MOONY

hi drew how things with you hope all is well from the moons

as i know the beche is a french hammer design, the nazel was made under licence in usa , and the Chinese hammer anyang and other makers are copys of the beche an nazel also there are other europe made hammers stanko and others that also are take offs the beche , but only the Massey is in its self its own hammer LONG LIVE THE MASSEY YOU LIKE THAT JOHN LOLOL

here in new south wales borax is a laundry product an still ready available in 500gran containers as many as you like

hi phill what we make at get hammered is a give away, but i will make some tong and a few tool if any one is interested in them

eye wash i never tought it for that

hi fellows i do a few smelts a year i have a tube catalan furnace i made from a 16 steel pipe 1200 mm tall lined with refractory and a opening near the bottom on the side to extract the bloom i have 2 air inlets about 250mm up from bottom an i run it for about 6 -8 hour and get about 4kg off bloom from about 12kg of iron ore i use coke as the fuel , and line stone powder as flux , then after i extract the bloom i forge it softly at first till it gett solider then harder hit till it solid i the forge an over lay on to itself reweld till perfect bar have fun its not hard to do its is just time consuming as dont run the furnace to hot or u get nothing except slag as traces or iron happt smelting

hi fellows sounds like its all happening , an ye we could do a group thing and this year there will be tools for sale, tongs, hardy tool, tell us your hardy size,, sledges, and others , also just ask an i should be able to make , also i hope to have some new anvils forsale as well let me know through this contact moony

ian how tings ok on the old shed still working an them starting on the reno on the farm i suppose its a bit of a bogg in wet weather catch u later send us a email

good nice jk

hello mick very nice i make pattern welded billets 3'' sq i an going to deep draw in my press the billets in to vessels very nice moony

hi fellows ye the gentle tap is the place to find it give you the big hit when you what orva tapy tapy as you need happy hammering all moony

good stuff like the lot keep it going

its a shame to lose him our thought to family an friends

H I all I started a Blacksmithing Apprentership on the 6 january 1975 with BHP STEEL MAKING PLANT PORT KEMBLA,in there Blacksmithimng department we had 4 hammers, 3 on steam and 1, 5cwt alldays air hammer the steamies where 25 cwt 15cwt an a 5cwt , also no electricity , only lights , but i started playing in my old uncles farm forge in about 1967 -68 , hitting old shoes in to sort of knifes an other pointy things ,lol as kids do. also helping our old farrier at his shop , if you turned his blower he took 50c on the shoeing , most people just left the horse but i would go to his shop on the way home from school and Saturdays stay a while manning his blower , for a horse or a few and hitting more pointy thing from old shoes I stayed at BHP as the leading hand blacksmith till 1986 , but i also had a small workshop smithy of my own from 1978 -9 , then in 86 off i went , i mostly made springs for trucks buses an cars and any thing i was asked to i had a 4cwt German hammer ,an a Galith spring hammer Its all been flat out from there , now 36years later an still at it , but i work for my self ,doing others need , i also teach part time at a government college teaching trade blacksmithing , but i hope to do more of what i want to make , sculptures furniture and things that go boom , Advice to any one thinking to take up Blacksmithing , try to get formal trainning in the basics , calculus in formulas for forging and steel fabrication work , trade drawing, and art drawing ,heat treatment off metals, all electric welding operations , and to be willing to work hard an long hours for lowish wages , but it dose get better as your skills improve, and if you still in the game after 10 years and still doing it ye must have been doing it right , and if you are doing it as a hobby good ,it cheaper than therapy, an you can make a few dollars on the trip through HAPPY HAMMERING MOONY

its not hard to get red , most can do it getting to white is a bit harder happy hammering

ye sorry the hardie in the hole but it lives there i should have taken it out , it a fun thing to heat the bar with impact only

hi all be care full i no a few fellows that have hurt there arms trying to do this so be carful not to hurt you arms have funn happy hammering its how i light my forge when i cant find the matches its quicker than looking for them lol

hi all spark test is a very simple way to tell if the steel is a low carbon steel or higher carbons , but if you have samples of steels you know exactly what they are, you can get a accurate test , by testing the known piece against the unknown piece , it is best done with a lite press on the wheel and in a darken area , i have used this method of testing now from when i was shown how to do it in my training an a kid smith keep up the interest moony

hi its moony here ok i will get more photos from mitchell my son hes the camera bloke , an as to Mr Paley dose he evey enter ifi hes a wizz , when i visit usa one day i would love to meet up with him , we have a iron gathering here been now going 27 years called IRON CORROBOREE one of the founding member shes visited and worked at paleys shop some 20 years ago,

hows things ian has u got a new diggs yet

fantastic craftmanship

hi mike good to see you into sidding moony

hi fellow this is moony from the east coast good to see you looing to take up smidding