Wishwon
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Woody,
Your grandfather's crosses are beautiful. It is wonderful that you have this record of his work.
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hahah ya I am apparently from old German royalty, like that does anything for me now. Off topic I know... don't know why I posted that :?
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hmmm I didn't even swear... Don't know why it xed me out.... ahh well 8)
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Rich seems to be the xxxxxxx man
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they even had a Budwizer team haha
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ya I guess I should have made it more clear, that was the compitition that day. Plus, it is a cowboy event, the Calgary Stampede, so having horse shoeing is natural. BTW they did have a Canadian Ferriers Team there. There is also a shop there that sells products made a two local smithin shops around Calgary, which I got lots of ideas for my first projects, when I get my equipment together. Cool stuff to look at.
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well I went to the blacksmithing world championships at the stampede and I will be going again tonight. Pretty cool to watch. They were hammering out 4 horse shoes and putting them on the horse. They had to do this in 2 hours. I never seen people hammer so fast and hard. There were teams from all over the world. We will see what tonight's challenge is and the overall champ will be named.
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do u have to go there in order to bid or will there be some online stuff goin on?
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niceness
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yes that helps. I am not sure it would be the same price for coal in Albera, but it should be cheaper. Coal is everywhere here. I will look into princess for the "accesory" tools for sure. They seem to have a bit of everything in that place.
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ahhh I see... ya that is a better idea, then I have more space to bend the metal. Thank you.
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wouldn't the eventually bend after a bit?
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I have a question
I have my stated peice of steel. Now I was thinking (yes that condition afflicks me once in a while) if I were to drill a hole into that block, then make some different shaped peices of steel (rounded, sharp edges etc) with a post welded to the middle of the bottom of these peices that fits in the hole. Then I can interchange these peices with different shapes on top of my anvil, and bang against those shapes with the metal that I am using. Would this be a good idea?? -
Ya I heard that I will be attending for sure
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well I got my hunk of steel for my anvil. It measures 11.5 inches by 8 inches by 6 inches. Man that thing is heavy :shock:
now I am going to build the stand for it. After that it will be creating my forge. -
Calgary
Also known as God's Country -
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you from Canada or just know people here? -
make a helmet outta metal to ware :P
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anyone see snow walker?
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haha no hurt feelings at all mate. Thanks for all your guy's help!!!!
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I live in Calgary, I know about calling the WORKSHOP a garage but that damage has been done already. doh!
Anvillain
I am unclear what you mean by
An end of a large shaft standing vertically will give you better rebound than a real anvil many times its weight.
just like a thick peice of stock 4-5 inches wide and maby a few inches thick, on a stand? Or about 3 feet tall all the way to the floor? I can maby get a peice like this. Is it hard of soft metal? My shop I work at has lots of scrap peices, maby they will let me take it home. I was looking at some of your pics of knives on this page and they were very nice... I have a long road to get to your guy's level. I found out about a guy here that makes knives so maby I can hook up with him and have a blacksmith buddie. Good idea about the channel locks, I have many of them. I was thinking would auto body hammers be a good investment? Or are they too small? You guys might like some of the tools that I have made in the machine shop I work at. Thankyou for all the advise and ya I must work on my wife about this.
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A blacksmith's passing
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yes I am sorry to hear as well... in some day you both with smash metal on the big anvil in the sky.