DIY workshop tools: the workbench

barracane

barracane

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thank you for your patience your patience, I hope not to be petulant and boring thanks again
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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thank you for your patience your patience, I hope not to be petulant and boring thanks again
how is your project coming along with the farm restoration work ?
 
barracane

barracane

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I spent a certain amount of money now I stopped for lack of funds. how I start the restoration I send you some pictures. the water is scarce the duck does not float. thanks again I will keep you informed if you like, thank you again for your patience, precious time and suggestions
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I spent a certain amount of money now I stopped for lack of funds. how I start the restoration I send you some pictures. the water is scarce the duck does not float. thanks again I will keep you informed if you like, thank you again for your patience, precious time and suggestions

the universal regulator of activity :rolleyes: :( ... spondoolicks ... or the lack of them :mad:
keep us informed of what you get up to and we'll never tire of looking at your beautiful scenery - plenty of pix (y):giggle:
 
barracane

barracane

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now I can not have more money than I have to wait for better time, a strong storm has made the work done by the mechanical shovel. so I have to find a certain amount to rent the shovel again and restore the work and go ahead with the work a disaster the law of marphi on misfortune exists have become superstitious, a saying says that the dog always bites the poor miserable beyond the damage the joke that you want to make life is so patience, I will keep you updated in due course thanks
 
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Pond digger

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Those chisel ended sledge hammers; what’s their purpose? I have one similar, with a very blunt chisel, but I’ve never found it useful for anything.
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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Those chisel ended sledge hammers; what’s their purpose? I have one similar, with a very blunt chisel, but I’ve never found it useful for anything.
I think the real big uns, although originally forging hammers were handy for rail work Chris .... spiking and driving in wedges and spring clips ...... 'smaller ' ones would've been common in a smithy's arsenal for drawing out and cleaving larger lumps ..... I have a 2 pounder which is a fave for shaping hot steel with ;) similar to this
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this is a cross pein and with the 'edge' the other way is called a straight pein
 
Shovelhands

Shovelhands

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I’ve got a straight pein, circa 14ib, never seen another, and no idea of its intended use? Did wonder if it was Rail related, but thought a rail roaders hammer was a very different shape?
 
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Quattromike

Quattromike

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I’ve got a straight pein, circa 14ib, never seen another, and no idea of its intended use? Did wonder if it was Rail related, but thought a rail readers hammer was a very different shape?
Could be a stone masons sledge hammer. They normally have a more oval flatter face to them
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I’ve got a straight pein, circa 14ib, never seen another, and no idea of its intended use? Did wonder if it was Rail related, but thought a rail readers hammer was a very different shape?
agreed James and as said their originally intended use was in the smithy's forge for drawing out mainly ..... a hammer of that size'd be used by strikers, stood either side of the work piece, rather than the smith himself, hence straight pein .... the smith'd more likely use a cross pein
 
Shovelhands

Shovelhands

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agreed James and as said their originally intended use was in the smithy's forge for drawing out mainly ..... a hammer of that size'd be used by strikers, stood either side of the work piece, rather than the smith himself, hence straight pein .... the smith'd more likely use a cross pein

Yes I wondered if it was a strikers hammer, must have been some beast to swing that all day though! :eek:
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

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pity they can't spell P E I N ... peening is summat different :rolleyes:
 
Shovelhands

Shovelhands

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I like John at Black Bear Forge, some good videos on YouTube

Was interesting seeing him make a diagonal pein hammer in one of his vids

I will get a pic of the one I have next time I’m on site, it’s in the tool box!
 
CPS

CPS

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Seen a tower crane service van at bauma and it had 3 different size ones in it... I thought something to do with building up tower crane jobs etc
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Seen a tower crane service van at bauma and it had 3 different size ones in it... I thought something to do with building up tower crane jobs etc
our German friends like odd shaped hammers ..... always have :rolleyes:

GERMAN PATTERN RIVETTING HAMMER
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Machinist´s Hammers, German Pattern
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Carpenter's hammer German type
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need I go on :rolleyes::giggle::giggle:
 
maz

maz

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Just noticed this thread. Funny enough was putting my gantry upright yesterday lunch time.

On the subject of work benches.....been looking for a decent slab for a few years now. Ideally want something 10-20mm thick but it rarely comes up on gumtree etc. I'll probably need to visit a scrappy but I feel that they just fire all their spare steel oversea's to China now so its difficult to find a good piece!
 
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Smiffy

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Just noticed this thread. Funny enough was putting my gantry upright yesterday lunch time.

On the subject of work benches.....been looking for a decent slab for a few years now. Ideally want something 10-20mm thick but it rarely comes up on gumtree etc. I'll probably need to visit a scrappy but I feel that they just fire all their spare steel oversea's to China now so its difficult to find a good piece!

Depending on the size you want and exactly what your doing I found it worked out cheaper to laminate several pieces of 6mm sheet from parkers just ignore the prices there website displays
 
Bri963

Bri963

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I think the real big uns, although originally forging hammers were handy for rail work Chris .... spiking and driving in wedges and spring clips ...... 'smaller ' ones would've been common in a smithy's arsenal for drawing out and cleaving larger lumps ..... I have a 2 pounder which is a fave for shaping hot steel with ;) similar to this
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this is a cross pein and with the 'edge' the other way is called a straight pein

Chipping hammer for when you first use Filarcs, Gra
 
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