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269895 | Norm Wood <normw013@f...> | 2020‑02‑06 | Cant hook WTB |
Hi all, I'm in "need" of a cant hook. Before I go after a store-bought one, I thought I'd check here first. I'm OK with getting just the business end if it simplifies shipping - I can fit a handle to it. Let me know if you have one you'd like to part with. The back story is that I've been gifted a couple of freshly-cut, forest-grown red oak logs. 8-9 feet in length, the bigger one is about 17 inches in diameter at the butt. It would be nice to have some mechanical help to move these things around. The smaller, rougher one of the two I intend to use for a hewing bench and a shaving horse. Still pondering what to do with the nicer one... Some pictures taken, not yet posted :) Norm Madison, WI |
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269899 | Michael Suwczinsky <nicknaylo@g...> | 2020‑02‑06 | Re: Cant hook WTB |
Norm, if you are not offered anyone's second or even third best cant hook, and you don't mind making the handle, a cant hook is one of the easier forgings to do at the anvil. I could knock one out in an hour or so. square corner, hook, punch a hole and bend it the hard way. Glad to help Michael On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 7:46 AM Norm Wood |
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269901 | Matthew Groves <grovesthegrey@g...> | 2020‑02‑06 | Re: Cant hook WTB |
Lots of people demonstrate this on the interwebs, but here’s St. Roy. https://www.pbs.org/video/the-woodwrights-shop-iron-work-for-timber- work/">https://www.pbs.org/video/the-woodwrights-shop-iron-work-for-timber- work/ <https://www.pbs.org/video/the-woodwrights-shop-iron-work- for-timber-work/">https://www.pbs.org/video/the-woodwrights-shop-iron-work-for- timber-work/> Matthew Groves Springfield, MO |
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269902 | Michael Suwczinsky <nicknaylo@g...> | 2020‑02‑06 | Re: Cant hook WTB |
My plan was to emulate Peter Ross more than Roy. Michael On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 12:47 PM Matthew Groves |
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269906 | Norm Wood <normw013@f...> | 2020‑02‑07 | Re: Cant hook WTB |
Hi Michael, Thanks for that very thoughtful offer! It would be a real treat to have a cant hook made by you. If it's not too much trouble, I'm terribly tempted to take you up on it if one doesn't turn up. Let me follow up with you soon off-list. Regards, Norm in Madison, WI |
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269908 | Norm Wood <normw013@f...> | 2020‑02‑07 | Re: Cant hook WTB |
I've seen a few episodes of Peter with Roy, but this was one I'd missed. Thanks for pointing it out. I put up a couple of photos of the logs here: http://normw013.fastmail.fm/images/Log_work/ I'm pretty happy with these and anxious to see what they look like opened up, but I'm not sure this weekend's weather will cooperate. Regards, Norm Madison, WI |
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269910 | Paul Gardner <yoyopg@g...> | 2020‑02‑07 | Re: Cant hook WTB |
It's difficult to compete with anything that Roy in it but I liked this version a lot - made by Torbjörn Åhman. https://youtu.be/1F9RMhMu8JM Paul, in SF, looking forward to some shop time at the end of the day. |
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269932 | Michael Suwczinsky <nicknaylo@g...> | 2020‑02‑11 | Re: Cant hook WTB |
Thanks for that link, I was thinking of an earlier episode when Roy and Peter races their way thru a pair of can’t hooks and the winner got to weld up the froe ! A quick review of the St. Roy archive (thank you again Joe Parker!) and it was season 2! 1980 or ‘81 maybe. Quite a treat to watch the same two guys make the same thing 30 years apart. A galoot timeline if there ever was. Roy’s cluelessness is an act. He may not have Peter’s skill set, (who does? Among blacksmiths Peter Ross is a master of18th century efficiency), but Roy was keeping up. The more recent ep is much clearer in terms of instruction and process. Now to figure out how to post the old episode Michael On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 12:47 PM Matthew Groves |
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