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Danz409

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    unemployed, single, wouldnt mind finding a job working on/repairing/building computers
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    as of recently new hobbie id like to get into is obveusly smithing, other then that. gameing eletron
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    ill give you 1 guss with todays econamy... heres a hint. it invalves filling out apps for employers

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  1. so i went to harbor freight to pick me up a small anvil for small projects (and first TRUE anvil) however i didn't walk out with an anvil. mainly for the fact the design has changed. item#03999 is no longer stocked. (traditional style with full horn) instead we get a slightly larger version with a cut-off horn Item#69425... SERIOUSLY!?! i am disappoint HF
  2. nice find frosty i believe that's probably how they did it. not exactly where i can find power-supply that can run up more then 12v DC and have enough current to do this.. still would be a relay cool thing to at least try heres the chart frosty is talking about Copyrighted material removed I spoke with the copyright owner and got his permission to put a link click here to the color chart posted on his web site. Therefore the link is used with his knowledge and permission.
  3. very interesting. i wouldn't mind trying that. would require the same type of tools to do electro plating id assume. and yes. these was made in china so of course there going to be cheap.
  4. Hello everybody. i just made a trip to a nice little event that was going on in town and found a relay nice sword i couldn't help but to buy. its colors just had me. i'm relay interested in how the process to get them is done. i wouldn't mind messing around with that process if it isn't all that complex. the process is supposedly called "spectrum treatment" and i'm not exactly how it works. but id aether have to say its quenching it in some special juice at just the right time or some special clear-coat that gives it the effect. if anybody knows anything about this process in detail please inform me more on it. here is a image of a finish product with the special spectrum treatment Copyrighted material has been removed I found the image - link here
  5. im good now. i spent a 2 hour road trip and got 250 pounds. coal is som GREAT stuff.. gets it MUCH hotter and lasts MUCH longer
  6. if your looking for something for a solid fuel setup, i use a simple dimmer with a off setting for my forge and when a peace isnt in i turn it off compleatly. when i put the peace back in. crank it back up. saves a good amount of fuel.
  7. good points pointed out... i guss ill remain collecting unemployment for a wile. and also. its illigal to do smithing for a liveing in some places? O.o thats a little odd. if worse comes to worse. my unemployment runs out i could at least make a few things. haul some supplys and a few pre-made things to this uber flea market i konw of and do some shows and sell what i can.
  8. im shure there is many people who probably already do this, some for a good liveing, some for fun, some for very little and probably not doing to well. (kinda the reason why im posting this) im considering in blacksmithing for a liveing, yes. for most. you probably already are thanking.. "is this guy nuts! he just started!" yes. i did just start. but im seeing too much progression from this craft. i see soo many possabilities... not to mention being my own boss would be ownage! goods i can possably see: 1. already mentioned. be my own boss. 2. work my own hours 3. be creative. make what i want / what people would want 4. no restrictions on hours etc. basicly more i make/do more i have a chance at getting payed bad i can see: 1. owning my own busness... thats probably going to be a nightmare around tax time... 2. expence at running the operatoins. (coal. power. utilities etc) 3. danger... im shure the risk factor for a job working with near molten iron, galvanized posion possabilites, sulferic acid burns, a shop fire could compleatly kill this as a career 4. i hate being hot when i work! (looks like im going to have to get over that) why would i even consider this? 1. todays econmay. im getting sick of spending months/almost a year running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to find a decent job 2. my own relyabilty. alot of stress releaved from not haveing to worry about getting fired for being 3 seconds late at punch in, not worry about some joke offering to do my job for less... giveing the company all that much more reason to fire me 3. no collage needed for a "good" job. something if noticed.. i spent 2 years in trade school learning about computers and i have just the same chaces of a reguler highschool dropout at getting a job at a computer shop. basicly if i want to become a contracted / "profeshanal" computer tech years/ thousands of dollars of more schoolilng is needed. 4. worst case possabilites... the econamy 100% crashes and currency is useless or near extenstion type accadent such as mega flood/ asteroid..... hey... it could happen ^^;.. my job will be of MUCH great use for recovery reson for posting this: i was wondering if anybody has any suggestoins on this. if i should take this step? should i avoide this step? any possable grants/ low-to no intrest loans i can get eather from a company or government to start a real shop and suggestins on how i could get started if a "quck" start by a loan or grant is not possable. i was considering trying to get in to the Renaissance when its open and off season work at a local flea market doing shows and selling my product there. if anybody konws of any tips/suggestoins or info that would be of much help. please feel free to tell me. if you wish to keep it perosnal you can email me at danz4092009@hotmail.com i do apploigize for the mis-spells.. that itself is a reason why im finding it hard to get a job sadly. Thank you. Daniel Goode
  9. looks a little wet and foggy. where is that?
  10. yea was just some gigga bolt i found along the tracks one day
  11. dunno about those. arnt those a lil pricey? i thank they can be easly made. peace of sheet metal and a segment of pipe that you dont mind cutting a slit in. heck there might even be a BP on it
  12. if you want something that can take a beating then, you could always use a air gate
  13. ok, the knife was a nice start. but i decided to kick it up a knotch! iv started my next project and i have to say the coal i got is a HUGE differance... i dont thank ill ever go charcoal agan... mabe to start the coal but thats about it. anyway. in the process of makeing this. ALOT has went wrong.. this thing must be cursed! 1. first run with coal and watned to proserve it so put out with water... WAY TOO MUCH... water... blower fan/motor drowed to near death. basicly had to replace 2. both hammer heads on my 2 pund and 2.5 pound made a quick trip across the shop as the handle remained in my hand. so i had to get some hammer wedges/nails thingys to fix those 3 upon finaly getting a shape that was accpetable i decided to start grinding/sanding away. guss what broke next!.. if you gussed my grandpa's belt sander... YOU WIN!... nothing unforitly -----inprovments made wile doing this project------ 1. MUCH better blower now... i can melt/burn steel if i crank it to 11 2. more expernace. YAY! 3. i raised my anvil so its at a much more manageable hight. still need to raise a few inches 4. no more wobbly hammer heads. or flying in 1 case. 5. i now have a quinch tub/jug thingy so that comes in handy 6. better tools. tongs that can hold mutli size peaecs. (still need better ones tho) ____________________ a look at my progress! ___ please note this project is still incompleate.________
  14. i got one of these for mine and works like a charm: Dimmer switch
  15. well. i tryed some more upsetting practice today. so far i thank im comeing along pritty good... still a bit rusty on the tactic but able to do it! in the 2 pics show a peace i worked on, it was once a railroad spike.. seems easy to upset that. just flatten the head side down and squire it off right? well. i did thisone backwords! i upseted the spike end and turned the head into a reguler size squre chunk so i basicly made the small end big. and the big end small!
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