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This topic has 7 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 9 January 2024 at 23:57 by John Dilsaver.

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5 January 2024 at 06:48 #704645
John Dilsaver
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Hi Everyone. I’m a retired physics/ math educator, long time hobby metal worker. These days most of my metal working is blacksmithing, but I’m also in the process of rehabbing at ’47 vintage M-head Bridgeport, and have some other machine tools that compete for my time. I have a much more experienced friend advising and helping me on the Bridgeport. I’m in a local blacksmithing group that meets monthly and has taught me a lot. I’m envious of those of you who have local model engineering groups, I sure don’t. I have a steady stream of young people (everyone else looks young these days) coming through the shop for some intro blacksmith work, just informally. Some of them get a bit of a peek over on the machine tool side of the shop as well. Well, again, hello and best to all.

John Dilsaver

Sparta, Missouri, USA
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5 January 2024 at 09:21 #704741
Thor 🇳🇴
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Hi John,

Welcome to the forum. A Bridgeport is quite a bit larger than my milling machine. A friend of mine has just started knife-smiting.

Thor
5 January 2024 at 11:59 #704802
noel shelley
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Hi John, welcome ! We’re a mixed bunch here, most of what I do is best called engineering, to big to be models ! Noel.
5 January 2024 at 15:54 #704881
Harry Wilkes
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Welcome to the forum John, spent some time just up the road in Tolado

H

(Central England West Midlands)
7 January 2024 at 10:30 #705417
Howard Lewis
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Welcome to the Forum.

Enormouisly pleased that you are helping to keep alive traditional skills.

When the internet goes dopwn, you and your proteges will still be able to fix things.

Loke Noel, am not realy a model maker, but enjoy cutting metal and maimh things work again.

More power to your elbow with the Bridgheport!

Howard
9 January 2024 at 13:56 #705961
John Dilsaver
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Here’s a photo that connects my blacksmithing with the Bridgeport work. The bottom two felt wiper covers are both cast iron — of course the one is broken. The top one, not finished but well underway, is a forging in steel. I know these are readily available in aluminum, or are also pretty easily machined with a working mill. Fairly straightforward forging, lots of fun.
9 January 2024 at 16:24 #705991
noel shelley
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Why not use the broken one as a pattern and sand cast it in ali ? Noel.
9 January 2024 at 23:57 #706046
John Dilsaver
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I’ve done some sand casting, that’s another possible solution. Right now I’m more set up to forge than to do foundry.
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