Kustomizer's Shop

[kustomizer]

It was NEVER this nice, even when brand spankin' new!

I like to work copper, silver and sometimes gold, the anvils I use have to be smooth and flat, I still have some smoothing to do.

This is the one I use the most but it is small and I am wanting to do some larger projects

 

[rklopp]

Jo and I were able to get the anvil reworked this weekend, it had about an .08 saddle wore into it from 100+ years of beating on it, the old guy that gave it to me some years back is coming to visit. He is bringing an oak trunk 18" in dia by 30 inches tall to make it a stand and he would like to see it all ready to use before he heads home. It belonged to his grandad, his father and he is 80 as of last week.
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You need one of these official Haas engine hoists. ($1495 - we have one at work and it's worth every penny in avoided back injuries. We can't get our forklift in front of the machine, or we'd use that.)

I use the board trick to schlep a slotting head onto my horizontal mill's overarm.

 

[Ox]

You need one of these official Haas engine hoists. ($1495 - we have one at work and it's worth every penny in avoided back injuries. We can't get our forklift in front of the machine, or we'd use that.)

I use the board trick to schlep a slotting head onto my horizontal mill's overarm.


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Apparently the "Carolina" guys don't make it all the way to Cali?


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Think Snow Eh!
Ox

 

[bryan_machine]

Does that fine engine hoist actually fit under a machine with the coolant tank/chip conveyer installed???

 

[kustomizer]

I plan to build a small power hammer one day, my problem with the factory ones is the configuration of the anvil, often my stuff is tubular. Here is a grave marker I just got back for rework, I made it 23 years ago, the rose got broken off. I shined it up and replaced the copper tube rose stem with a brass rod.

 

[rklopp]

Does that fine engine hoist actually fit under a machine with the coolant tank/chip conveyer installed???

Yes, it does fit at least a VF2. That’s why the hoist is so narrow.

 

[kustomizer]

Here is a potpourri box I made for Wonder Woman a while back from some 4" copper water pipe.
My power hammer will need interchangeable anvils and it doesn't need 25 tons of force, likely 5 would be enough.

 

[kustomizer]

Yes, it does fit at least a VF2. That’s why the hoist is so narrow.

I could use such a tool now and again, I hadn't seen one from Haas yet though I have 5" risers under all my mills so a standard cherry picker would roll right under them.

 

[standardparts]

Here is a potpourri box I made for Wonder Woman a while back from some 4" copper water pipe.
My power hammer will need interchangeable anvils and it doesn't need 25 tons of force, likely 5 would be enough.

This one might be too small....Still shows available on their website:

 

[kustomizer]

I was gifted a fair bit of 2", 3", 4" and 6" copper pipe after the fire in 2015, black, bent some but copper just the same.
These were from sheet, .068 thick left over from the California gold rush, they poured mercury on them then gold fines. The bull rider on the hat is a Mexican silver coin engraved then cut out on a VMC, the rest is hand beat on that anvil before I surfaced it but on this project I wanted it rough.. For reference, the boots are a size 14 and fit my feet before I put the uppers on. This was donated to the bull rider relief fund to help out bull riders that get hurt, it fetched 7k in an auction

 

[kustomizer]

Some old friends from California came by to visit, they brought an oak log for me to make an anvil stand. I made a template the shape of the anvil base then routed an inch deep pocket for the anvil to set into. We then set about moving bunches of heavy stuff in the overseas containers, i now have my English wheel, bead roller, shrinker/stretcher along with all the dies. Sure was good they came by as there was a bunch of heavy stuff in the way. A lot still needs proper homes, but all the heavy stuff is in.

 

[Ox]

Is the idea of the wood base to absorb some of the "ting" when you hit it?


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Think Snow Eh!
Ox

 

[kustomizer]

Is the idea of the wood base to absorb some of the "ting" when you hit it?


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Think Snow Eh!
Ox

Most get a steel base that seems to amplify the noise

 

[DrHook]

Is the idea of the wood base to absorb some of the "ting" when you hit it?


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Think Snow Eh!
Ox

All the "old timers" I have met have theirs mounted on hardwood, and some have leather under there, too.

 

[kustomizer]

All the "old timers" I have met have theirs mounted on hardwood, and some have leather under there, too.

Now you're calling me an old timer? I bet you are in cahoots with my wife and mirror

 

[david n]

Now you're calling me an old timer? I bet you are in cahoots with my wife and mirror

My wife can't say anything..............she's older than me

 

[kustomizer]

My wife can't say anything..............she's older than me

I've never heard of that quality in a wife, mine always has something to say, encouragement she calls it

 

[animal12]

I'd never seen a anvil on a metal stand til around 10 years ago . They have always been on a
nice big round hunk of tree . Except for mine , it's been sittin on the floor in my shop waiting for the right round for a base . Maybe this year ?
animal

 

[neilho]

Damn. You have every metalshaping toy and a power hammer too? Now I'm envious of ALL your shops.

 

[kustomizer]

Damn. You have every metalshaping toy and a power hammer too? Now I'm envious of ALL your shops.

I've been gathering and making tools for a long time, I have a planishing hammer somewhere but as of yet it is unseen. My focus is fairly broad spectrum making it difficult to stay on one track for very long, were I in school these days they would feed me Ritalin by the handful and leave me in a corner to slobber on myself. It is good for me to live out away from population, keep my mind challenged and my hands busy.

No power hammer yet, I plan to build one as I want a small one with a horizontal anvil that will allow me to hammer on tubular projects.