswich railway and want to release some frustration on some red hot steel.

How about Barbeques Galore or Kmart I think they might sell charcoal

Bazza is correct, Heat beads!

Silent,

I've always looked whistfully at the Gingery catalogues, and thought "one day".....

Your whole overview of the metalwork "divisions" a few posts ago was spot on, but the missing bit for me has always been the missing knowledge or where to get it.

Carpentry/woodwork seems to come naturally and at the same time there is plenty of "book lernin' " available. The metal work stuff is different, sure I can learn to build my own milling machine, but why do I need one and what do I do with it when I have it??

As for forming metal...if anyone wants to run demo on how to stretch and shrink sheet metal to a shape that's vaguely intended, or can point me in the direction of a book....let me know!

The whole heating/bending thing is just beyond me till I can get the hands on experience--another Catch 22 I suspect!

By the way, the link I have for Gingery Publications is Lindsay Techincal Books which has a whole lot of interesting stuff, including direct links to Gingery's pages.

Cheers,

P

Aha a new learning curve for BM

Originally Posted by echnidna

Aha a new learning curve for BM

LIFE is a learning curve!

(And I'm getting desperately close to having enough knowledge/time to finish a few projects that were started long ago, so a new distraction is called for with some urgency!)


P

I totally agree.
We only stop learning when we are ready to depart this life