SCORE!
A local friend is a gunsmith (and we have three in this small community of about 200) and he called me out of the blue saying that he had a couple of old rifle barrels and was wondering if I could use them for blacksmithing.
I went over today and got all 23 of them. 4140 Chrome Moly steel -- perfect for knife making.
He also had a pneumatic press for sale and scarfed that one up too. 6" cylinder and about a 6" throw -- I love my power hammer but sometimes I just need a good squeeze. Had been looking at
flypresses but this will be a lot better as I can have complete control over the force. Already have shop air so I just need to get a proportional foot control pedal and build a stand and I'll be ready to go.
Posted by DaveH at September 3, 2012 2:03 PM