Too kind, thanks! "Easy" is a product of years of failures. Fight for mastery each day. If you fail, add it to the pile. But, if after your toil, the work is sound.. Success is a rare treat.

Hell yeah sucka :) Too kind, thanks! More projects on the horizon!

good to know, thanks!

Thank you Sir for the information, yep I've wanted a press for years. Precise compression is a game changer.

Hear hear

thanks!

thanks!

Thanks! Really, I made the project to test out some press tooling ideas. Gotta love accurate compression. More projects on the way!

I was thinking the same thing! I have never used a power hammer so to see the level of precision you get is amazing!!! @RigoniIronworks you have certainly given me something to think about :)

Too kind, thank you!

Sweet... how did the forge weld go? I haven't heard of A-6 before. Air hardening?

@@rigoniironworks Took 3 tries to get it to tack, but after that it welded nice and clean. The a-6 was a piece I got from a friend. Never used it before so I had to look it up but yes it's air hardening. Used for dies, forming tools, mandrels, etc. Also mentions excellent dimensional stability in heat treatment so I guess it's well suited to face welds.

Yep, it's a handy tool. I mostly use mine for shearing grass for the chicken coop and trimming around the delicate stuff out here.

I'll update my store at some point this summer. I'm trying to get a few new projects on there before getting back into production mode.

yeah that thing always works loose. It's not holding the tooling down, but I need a split washer for it.

@@rigoniironworks My thought was like the old carb throttles that had that type of spring hack so as to maintain the setting, anyways your work and videos are non-pareil, thanks for posting them. ☺

It's awesome. Anyang 25 ton.

4140

Think of it like a mold. If the forging is slightly off, after compressing, the part squishes down to a nice transition from 1" square to a bigger flat on the underside.

The hope of every smith. In this throw away society, can something be forged good enough to rise above mediocrity, and last.

Ha, just for the video. I have a mower, but do use the scythe to cut sections out for lining my chicken coop. It's also great for trimming delicate areas the weed wacker would chew up.

Refines the forging. If I wanted a bigger top part, I could use the same die and compress more material. If you look at my flatter video, I show a larger version using a sledgehammer.

@@rigoniironworks Thank you!

Well... for one, this is a video. Most people don't know what a scythe is let alone how the anvil works. I demoed both at the end to make sense. I use the scythe to cut around my garden and to fill my chicken coop since its terrific at shearing the grass long for bed lining and is less aggressive than a weed wacker around plastic items.

Yes Sir, I bought an Italian blade from them. The handle from a Canadian company.

I have a single grip snathe from them, and yours looked very familiar. To peen with your own anvil mut be very satisfying!@@rigoniironworks

Ha! You've come to the wrong place dude. Embrace the Machine! :)

thanks!

So I don't breath in dust/fumes.

@@rigoniironworks so why dont u where long sleeves when welding ? skin cancer..

If I'm welding all day I'll wear long sleeves.

​@@rigoniironworks clean build any way maybe some dapping holes on the side for extra use