Glenn

Something that goes with the decour of a double wide for under $20. The BIll Epps rule of sales.

www.suppliersonline.com/propertypages/4340.asp There is a discuaaion on the Anvilfire-Guru's page on this type metal in the area of Dec 1, 2005. You may want to reference to that also.

We are pulling for you Ralph. Prayers on the way.

Thomas we were all waiting to see who would blink first :roll: The following is just an excuse for not posting on the forum, but was the best I could do on short notice. :oops: In November, IForgeIron.com: * added a new section - The New Stuff to clean up the clutter on the front page * added 2 Blueprint sub-indexes with 7 blueprints * added a new BP index on DOT-NET * added Smith 'n Sledge a panel cartoon about blacksmithing by the international artist Duck. * added IForgeIron Store. * added a new BP index on DOT-NET * posted or presented a total of 37 new Blueprints * posted 4 new stories * posted 3 places where Ian was located trying to find blacksmiths * posted 1 Report from to Ian's world tour We have to thank the contributors for making all this possible. After lunch I did a little forge work, took the wife to the store, tried to catch up on my email and do a little reading. :wink:

Jerry, glad things worked out. Now to try to convince the wife that striking is good exercise, otherwise you gotta keep up on the walking at the speed she sets. :wink: Tell her we are sill pullin for her.

Jr. Great news, tell her we are still pulling for her.

November 21, 2005 Ron Reil Donates His Site to ABANA Long time ABANA member Ron Reil has donated his website to ABANA. You can now find all of the valuable information that Ron has been collecting and writing for many years at: http://ronreil.abana.org Source: Abana website

Ouch, you been following a blacksmith ! Good Stuff ! I can see a whole list of things being posted and put into the story page as a warning to others. :roll:

The time stamp at the top of your post is Eastern US time or some 6 hours later than the current time in Sweden. Dinner in Sweden is lunch in the eastern US. http://www.iforgeiron.com/Blueprints/BP0011Common_Railroad_Steel/BP002Common_Railroad_Steel.htm This URL has some RR material information also.

The following Blueprints have been posted on IForgeIron.com that may be of interest to those knife makers out there. BP0156 Knife Clamp BP0151 Sanding Jig for Knives

The customer firnished the materials, wanted a "chute" knife. Black micarta handles with (unknown material) damascus blade. Garey Ford

Congradulations! But in your joy you did not say if it was a boy or girl. :wink:

Jr, no problem, that what the Prayer list was set up for, helping others. Glad to be of assistance, and glad things are looking up for Carrie. Thanks for the update.

Carrie Simpson, Cookie Strasil's (Irnsrgn's wife) oldest daughter, Carrie Simpson, is in the hospital ICU. Her temperature is up, blood pressure is low, and her kidnays have shut down. As soon as they get the blood pressure and temperature under control, they will try to laser the stones and remove them. Jr. and Cookie are at the hospital and Jr phoned me to add this to the prayer list, saying that your prayers would be appreciated.

Beacher, she is on our list. as is your entire family.

Med hunter is Tamerind wood,,has a great feel to it. Thuya Burl is a pricey wood that has eyes on one side and stripes on the other.

IForgeIron.com is a good place to start. Point your browser and push a few buttons. There are lots of photos places there that can give you ideas. BP 0125 Wolfe Head There are several ideas in the Blueprints section. Just remember that we present those Live each Tuesday NIght, see the opening page of IForgeIron for details. IForgeIron.com > real time is a fast moving place to brag a bit on your work and to also inspire others. There are many other photos of projects scattered through the site. Give the folks here some idea of what you looking for and they can provide you a wealth if information on the subject. And although these look like advances projects, they just take a little practice. The smith can walk you through the wolfe head or making the knife but it is much like making tongs, you struggle with your first pair, the second gets only a bit easier, and at some point the light bulb comes up to full power and you realize that it is easy. The difference is practice and several tries at making that project. Some other ideas are: BP0003, BP0019, BP0069, BP0071, BP0084, BP0085, BP0110, BP0118, BP0119, BP0155. These are all blueprints and the blueprint number is beside the photo. This way you can look up that blueprint and it will give you detailed how to instruction of making that specific project. If any of you folks have ideas or projects that you think would help him to break through the creativity barrier, please post them. He is not in the boat alone as we all stall out at one time or another.

BP-0148 Clayton Clamp The clamp is formed in one heat. The tubing is heated and the cold rod is pushed down into the tubing collapsing and pushing out one opposite set of sides, while pulling the other opposite set in. The tubing side walls that are pulled in, mush over and hold the rod. When it cools, it holds fast. The same thing happens at the same time to the other rod. The key is the top sides being pushed out on the top side rod, are the sides being pushed in on the bottom side rod.

Map works from here. No hits from Sweden though. A google search turns up several Swedish blacksmiths, but it is also written in Swedish so I can not give you directions, as I only understand the pictures :wink:

Blacksmith Location Map is a place to start. IForgeIron is visited by several fellows from Oz that may be better able to advise you as they live there. Where are you located in Oz and how far are you willing to travel ? This makes some difference in the information you get back. After all, one fellow from Oz said that although it is an island, it is a BIG island. Something about being too far to drive to be able to fish from both the east coast and west coast in the same day. :shock:

You can neutralize acid with baking soda from the kitchen. Sodium Hydroxide is lye and a strong base in solution, which can be just as bad as acid only in the other direction of ph. When sodium hydroxide is added to water it creates an exothermic reaction meaning it gets REAL HOT sometimes to the point of boiling. And there is the problem of how much to use to neutralize the acid. Too much and you still have a dangerous chemical on your hands, only now instead of an acid, it is a base solution. Baking soda is the way to go on this one in my opinion. It is used in cooking, in food, and can be handled without a hazmat suit.

2 kitchen knives made from a old hand saw. The handles are file handles from lowe's i make a small tang and the handles just slide on then i use epoxe glue to hold them on. Garey Ford

Hunting knife with Sambar scales, ats-34 blade.