What's going on in your shop? Show us whats going on, and talk a bit about your work!

NickWheeler said:
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Are you happy with that press, or would you make any changes ?


Is the ram travel speed fast enough ?

You seem be pretty busy running that control.

How do you feel about a foot control or the automation of those controls,

either full automation, or an auto up when you foot off the petal style; is that on your list or not really needed?
 
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Thanks Doc! :)

Sam- Overall I am very happy with the press. Although I never got the cool sticker to go on the cylinder cover, it is a Jeff Carlisle- Imagination Xpress. It's solid and has worked well for me. The travel speed is right around 1"/second, and I like that.

When I got it about 13 years ago, I knew nothing about welding, so building my own wasn't an option.

Knowing what I know now (still very little! :foot:)... if I were to build one from the ground up, there are a few things I would do differently.

#1 would be more squish. I'd go with something like an 8" cylinder and shoot for around 50 tons.

#2 would be a moveable anvil, or at least a pass through anvil... so that you can drive drifts through hammer/hawk heads and do really tall feather billets.

#3 build it so that the hydraulic motor and pump are outside. I don't mind the noise myself... but trying to teach somebody something while the pump is whining (or talk on a video) doesn't work too well.


I have thought about things like limit switches, but from my little bit of exposure to that stuff, I think it's more of a "this is really cool/neat" type of thing, than something that would be a super duper improvement (for me).

I have run a couple presses that had foot controls. The idea of having both hands free is nice, but I'm so used to running the lever with my hand, the foot control just felt weird.
 
waiting on handle specs to finish up this sushi knife (steel 9is HHH )
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12.5 inch of fish slicing goodness (not my first pick on shape but it is working out )the buyer was inspired by some Goo shapes and handles. at first he was even talking cord wrap part of the handle but i think he may have changed his mind.
 
I've been going nuts making this 12" integral hamon bowie with a tapered-frame handle... lots of new things I'm trying/making up on this one.
It's the type of knife where occasionally I just feel lost, making it. Then I work on something else for a while or go in the house.to take a break.
So far so good, the hamon on it is gonna be great... maybe my best ever, I don't know yet.
This is me taking a break because the knife was driving me slightly insane again.
 
NickWheeler said:
Thanks Doc! :)

Sam- Overall I am very happy with the press. Although I never got the cool sticker to go on the cylinder cover, it is a Jeff Carlisle- Imagination Xpress. It's solid and has worked well for me. The travel speed is right around 1"/second, and I like that.

When I got it about 13 years ago, I knew nothing about welding, so building my own wasn't an option.

Knowing what I know now (still very little! :foot:)... if I were to build one from the ground up, there are a few things I would do differently.

#1 would be more squish. I'd go with something like an 8" cylinder and shoot for around 50 tons.

#2 would be a moveable anvil, or at least a pass through anvil... so that you can drive drifts through hammer/hawk heads and do really tall feather billets.

#3 build it so that the hydraulic motor and pump are outside. I don't mind the noise myself... but trying to teach somebody something while the pump is whining (or talk on a video) doesn't work too well.


I have thought about things like limit switches, but from my little bit of exposure to that stuff, I think it's more of a "this is really cool/neat" type of thing, than something that would be a super duper improvement (for me).

I have run a couple presses that had foot controls. The idea of having both hands free is nice, but I'm so used to running the lever with my hand, the foot control just felt weird.
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Nick, a directional microphone or a lapelle microphone will help with the background noise. They are a bit pricey, but solve problems.
 
butcher_block said:
12.5 inch of fish slicing goodness (not my first pick on shape but it is working out )the buyer was inspired by some Goo shapes and handles. at first he was even talking cord wrap part of the handle but i think he may have changed his mind.
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Awesome knife, don't let him pick cord wrap, yuck!
 
Willie71 said:
Nick, a directional microphone or a lapel microphone will help with the background noise. They are a bit pricey, but solve problems.
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If it is a simple one with a wire on, dead cheap just add more wire and remember you have a leash on before you try going too far.
 
12345678910 said:
your anvil has a wiggle.
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Were you going to offer suggestions? Or just going for the Captain O award??? :) It's a 450# anvil on a nearly 200# base, and it wiggles a bit when I really hammer down on something out on the horn. No movement when working above the body/base. Shy of having a base that's buried in the floor, I don't know how to get rid of that horn wiggle. When I picked the anvil up from Russell Jaquas (RIP) he had a few of the Gladiators set up in his shop, and they were mounted to vertical wood beams buried deep in a dirt (hot shop) floor.

Everything I've shot since Christmas was done with the new little Samsung. My BIL recently hooked me up with Adobe Premiere 12, and that actually allows me to import, edit, and save the videos in HD. My videos before that were edited with Movie Maker, which wouldn't let me import anything in HD.

The thing that would probably improve my videos by the largest margin, would be to get the walls and ceiling finished. I had ultra white paint on the walls and ceiling in the old shop, and it definitely makes it easier to shoot clear photos... Not to mention it just FEELS better to work in. I have fiddled with different primers and paints (as the two-tone walls attest ;))... but I think the best option is to throw some 3/8 rock on the walls.



Thanks Jeremy! :D I know some of my family cringed when they saw that I wore that shirt in a video. I have some more waiting to make their youtube debut... ;) :D LMAO I don't wear any of these shirts out in public, just in the shop... so it's pretty ironic I'm wearing them in front of the "world" on youtube. :)
 
I just finished this one for inventory here at Westside Sharpening & Cutlery Center.

Rhino Tall Boy Chef Knife,
CPM-154 blade that's 7 3/4" long & 2 3/4" at the heel in height with my patented Pinch Grip Holes.
Handle 5" of Stabilized & dyed Maple Burl on a tapered tang with red liners & S/S Loveless bolts.

Kind of Goldie Locks in the amount of rock on the edge. DSCN2285.jpg
 
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