ironsmith

i'm interested, let me know what you decide on as far price and variety goes... thanks a bunch!!
;) :mellow:

well if your in NW Ga We have a meeting coming up close to you , its the Phillip Simmons Artist Blacksmith Group of South Carolina,
our meeting is being held in Westminster SC,on saturday june 26th, it is about 30 mins from toccoa Ga. , you can PM me if your interested... ;)

found these if your interested, looks just like yours!


vintage goggles

My wife is from Maldonado Uruguay , we went to visit the in-laws, man they know how to cook beef!!!
been wanting a parilla ever since...
good luck building one and post some pics!

I went down to Pop's Knife Supply down in Washington Ga. and he was a real help, he was honest and gave me a good idea of what i needed and what i should start out with as far as belts. also bought some camel bone and ironwood for handles and i'm real happy with the 8 inch serrated contact wheel i got from him.
now I'm waiting on some steel i ordered from Kelly Cupples, when it comes in I hope i can find the time to weld up some Damascus and start doing something instead of talking about it!

Kukris are one of my favorite bush knives , and theyre history is very interesting!!!
My link this site has a brief history of the gurka kukris
my first kukri was bought at a army surplus store around 1987 i gave it away sadly , and i really miss it... will look into getting another one :)

i have always found that when you think , " man this is dangerous" you dont get hurt. it's always the everyday chore or "easy" tasks that get you...
we always need to stay alert and take a second to look at what we are about to do!
as for me i found out that i get to keep my job, which is a relief, and now i get to tell my story to the whole plant in our site wide meeting...
ugh... i just love public speaking, but i hope that it helps others be safer at their job...

thanks for the advice jimmy,
i have made a 2 x 72 belt grinder and put a 10 inch wheel on it. figured i would start with a real course grit belt but dunno what to finish with , gonna prolly go get an assortment of grits from pop's knife supply and see what i like.

got my middle finger on my left hand caught in a hydraulic drum dumper at work last saturday , it was flat as a pancake till i got to the hospital, didnt break any bones but got 12 stitches, and kept my finger by shear luck, this got me thinking, has anyone else had a really bad hand injury blacksmithing? or doing anything else?

hey guys, what do y'all think i need as far as belt grits to start grinding knives?
I just ordered some 1080 and 15n20 along with some monel sheet for fun to make damascus , but
I don't know what grits for my belt grinder to use to grind the edge out once i am to that point.
any suggestions would be appreciated!!!
thanks

now that is a VICE!!!

.25 cents a pound unless it went up.

I am considering buying a Plasmacam system, Have been for years and think its about time..

Anyone have any experience or own one... or a competing machine?

definitely has a cool factor! looks like something out of the miskatonic university museum if your a Lovecraft fan you know what i mean!

HEHEHE< a little mischief is good for the soul i think!!!

hehe , if ya referring to the little anvil under the forge that one is my son's anvil, they are 5 and 7 and like to pound on it when they see me working in the shop, funny story about that anvil i got it from a friend who saw it at a yard sale, he described it as a " good anvil about 4 inches wide and 100 lbs" told him to buy it for 60 bucks, and it wound up being a 60 lbs cast ASO with voids in the face and cast marks and a crooked hardy but worth the chance, i guess, and the kids like it!

here's a pic of my latest gas forge, its the 4th one I've built and i think i am getting better at making them, gonna sell it once i get the regulator and hose for it.
what do ya think ?
and what is it worth? lol

I call this one the dragon forge for obvious reasons :)

well guys i found this on a usenet Newsgroup alt.crafts.blacksmithing
theres a few manuals on there that look interesting, unfortunately im on dialup so it will take a week to open just one of em LOL,
but thought id post it all the same as it pertains to working with metal ...

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/hoodsmachiningpages/index.html

decided on getting the artist blacksmith , by parkinson.
my mom works at a books at a book store so she gave me a discount.
lookin forward to when it arrives,
also if anyones interested there are a few books on Half.com on blacksmithing
thanks for the suggestions evertually i would like to fill a library with all these books but for now just gotta start with one. :0

wow, great idea , lol never would have thought to go to the library,
I am attending my first blacksmith meeting this weekend,
turns out theres an active smith 5 miles from my house LMAO and ive been lookin everywhere for help HA! just goes to show you dont know whats out there till you look.
the books u guys suggested sound great , gonnna have a look and pick one or two... definately the free one hehe. thanks a bunch for the advice!!

thanks archie, i'll check out the link :0)

hey guys, can anyone recomend a good first book on blacksmithing , there's so many that i cant decide, i have a few project books but they dont contain much information on actual smithing, any suggestions would be great , thanks... :mrgreen:

ok guys, just got a set of used forklift blades for free from my work ,
was wondering if i should use 'em for trade or for material to make an anvil stake out of...
if i do make an anvil stake, how should i go about mounting one on end,
i have a concrete floor in my shop so it would be hard for me to stick it in the ground LOL, any suggestions would be great , thanks
:P

hehe , just snagged 8 or so of these yesterday, glad a logged on cause i was curious about the uses myself. :)