opendieforging
Plastic
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2018
Hi Everyone!
I own and operate an ornamental ironwork shop with with a fairly extensive collection of air hammers. We've been considering the idea of diversifying and seeking out some small industrial forging jobs to mix in with our architectural work. The main hammers that would be suited for these jobs would be our 100kg and 150kg self-contained Beche hammers.
Our capabilities would be small runs of jobs with starting material under about 4" diameter. We'd want to stick to simple, open-die operations to start with like re-sizing material, rough forged-shafts, etc. I would think that there would be a reasonable demand for this type of work based on the material savings alone.
I have a friend who does this in Sweden and tells me there is huge demand there. I'm hoping there would be a similar need here.
Looking for some feedback as to whether or not there would be a demand for this type of work. Has anyone ever worked with small-scale industrial smiths? Do you think these services would be useful to your business?
Thanks!
Robert
I own and operate an ornamental ironwork shop with with a fairly extensive collection of air hammers. We've been considering the idea of diversifying and seeking out some small industrial forging jobs to mix in with our architectural work. The main hammers that would be suited for these jobs would be our 100kg and 150kg self-contained Beche hammers.
Our capabilities would be small runs of jobs with starting material under about 4" diameter. We'd want to stick to simple, open-die operations to start with like re-sizing material, rough forged-shafts, etc. I would think that there would be a reasonable demand for this type of work based on the material savings alone.
I have a friend who does this in Sweden and tells me there is huge demand there. I'm hoping there would be a similar need here.
Looking for some feedback as to whether or not there would be a demand for this type of work. Has anyone ever worked with small-scale industrial smiths? Do you think these services would be useful to your business?
Thanks!
Robert