MOONY

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

ok so u cant get borax over in uk how u go taking it through customs if its not alowed to be sold me

hi is super quench a very salts water glenn

hi John and all members of peel river artistic blacksmith group THIS IS GLENN MOON here i like to invite any of you that might be interested , to our gathering at braidwood in , GET HAMMERED it not a formal group, just a hammer in at my smithy it open to all , the date is the last weekend off october frid sat sun , if any ones interested please email or ph me on springandhammer@hotmail.com or ph 0437401723 say hi to CRAIG glenn

hi phill no worries i an looking at taking the alldays as well i am geting another genny a smaller one than i use for the big hammer it should be about 20kva 3phase deisel , i will have it in a trailer and its going to be my little one at the shed and spare[ tyer] . no more petrol 7kva that want run much it to small, and its petrol , and no 3phase, it will be on bio deisel , i found them about 6grand new , its anther cost but thats life ,alsi i found a pump for my large press 1500 liters per minute at 320 bar with a 50hp motor so that will make it go lol faster i hope ,but i worry about the pump its been out in weather with no cover si it had better be cheap or i think i will get soming like it new but its a hi cost any way i will look in to it its in SA , BUT Iwill see if they can proof it, ok, then good when are the north blacksmiths coming down i will try to get up glenn

Hi all ye it on again GET HAMMERED we are going to have it his year down by the river sorry , but the shop is now so full i could not fit 8 people in with all things about , i will take down the 9 kg 15kg and i am trying to arrange to take down a 1cwt alldays and onion and as well we can come up to my main shop and play a bit about but it will be crowded if we all stay in there , well its only 2 months till it on and i am still building these gates for the school but its happening , and should be all done soon could any who is looking at attending please let me know by email ,springandhammer@hotmail.com, thanks to all, it a real pleasure to have all of you, who are interested in blacksmithing as dale said this year a $50-00 for the fuel and steel and the saturday dinner , WELL GET HAMMERED ITS ON AGAIN HOPE TO SEE YOU AND TO HIT SOME STEEL MOONY

HI IAN glade u had a time in usa and here with us in oz well u done it the usa a bit dont forget to send me some photos in dvd of u trip as i did not get any when u here andt tell sean if he could also send a dvd of photos of here as a keep sake of u visit , hope the big blow coming dont delay u plane trip to uk if it dose its another adventor , , well hope steeping stones is still a goer and u get a new digs, and all goes as to plain 4u so YOU GOT GET HAMMOD AT MOONYS NOW blowen in usa lololololl ,

hi ian hows thing going hope u getting plenty of forge practisce glenn

hi ian and all fellow smith, ian hows the smithing , visits going , hope i see you been looking about the usa, well done will u be going to blacksmith wars i hope so i wish i could have been able to gety over but i am still on the gates but down hill run now its ben a job and a have but i am ok with it and mitchy been helping but i dont want another large project i am not as young as you need to be to take on a project like this , well ian good to see u enjoying the smiddies from USA , CU Glenn moon MOONY

hi ian sean hows things going over there hope all is traveling well moony

hi ian sean where are u hope is all well hows the usa leg going it was great to have u s here and thanks for all the good times and could u send a few photos of us all here and sorry i was a bit goy when u where here but i had heeps on my mind again thanks for the help from both glenn

Hi all this Moony here the carburizing of mild steel or wrpought iron is not a simple avent i heatreat a lot of bevel gears used in slashers to cut feilds, i pack the gears in a steel box about 1/4 '' thick wall all the gears have a peice of wire tired to them so you can fetch them from the box, the items wishing to be case carburizing is packed in the box with charcoal crystals about 10mm dia not dust , with a full covering over the items, when the box if full with items and charcoal fit a lid that you can make leak proof [sealed] with a mixture of fire clay and sand 50 50 , when dry put the box into the furnace and take to tempreture 900c hold at this temp for many hours about 5 hour will give you about 20thou of an inch , longer will go deeper but a 1'' thick piece will take many 10s of hours to get full carburizing if you can!!! , this method is only used to put a case [surface hardness ] of about 1=2mm at most on the items that need the wear resistance , and if you want only some areas case carburized you pant benternite clay on to the un case carburizing area then heat as normal , then after you have soaked the items in the box ,open it quickly drag the piece out with a hook to grab the wire then quench is the medium , [brine , water] or the medium that the steel designed for , but you usually only do case carb on soft steels . like mild steel os case hardening steels only have fun its not a quick thing to do

hi all at peel river artist blacksmiths how things up your way it was good to meet up with john at our hammer in, he mentioned that your group was thinking of the old spring hammer i have here let me know as to if the group was still interested. regards glenn moon

hi jason ye its a thing thats happening i think every where , here in australia the work used to be evey where i was booked 6 month in advanced but now its almost stoped i have opened a small shop window display to promote my work i am luck the rent is not a hi rent but i am trying to promote to increace my exposure to the public i think is the way to get more work good luck with it and keep well look after your back moony

HI ALL ye thats the question how to make a good living out of blacksmithing, through my hands i would have hit things many million times and if i reiceved a $-50 per hit , many millions i would have turned but ,, the more you turn the more taxes you have to pay , so my thoughts are turn enough to live happily and pay a bit of tax ,buy tools that help you work eazyer, they are tax deduction, work hard enough but ,not to the extreme, stop and smell the roses or other things that are from nature often , and ,this is a saying from a great mate of mine he passed away 2years ago [[[those that are flexible shall not get bent out of shape ]]] and its a good idear , dont worry about the million dollars , if it come with working honest hard work good luck , as long as you get enough to continue to run your business and grow and your health is good thats all that is needed THOSE THAT ARE FLEXIBLE SHALL NOT GET BENT OUT OF SHAPE , I THINK IS A GREAT SAYING

hi mates ye we all had a great weekend and the 10 station forge worked a treet with many new freinds and old one here, it was a real pleasure to have every one over and to enjoy the pleasure of forging ,and many thanks to my great mate paul westra for the hungi he worked on it most of the day 3 cheers for the chef. as we all eat our over fill again cheeres to all,, a GET HAMMERED!!!! WE DID MOONY

Hello to all GET HAMMERED attendies , I AM HAPPY you all had a good time and that we all meet and no one was injured , and the fire table worked a treat , and Jeremy and Ian and Sandy it was a real pleasure to meet , face to face and to all others that came that i had not seen before ,and to old faces from the other meetings , we all hammered till late in the night, I enjoyed the challenge of having a go at cutting the hanging rope with Ians beautiful knife, real SSSHHAARRPP, AND Ian sorry i hit the table with your folder, you are a real master with that cutting again thanks to all and GET HAMMERED , WE DID till next time HAPPY HAMMERING Glenn Moon