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Bush Fire fighter, astronomy, metalwork, wood work, gardening, bushwalking, Tae Kwon Do and footy (AFL). Work as a data analyst to support my hobby addiction, oh, and family.
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Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
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Married with two sons, enjoy lots of hobbies, forging is one of them.
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Bush Fire fighter, astronomy, metal & wood work, gardening, bushwalking, Tae Kwon Do and footy (AFL)
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Data Analyst - supports my hobbies.
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Swedish Wira axe forging film, 1923
Rob Browne replied to Nick's topic in Axes, Hatchets, Hawks, Choppers, etc
Nice. The only word for it. -
Very cool
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Lucky :)
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Where you from Sam?
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Poll, do you have enough room
Rob Browne replied to Glenn's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
No matter how much space you hve you always expand to fit the space available................ -
Help with a Champion ag/rivet forge
Rob Browne replied to srrwhistletalker's topic in Solid Fuel Forges
A leak between the pipe and the firebox will not affect a forge. So long as most of the air ends up in the firebox the forge will work. If it bugs you then by all means make a seal with some sort of refractory cement but its not necessary to fill all the cracks unless they are great big holes. -
Project in progress pics.
Rob Browne replied to Mark Emig's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Simple and elegant. What else is there to say? -
Little video, making a leaf :)
Rob Browne replied to 34557564's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
I really enjoyed that tutorial. The music over the top was a good touch instead of the hammer on anvil sounds we all know so well. Personally I would have liked your written comments to be more common. You put them in and they were really good then there were whole sections with no comments which would have improved the presentation. Good show :) -
That's a serious firepot you welded up there Should be good for many years. If I were you I would really get onto finding some coal or lump charcoal as they are much better than the BBQ beads in the photo.
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Listen to John B. The tabs allow for expansion and keep the surface level. A win win situation and sooooo simple.
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New setup in the garage and a pair of tongs
Rob Browne replied to sanddraggin's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Don't be ashamed of your tongs. They are servicable and will help you make many things including another set of better tongs. Make sure you keep them so you can see your progress. Making tongs is a great exercise in itself and a necessary one so you can tune your tongs to your work for safety. Love the shop setup but keep a real close eye on ventilation, lack of it can be a killer. -
Check out the video in this thread for some ideas. http://www.iforgeiro...-granite-anvil/
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A good one to show new people who keep asking about a "proper" forge and anvil. He does have an "interesting" method with hammering over his tong hand but the actual setup is a really good demo of how simple it can get.
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Drawing and Sketching Classes for Blacksmiths
Rob Browne replied to HWHII's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
I would vote for simply learning the basics of technical drawing. With a bit of freeehand sketching to get the intial design it then can be quickly transferred into a 3D drawing with full size plans for each elevation on board for comparison when working. It does not have to be fancy, just accurate. -
Cant seem to weld correctly....
Rob Browne replied to ErictheRed1990's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Just scanned this thread for the size of the pieces to be welded and cannot find any mention. If this is a practice weld then make sure you are using metal of significant dimensions (old horse shoes are great) as thin metal cools VERY quickly and is hard to weld. Once you can weld the heavier pieces then you can progress to the finer work if that is your desire. Also, let it soak in your fire for a while to make sure its hot right through. This can take a bit of fiddling so the outside does not burn before the innards are hot enough but a gentle, steady air flow will help so your fire hot but not raging.