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The Iron Dwarf

Photo0037.jpg here we have a picture of the sprocket, and a crankshaft on which it will fit for the second prototype of something im making, the first prototype is having a geared motor so only needs a small sprocket like the one on the shaft. in the pic is a 12" rule, yes the big sprocket is over ...

The Iron Dwarf

at my place we have lots of fun things like a diamond saw blade that is about 60" diameter and does 1000 rpm, grinders with 24" wheels on them.
for a while this wont be going round under its own power

The Iron Dwarf

no pics yet! patience is a virtue :D the prototype will be messy so dont really want to show that when it is made. am aiming for control and versatility as well as safety people like my forges and I hope they like this too :mrgreen: also as my shop is next to a recording studio and in the same build...

The Iron Dwarf

got the huge sprocket ( over 19" diameter ) a week ago but have been waiting for a 'friend' to do some machining for a crank to go with this and have finally got that done after more than a month of waiting. soon these can be put together though the initial prototype will actually use a gearbox inst...

The Iron Dwarf

I picked up a beverly style shear in a local junkyard about a year ago and then sold it at a nice profit, have just got another much lighter one on a stand when going to collect an anvil I got on ebay

The Iron Dwarf

nice work Hal, next we will see how long before either you use them or someone here wants to buy

The Iron Dwarf

thanks Hal, those look very useful. have lots to do this weekend, 200 bolts to modify in my lathe, have a go at milling for the first time ( mill has sat on my bench for 3 years and only just got it finished and working, should at long last have the machining back for the power hammer so can start o...

The Iron Dwarf

a better number rather than 2 or 4 is 3, an object will rest on 3 points

The Iron Dwarf

Thomas, you unlike a few here have the right idea and the knack. just because it is junk does not mean it is useless, see the use and have a new tool. hope it goes well at the SCA event, I will be taking a forge to an event here in early august, I will be helping noobs to make something, and 2 frien...

The Iron Dwarf

no one here from the US have any good junkyard tools?
I know one armourer uses an engine block to hold stakes.
anyone from the rest of the world into recycling and repurposing interesting metal objects?

The Iron Dwarf

thank you for the comments guys, if you need a mace head like that ask at the local auto shop or car breakers, if you see the right person you may get some free.
yes I can also turn metal into junk and I am happy to inspire others.

can team USA enter junkyard wars?
who will show something here?

The Iron Dwarf

next tool and this I will donate to the Botn fund if someone will bid on it. a rivet snap made from a big tappet end. photo 25 shows the two ends of a tappet I got from the local junkyard, the socket is about 3/8" diameter ( 10mm ) and in the bottom it has a small indentation that will make a small ...

The Iron Dwarf

tools made from the junk I have around just to show it can be done. who else can make useful items from junk? what uses are they put too? will people pay good money for junkyard tools? I sell a lot of tools that I make from junk, here are some made recently. in the photo 29 you will see item 1, a pa...

The Iron Dwarf

I do not attend events or markets. I only make a few sets a year by request, as this is my hobby. It does allow me to buy materials and supplies though. I tell you what... I will make up some cheap stakes as an exercise in creativity. I will call them dwarf tools in your honer. Thank you for the in...

The Iron Dwarf

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"Where there's muck there's brass" as the saying goes. often it is just a question of spotting it, like the beverley type shear I got a while ago from my local or a hydraulic cable splicer I got for about $1.50 that I have seen sell for $1500 here or the close to 100 sheets of titanium I bought at a...

The Iron Dwarf

thank you Hal, I think you may be suprised and find people want them

The Iron Dwarf

I.D. You are one outstanding character. I have to admire your tenacious explication of tool making. I only make tools requested or self tested for a piticular need. I do not have the courage to weld bits of scrap to a shank and call it a tool. Yes, I have found many bits and scraps in my metal buck...

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I often make tools that I dont know what they will be used for, and mostly they are not to order, the stranger they are the more likley they are to find a home

The Iron Dwarf

There is at least one historical account of Oliver Cromwell engaging in a pillow fight in one of the anterooms in Parliament. Seriously..

Cite!
this I gotta see

The Iron Dwarf

I think we have a DXF, cant check it myself but should be able to confirm tomorrow.
many thanks to all

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thank you guys for the work so far

The Iron Dwarf

have converted the mm to decimal inches for those that this will help.
center hole 80mm ( 3.1496" )
6 holes on a 100mm PCD just center marked ( 3.937" )

The Iron Dwarf

right, posting here and will email as well to those requesting it. need to do a DXF for a sprocket for a british standard type 1/2" pitch roller chain known as 08B-1 but no one I have tried can do one of 119 tooth for some reason, they seem to get stuck at 96 tooth. first just need to find overall d...

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have several friends nearby but they dont seem to be able to help with this simple problem.

need to get a DXF of a sprocket for a drive chain and want 119 teeth on it but those I have asked can only do smaller ones.

if anyone can help I will send them full details or post them here

The Iron Dwarf

maybe someone will compile a database of marks one day

The Iron Dwarf

I can get loose ball bearings up to 12" diameter but I only place an order about every year as I get about 1/3 ton at a time, the largest I stock is 4" but I cant ship them to the US due to import regulations unless welded onto something and shipping costs a lot

The Iron Dwarf

everyone has something go wrong sometime, what is important is how you deal with it.
a happy customer tells 10 people but an unhappy customer tells 100 people so it seems like there is more bad than good.

armstreet has done well IMO

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I will, I intend to weld very thick rebar to the top plate that will go most of the way to the bottom so there will be a lot of steel inside the box too before the concrete is added and maybe after some use I will cut away the casing to see what it is like inside. if it turns out it needs to be stee...

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the new one we bought a few years ago is a sahindler (sp) 50kg air hammer the thing weighs just over 1 ton in total and the hammer is about 1 cwt, at a guess the anvil on that is not much more than 1/4 of the total weight of the machine making that one maybe 7 to 1. I will see what weight I can get ...

The Iron Dwarf

abaddon_1974 wrote:You have such wonderful toys mister dwarf.

I do, dont I

but you wait till the unveiling of my new toy, will be a while yet though as there is lots to do first

The Iron Dwarf

I own 4 of about 1cwt to 1.5cwt and a much smaller one so I have a long way to go to catch up with some here.
will make it a comfortable stand and try it next time the forge is in use

The Iron Dwarf

we have lots of anvils here and that is why roadrunners and coyote's are rare

The Iron Dwarf

newanv.jpg has on both sides KL 40 X weight is 50.9Kg or 112lbs and is not in bad condition cast rather than forged but we have a larger one with the same KL on but no numbers that seems like this ones big brother and it is a good anvil. next need to go to Iforgeiron to ask if anyone knows the maker

The Iron Dwarf

our government do that too

Re: anyone here into cad, have a DXF request

Re: anyone here into cad, have a DXF request

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Re: Keep looking you can still find Beverly Shear on Craigsl

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JUNKYARD WARS

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Re: Top 5- Pillow Fighting

Re: anyone here into cad, have a DXF request

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anyone here into cad, have a DXF request

Re: makers mark question.

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Re: Laughable review of ARMSTREET.

Re: question, hammer / anvil weight?

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it followed me home!

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