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Well you guy's (( inappropriate language )) for taken so long to get this started some other time right now i'm so deep in Doo-Doo it really don't matter cause your gonna have to take a number.
Bear in mind this WIP is for the guy's or gal's that don't have alot of modern day machinery at their disposal.
These first 3 photo's show how i lay out the blank with a scribe to indicate cut line's-1 long line down the center on 2 side's more commonly referred to as top and bottom,these 2 line's will be used to chisel cut your slit line for you drift alittle bit later on.
The next set of line's i scribe are on all 4 side's and these line's give me a reference point for fullering off the amount of material for a Spike or Poll which ever the case may be.
The next photo show's how you make shallow cut's with a cold chisel to mark you slit line for drifting
Up to this point the blank has'nt seen any fire yet,now it goes in the forge and heated to a workable temperature to be fullered,the next phto show's it being fullered off in my little homeade guillitin and you can see how clear your chisel cut line's show up for the slit and drift operation
This next photo show's the blank with the material fullered off along side the guillitin,that's not how you spell but you get the idea
Now come's the fun part and the time where alot of people screw up trying to slit for the drift,i get her good and hot and start my slitting tool in one side of my chisel cut line-remember top and bottom,istsrt working the slitting chisel thru the top little by little and rotate the blank from top to bottom with the cut's this insure's me of an even straight cut all the way thru the blank and the cut's meet in the center.
Once i feel the slitting chisel cut thru the center i lay the blank over my hardy hole and drive all the way thru as shown in the next photo
Once i use the hardy hole to drive it thru you can lay it across the jaw's of your vise and slit it futher
Here is the hard part of your project behind you laying on the anvil slit for the drift and fullered for a spike or poll which ever you prefer,next posting we'll get her all rough forged into a Spike Hawk and go out and THROW IT in the mean time for those of you that don't have a Trip Hammer-Start Looking for a good Striker-See ya in a couple day's
Bear in mind this WIP is for the guy's or gal's that don't have alot of modern day machinery at their disposal.
These first 3 photo's show how i lay out the blank with a scribe to indicate cut line's-1 long line down the center on 2 side's more commonly referred to as top and bottom,these 2 line's will be used to chisel cut your slit line for you drift alittle bit later on.
The next set of line's i scribe are on all 4 side's and these line's give me a reference point for fullering off the amount of material for a Spike or Poll which ever the case may be.
The next photo show's how you make shallow cut's with a cold chisel to mark you slit line for drifting
Up to this point the blank has'nt seen any fire yet,now it goes in the forge and heated to a workable temperature to be fullered,the next phto show's it being fullered off in my little homeade guillitin and you can see how clear your chisel cut line's show up for the slit and drift operation
This next photo show's the blank with the material fullered off along side the guillitin,that's not how you spell but you get the idea
Now come's the fun part and the time where alot of people screw up trying to slit for the drift,i get her good and hot and start my slitting tool in one side of my chisel cut line-remember top and bottom,istsrt working the slitting chisel thru the top little by little and rotate the blank from top to bottom with the cut's this insure's me of an even straight cut all the way thru the blank and the cut's meet in the center.
Once i feel the slitting chisel cut thru the center i lay the blank over my hardy hole and drive all the way thru as shown in the next photo
Once i use the hardy hole to drive it thru you can lay it across the jaw's of your vise and slit it futher
Here is the hard part of your project behind you laying on the anvil slit for the drift and fullered for a spike or poll which ever you prefer,next posting we'll get her all rough forged into a Spike Hawk and go out and THROW IT in the mean time for those of you that don't have a Trip Hammer-Start Looking for a good Striker-See ya in a couple day's
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