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vtsteam:
Rob, I sure would dig watching you put that machine together, as would a whole lot of other people I bet! :drool:
I figured that forge and tools had some long term purpose, not just making coathooks, nor twisty garden gates! :lol:
Of course, I know you still want to snort some coke up yer cupola in the near future, too, else why all those molding tools! :lol: I'm expecting a lot of hot iron in your vicinity. :thumbup: :clap:
re. files -- no sandblaster here, and breaking the wire edge is a new tool problem, methinks. I think Jonny's telling the real story, and don't hold out much hope for an acid or rust re-sharpening trick. But it's always fun to do something new with tools and who knows, I might get lucky.
I might just try getting the thinnest possible resist on the cutting tips before an acid dip -- outta my usual curiosity :scratch:
Will, yellow paint on one file, but on both sides, and another unpainted for for ferrous would be better -- like I said, and Jonny too, files don't have identical sides because of the slight curve -- one side convex, one concave. At least most of my big ones don't. I use both sides at different times, and often alternate between them. Small files may be okay painted one side, and particularly if used for shaping instead of flattening. :beer:
Arbalist -- looks like they are intent on producing high quality specialty stuff. Good to see. :beer:
RobWilson:
It sure would be a canny project Steve ,,,,bollocks to garden gates :palm: ,,,,,,,,,,,, I would need to nip back to Paris (not a bad thing lol) to take a few more photos ,unless I have a drawing of it already .
And it would give me a lot of forging practice :dremel: , so much :proj: , aye the old cupola needs to be finishing, I have a good 200 kgs of coke ready for the beast ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I bet its easier for you to score some Columbian marching powder than get some crispy black rock Steve ,,,,,,,,probably cheaper :lol: :lol:
Rob
vtsteam:
Already have a drawing of that file machine? Holy cow that would be a heck of a drawing! But I bet you'll be the first to draw it,
Hey if you do go back to take photos, also take a movie as you walk around, and zoom in and out a lot. I've found that really helpful in measuring and drawing things, besides the stills. Most movie player software can turn any frame into a jpeg, too. Though with less detail than a true photo. But you often get angles you forgot to photograph from, and you can see the 3D-ness (not a real word, I know) of pieces, and connections.
I think you have fancy CAD software and it probably does the same, but one feature of Sketchup I like is the ability to import a photo, scale it, and measure or trace over it, then hide it. I do that a lot.
Rob, did they harden the steel after they cut the file -- hard to imagine otherwise, but then how did they avoid burning the tips of the tiny teeth, and prevent scale? They must have had some highly experienced heat treatment guys on files, and probably some special tricks.
I have used soap to reduce scale when hardening -- I wonder if there are other tricks they used?
I'll take the black variety of cupola food, but you're right, probably no cheaper and harder to find! :lol: :lol:
Still thinking on anthracite with some kind of heated blast -- that's the hard part.
S. Heslop:
From a video I watched they heat treated rasps in a salt bath. Sharpened them with a sandblast after that.
I need some rasps and i've been considering trying to make them myself. It seems fairly staight-forwards aside from heat treating and sharpening. I need a sand blast cabinet in the near future and it's a good excuse to set one up.
Arbalist:
You might find the video on this page interesting then.
http://www.hand-stitched-rasp-riffler.com
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