Braedon

Man dave the is one heck of a nice texture,,this brings interesting things to mind,,tnx!

Hi everyone. I don't use it for hunting (just target practise), but it has the potential! Thanks for the kind comments!
I do make my own bolts and heads, and also sell them on Ebay in packs of 6.

nice crossbow! do ya make your own bolts and heads too? OH and greetings from perrysburg Ohio!
Braedon,
The Anvil and Arrow Forge

great tutorial! nice tripod too,,keep em comming :D

nice work,,,those arrowheads get easier the more ya do.

1 more thing,,,your stiker should feel so bad,,he keeps you supplied with beer for the next month :)

kinda like the wire from a wire wheel I had stuck in my side. I didn't think it would ever come out. eventually it worked its way to the surface,,I think havin the lil woman pull it out hurt worse than it bein there. It'll fester keep it clean and it will work to the surface.

that hammer would make a good anvil for a treddle hammer :)

Nice tutorial Clinton. Do ya ever get that little voice when ya know ya are gettin a little greedy on your heat,,I do,,It is usually right before something breaks . All I can do is laugh,,I knew better,,,tnx again keep em comming!
Braedon

nice work,,bet that anvil was a dream ta work on!

Braedon, AKA: "The Video Maker"

Thank You Again!!
I sat back, had a cup of coffee and just enjoyed watching you work.

I liked the idea that you kept the video going for the duration of the time it actually took to get the marble hot enough to melt properly.
The real time viewing gives a good prospective of how long it actually takes for the process to develop.
For me, that was a valuable part of the video for me to see firsthand.

During my productive working years, I was an industrial blacksmith. I was by no means considered an “Artist Blacksmith”. In those days I never felt the need to take photos of “jackhammer gats” that I re-pointed or re-built, picks that I pointed, fixtures that I forged, or damaged machinery that I straighten or re-shaped.

During those years I was raising a family and money was an issue, so we only had a Box Camera until the Brownie Camera came out and was affordable to us. And finally the Polaroid Cameras came out.

Just a point of interest: In order to develop the Polaroid film, you placed the film (encased in a developing sandwich that contained a pink developing jelly) into a metallic two sided holder and placed it under your arm (arm pit) for (x) amount of seconds to heat it up in order to finish the developing process.
Many times the developing jelly oozed out onto your shirt! So there was not many photos taken during those years by me, but I now wish that I had.

So when I see the Magic contained in the captivating videos that you and several other generous Blacksmiths produce for people like myself to watch, learn from, and just plain enjoy, I want you to know that I appreciate it to no end!

Thank you again!
Ted Throckmorton

Hey Braedon,
Great video. Thanks for the mention at the end of the vid. That is my 1 sec of fame!
It looks really good. I'll try once again this weekend and this time I won't let the marble melt all the way through.
You've taken off and done a great job.

Mark<><

Hope someone can find this useful

Well, like I said yesterday, I tried the marble in the cross today. I love to post my accomplishments and show others what great work I can do (because they are rare) but this isn't one of those posts.
I used a smaller cross than the RR spike cross and left it in the fire too long. The marble melted big time and ran out the other side, looked bad. Good thing I used an old cross to practice with. Maybe tomorrow I'll try it on a larger cross and pay more attention to whats going on. Too many irons in the fire. Trial and error, practice makes perfect, if at first you......... well you get my drift.

Mark<><

thank you for the kind words ted,,even though I look at myself as more of a "demonstrator" of what I am doing,,my shop doors are always open!! as were others that demonstrated to me. take care
Braedon

Boy this was fun movin 5/8ths square stock by hand,,the customer loved em! turned around and bought paper towel and toilet paper roll holders too

Braedon, that looks great. I definately will try that tomorrow.

Phil, thanks for re-posting the pic.

Mark<><

Braedon's image.

Phil

and its very small. melted marble? as in the stone marble? did it keep its marbled appearance?

It is a .bmp If it is saved as a .jpg it will display properly.

Neat looking, can you do a photo series on how it gets there?

Phil

ok I don't know what happened there it came out as a file?

Thanks alot again for helping me get my head around this one. Can't wait ta see what my 1,000th looks like! First one of anything is always kinda rough for me

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Tnx alot dave,,and mark, This thing bugged me for ages!,,will be posting pics of mine soon, this site has been great, when somethin stumps ya someone is always willing ta jump in and give ya a hand,,,tnx again!

Hey Braedon,
I know how you feel. Until I actually got one done it was like rocket surgery and I was not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Once you do one it is like a lightbulb goes off in your head and beams of light stream from the sky and little bunnies are ..., wait, no, sorry, thats something else. But really, when you do one it is like you should have known it all along.

I'm going to make some more this afternoon and will take some more pics and try to do a step by step thingy and post it here. Hope I can help. Give me a few hours and I'll re-post.

Where are you located in Ohio? There may be a smith nearby.

Mark<><