Swage Block Stand

[Big Barn]

Of interest (or maybe not) to those with an interest in blacksmithing; I made this stand to hold my two swageblocks.

I used 3”x.25 square tube for the legs and 2x3x.25 angle for the horizontals. I wanted the design to allow the blocks to be positioned either flat or on edge depending on which pattern I needed.

Even though they are 200 pounds each they are easy to reposition with the use of a pry bar. I only had to use the forklift to initially place them on the stand.





I also fabricated two square receivers with internal tapers to accommodate my stake tools.







Detail of hammer holder

 

[yomax4]

Crazy Cool !! What an Awesome Shop !!!

 

[dragoneggs]

Yeah, no kidding! On my bucket list is a visit to Terry's shop. Sad thing is I have good reason to be in his neighborhood and haven't made it happen. This summer it is going to happen!

 

[RNeumann]

The things I didn’t know I don’t know seems to grow everyday. Thx for posting! Looks like a fun project! Skip the steel toe boots.....I don’t think they would help with those chunks!

 

[MinnesotaDaveChalmers]

Very nicely done!

 

[searcyfarms]

ok so im stupid so bear with me and my many questions - what is with the square things and all the holes ( round/square ) for that is on top of that cart?

What would you use that for and what does swage mean?

No i dont want to look it up on google i want to hear it from you seasoned veterans, and then there is that cool looking round aparatus over there in the background with all the hammers hanging on it with all the holes again drilled around on it also, is this blacksmith stuff or ?

Sorry to sound so illiterate but i grew up around a blacksmith with a forge and bellows and some behemoth looking old school welders and anvils and such that my dad took me to when i was a kid. I learned on an AC buzz box to fix farm junk and thats it.

this guy had all of these big pulleys and belts that ran his shop and it ran from an old john deere tractor with a belt pulley on it for power, it ran his hammer that pounded out metal when he got it out of the forge, it ran his exhaust fans, all of the big wooden pulleys and belts and gears all over teh place it was fascinating fora kid to look/watch.

So it reminded me of what you have there in your shop but i dont remember seeing those big blocks or the round type hammer table.

School Me!!!

 

[searcyfarms]

oh yea two of the old welders he had used these big wheels to adjust them that reminded me of the wheels you turn on the door of a submarine not sure what those were either

i never saw him use anything but a stick welder or heat and a hammer , he machined stuff too wtih that belt driven stuff, i presume some kind of lathe ran by those belts and that tractor was always running when i went there just idling along - an old johnny popper it never moved just sat there

 

[Big Barn]

Yeah, no kidding! On my bucket list is a visit to Terry's shop. Sad thing is I have good reason to be in his neighborhood and haven't made it happen. This summer it is going to happen!

Lunch is on me, Mark!

......but if you’re on an expense account, I won’t argue. Lol

 

[Big Barn]

ok so im stupid so bear with me and my many questions - what is with the square things and all the holes ( round/square ) for that is on top of that cart?

What would you use that for and what does swage mean?

No i dont want to look it up on google i want to hear it from you seasoned veterans, and then there is that cool looking round aparatus over there in the background with all the hammers hanging on it with all the holes again drilled around on it also, is this blacksmith stuff or ?

Sorry to sound so illiterate but i grew up around a blacksmith with a forge and bellows and some behemoth looking old school welders and anvils and such that my dad took me to when i was a kid. I learned on an AC buzz box to fix farm junk and thats it.

this guy had all of these big pulleys and belts that ran his shop and it ran from an old john deere tractor with a belt pulley on it for power, it ran his hammer that pounded out metal when he got it out of the forge, it ran his exhaust fans, all of the big wooden pulleys and belts and gears all over teh place it was fascinating fora kid to look/watch.

So it reminded me of what you have there in your shop but i dont remember seeing those big blocks or the round type hammer table.

School Me!!!

The depressions in the steel block are used to form metal into. The square holes can be used to hold square pegged hardy tools or for bending metal. The larger round depressions are used for forming spoons, ladles and bowls.

The round type “hammer table” in the background is just a personal design of mine I incorporated into a stand for a blacksmith post vise.

 

[searcyfarms]

so someone makes those square things with all the round/square holes in them, they took REALLY HEAVY!!!!