It has been a busy summer and fall. We have been working on wildfires and prescribed burning projects, but things have finally calmed down enough to get some metal work done. I am making texturing dies for the fly press, mainly from 1045 medium-carbon shafting – 1″ round bar.
Most of the dies are worked hot, and then finished on a metal lathe. Others are done completely on the lathe. Most of these tools will be used on hot metal.
These were cut with the lathe, and then hardened using a brine quench.
Some are hand-filed or cut on the lathe and then forged.
The flower is built from rods and hand-filed. Negative was faced on lathe.
Next step – using these for some projects.
