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The Iron Dwarf

you mean vaudeville hamsters are not so popular over there? often I make a tool for the sole purpose of selling it to someone who can find a use for it and they always seem to sell post a pic of the mystery tool Cian and the hive mind will undoubtably find a use for it, maybe you can start a new thr...

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donuts are for dishing, like on a helm

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looks like you are very busy Hal.

may your tools be pounded on evermore!

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have a stake like your thingamajig but mine has a ridge in the middle

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sold one a few months ago that was 48" diameter and 3/16" thick in the middle but quite shallow, have a few 12 to 14" deep ones about 1/8" thick which I may make into things but im on the wrong continent for you. metal spinning google search maybe? but it will be expensive ( maybe you could ask if t...

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what will it cost to ship nothing across the pond? and are there likely to be problems with import duty or customs.

actually I would like a perfect vacuum and that would be 'nothing' though it may be difficult to stop it being contaminated with 'something'

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heard a story of a rep (( salesman ) for a company here that each month he would make sure there was a tiny mistake in an order to a regular he knew ( and for this he would lose 1 point on a monthly appraisal of his performance and the day after the order was recieved would be passing the customer a...

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Ugo, you dont need tools, you can already make the best looking armour in the world

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I like dishing on my press but cant do thin stuff, my favorite is working 8mm ( 5/16" ) to 10mm ( 3/8" ) thick and can do much thicker.
its a home made hydraulic press with a 3hp motor.

will soon be seeing what fun the new power hammer is too

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for those here who like more details: the main body is about 1 meter tall and including the foot control less than 1 meter from front to back ( thats about 39" to the americans ) it is about 45cm wide ( about 18" ) there is more to go on top yet to cover things in to try to comply with the EC regula...

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added some lead to the hammer head and checked weight, weight on scales was 8kg about 20lb, this is the total weight at the working end at rest. am surprised how hard it hits possibly due to the way the machine is using and storing energy in springs. casing is a bit more complete now but still lots ...

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I do not know the answer but you should maybe ask your relative, the problem I can foresee is about which country you will be taxed in, I know there are some services online which take PP or other payments and send them on to your bank, they often take time and cost quite a bit. maybe ask anonymousl...

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plough#Mole_plougha little bit about them

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Don't forget the Mole Plows! (though I have never figured out how to harness the moles to pull one...) yes that is why they are not so popular, harnessing the moles was the worst part. they were also known as 'sub soilers' and the plough would consist of 2 thick plates the go straight down about 18...

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lots of tools can be found cheaply for sale at flea markets, you just need to look and think, even old normal hammers can be modified to any shape you want with the aid of a grinder. I use 'wear parts' from excavators and agricultural machines as when they are worn out they are smooth and interestin...

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in the next month or so in the UK there are 2 major events where you can meet many armourers not only those based in the UK, if you want to know more about these events just ask, I am trading in tools at both

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done a little welding without a flux when I was told that at an event a few days later someone wanted me to show them how to do it, my first attempt worked quite well and luckily on the day someone with a lot more experience than me turned up to help ( I was only intending to show a few absolute beg...

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http://www.bayleyheritagecastings.co.uk ... uds_3.html
try that

edited to fix link

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in posting to this thread I did not mean to steal any of Hal's thunder or imply anything, its just that there are only so many ways to remove the outer covering from a feline. :lol: in reply to Kalle Ommer. yes and about 200 more as I make them, some that dont sell get discontinued but mostly I just...

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I know of an armourer here in England that casts rivets in bronze, his work is excellent and so are his prices.
checkout MattB here on the archive

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http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/stake-plate ... 729283.htm
check out the top three tools;
straight,
concave,
convex creasing tools

yours looks good Hal

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someone has an idea and you have to get it out of their head and make it work, I get a lot of that ( and if you knew what some of the deranged people I have made things for were like it would make your head explode ).
hope it works out well Hal

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no need to change springs, the speed the motor is running at determines the force and stroke length. I hope to have the first one ready to sell by the end of the year. a little more done on it today but still have more to do. will check the weight of it before fixing it down to test it, probably in ...

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a few more bits to add to the mk 1.2 yet before it is ready and im still not happy about 1 bearing but cant get anything better without paying a fortune so looking for alternatives. will do some pix of the mk 1.2 soon but the vid will have to wait awhile till it is ready for another test and we have...

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have a little bit of vid of the mk 1.1 the first time it was used with the forge going, could only turn it up to half power due to some parts of the frame being taken off to be modified and no time to put them back. 3 little vids, one is drawing out some 1" round one is testing the emergency stop ci...

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just got rid of the mk 1.1 frame as it was looking tatty and needed several changes so made the mk 1.2 prototype, this one has a foot control built in ( awaiting a different value variable resister for it ), it also will soon have a pedal stop to set the max power you can go to ( and reset it when y...

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I have plenty here of 4 different types but shipping would be a much bigger problem from here.
must dig some out ready for the next events.

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if you want a ring side seat I think they are all booked now

and at the last count we were up to 27 circles due to the DoJ people expected any time

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for this one I had a gearbox but the next one will have the sprocket in and all those after it. have got to get this one finished and re-homed where it can be tested and improved. the next one will be the finished design of the Mk I, later I will work on a Mk II with a straight stroke. so far have o...

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both top and bottom tools use a plate with 4 bolts, machine clamps could also be used or maybe even just pegs to go in the holes on the bottom tool I think when making the vid we had it at about 100 to 110 BPM but when not filming we did use it at over 200 BPM. it has a geared 3 phase motor that at ...

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for those interested here is a little vid of the new prototype hammer, at the moment it is uncased and is running at about 50% speed, think I can also double the weight of the hammer as the motor is under little load http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLnqLn7ylQ8&feature=BFa&list=PL6FB98AF9868DE594 dont...

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for years it has been like that here.
did you sell stuff to have money there?

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its instant if you have money in your pp account but if they have to get it from somewhere else it is an e check unless you set it up with a cc

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I think it may cut 1/4 steel a little but not for long also this type will only cut straight lines unlike the HF that can cut circles and curves as well. here there are many such shears, older ones of good makes are good but most the modern ones are chinese made and not made to last long. use it awh...

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can get mild wire in spools of up to 5 tons in thicknesses up to 8mm ( 5/16 ) from places I know, spools of tying wire by the kilo or 10kilo and maybe spring that is annealed too

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