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Love those little details, fantastic!!

That looks spectacular!! Love the scale of it, can't wait to see more photos!!

Looks great, I am sure Granny would have loved it. As Thomas said, I'd myself have moved the sides out so it cradles the handles, that way it won't get knocked off and be more secure. And I would say it's a shame it's not still in use!!

Really great to see the process and "action" shots! More please... :)

Looks awesome!!

What Monstermetal said!!!

Wow John, those flowers are fantastic! and stainless - can imagine the work that went into those!

Wonderful little Welsh Dragon! If that's your idea of "simple" I'd love to see "complicated" work!! :)

It's lovely!

And, I understand your sentiments regarding "traditional" techniques, for me also the final outcome is more important than the process. Having said that, the more traditional techniques do look good and sometimes can enhance and broaden the elements of design that you can incorporate into your work.

I love these!

I currently have a 115mm Metabo, which I love...it's not overly loud and there is less vibration than from others I've used. I also like the fact that it is made in Germany, yes it was more expensive than your made in China stuff, but I feel better that the German employees were paid decent wages and have a safe working environment.

Have previously used Blue Bosch, very good, and Makita, also very good.

I also have a new Dewalt 230mm grinder which is Ok, it was half price in a sale, so it was the right price, but I'm not sure I'd buy Dewalt again. I think they are perhaps one of these brands that may have been good in the past but now maybe not so good.

I always wear goggles when grinding, have gotten grit in my eye too many times when just wearing safety glasses. And I always wear hearing protection when grinding, not just earplugs but full on ear muffs, I just cannot bear the noise!!

I would never use a wire cup brush with an angle grinder, I tried it once and scared the living daylights out of me! For wirewheeling a have a bench grinder with wirewheel on it, it's not very powerful so it a piece gets caught, it cuts out or slows right down, will probably burn out the motor quicker, but rather that than the alternative of having a sharp bit of metal flung at high velocity!! I like the idea of using a variable speed sander for that wirewheeling.

Really wonderful work, Beth!!! :)

Thanks for that, great sequence.

I have also found hearts to be a "best seller" - Valentines of course, and every married couple has an anniversary, and always good for wedding presents! Although I will have to admit I've been doing them in a slightly more complicated way than this! (bend at the top and tapers at the bottom) Will give this a go!

Very nice butterfly, love the colour, did you seal it with anything?

John B, sweet faeries but I'd watch your back now, I'm sure they'll be out for revenge for nailing them to a wall!!

Thanks for your comments! :)

Sweet!

Hello All,

Been a while since I've posted up anything on here, but thought I'd put up a pic of a Stargazer Lily I did a while ago that came back from the galvanizers recently. I took advantage of the lovely snowy but sunny weather to take some pics!

Flower is forged from 1mm sheet and stands 160cm tall, flower head is about 60 cm across. I did three more of these flowers slightly smaller, this one was the test piece. The others were powdercoated (customer's choice) and now in the hands of the customers. I didn't manage to get any pics of those ones yet as the ground was frozen so not possible to install the sculpture... Anyway, I'm pretty happy with the result and even happy with the galvanized finish on this. =)

Richard,

Have you tried Glendale Forge in Essex? I came across them when I was looking to buy some hammers a while ago, I never ended up buying from them, so cannot vouch for their work, but perhaps worth a try?

John B, maybe you are familiar with these folks? And perhaps you might get a response regarding your broken hammer now?!?

=) Thanks John!

I'm not British, but I live in the Highlands, does that count... =)

Nice work!

Hi there,
You can actually use coloured wax also, it's better for small stuff as the finish can be uneven sometimes on bigger stuff, depending on how it's applied.

If the customer wants stainless, give them stainless, they are paying so they should get what the want.


Happy hammering!

Sometimes it's best to pass on some jobs to the specialists!

This is precisely the reason that I have gone from wearing safety glasses to wearing goggles, as I found that no matter how close fitting the glasses were, I'd still feel bits getting underneath and into my eyes, especially while grinding. I found that like some previous posts here, that the ski goggle types work best, my current favourites are made by UVEX and are extremely comfortable, I too have a few pairs around my workshop.