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Dragonfly Enterprises |
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Randy McDaniel Artist, Author, Instructor in Forged, Lasered & Fabricated Metals |
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Copyright © 2008 Randy McDaniel |
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The Dragonfly Studio |
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Dragonfly Enterprises 3283 State Hill Road Reading, PA 19608
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A Two Car Garage Serves As the Studio |
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The Original Studio Floor Plan. A good one to work from for designing your shop. With the addition of some new equipment this has been modified. |
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248 Pound Mouse Hole Anvil on Ash Block That extends 30” Into the Ground |
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Instead of cutting the roofs’ ridge beam or using angled pipe which lessens the draft, I designed this box with pull out dampers to hook up chimneys for gas forges. |
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Tool rack mainly for use at the post vise. Upper tool rack has all the tools I use for forging and carving for animal heads. Having tables and equipment on casters allows easy rearrangement of the studio depending on the project that I’m working on. One of the best ideas I’ve used in this shop! |
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Working at the Nazel 1B Power Hammer Dated 1909. |
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Some of the dies I made for the power hammer. This one was great for working out the sunflower leaves on the Hershey commission. |
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This die is set up for interchangeable tooling. This one used for veining leaves front and back at the same time. |
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My latest project was this 60 ton hydraulic press. Robert Eggerling sold me this frame and parts and after I got the plates cut and assembled he put the finishing touches on it. You can see the cart I made for the 5 hp motor, pump and tank, the plumbing on the back and his wonderful foot pedal design instead of operating it by hand. Here are the first few pieces I squashed. Even with the hot metal I have so much force that it put marks in the plates and tooling. I had to harden them. The lower right photo shows some pieces that were squashed and a scroll pushed into them. The 2 end, bottom pieces are titanium! Now to make more tooling.
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My latest acquisition is this South Bend 9A lathe. Circa 1954. This is used in turning the knuckles for the resonating sculptures |
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I have left this floor plan and shop photos intact, though not current, as this is a good layout for a basic shop. |
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2007 |
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Copyright © 2008 Randy McDaniel |