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Interesting, I have a can of Cherry red and I have no doubt it works... I am kind of surprised they got 55 RC though

well if you have used it and testify to its validity then i will take you at your word. but it just hit me when i saw this video it seemed a bit fishy. of course at the same time everything has its place if its not a scam, right?

thanks for the insight.

it looks to me like the process of using this stuff just quench hardens the steel. what do you guys think?
I mean all comments have to be approved so you cant even bring this to public opinion unless they want you to.

I've run into a similar problem with electrical work in my town. ther require all electrical work to be done under a license. I found a way around it. find a license person who will come out and inspect it and be willign to sign off that they did it. some of these professionals are more than willing to take say an hour or twos pay to let you do the work and supply all the material. then the licensed person can get it inspected and passed by the local GOV. types. we paid a electrician $45 to inspect our work and claim it was his to the inspector. this gets around paying him materials and hourly work to do what I already can. the inspector was more than happy to do it this way. i got cheaper work, govermental types got a license on the inspection sheet and the electrician made about an hour's worth of money for looking at a few things and standing around for 20 minutes.

I will stress doing this with gas or electrical work is dangerous so only do it if you have the proper knowledge of how to do it. DON'T GET YOURSELF HURT OR KILLED JUST TO SAVE A LITTLE MONEY!! nothing costs more than your life or health

paint jobs like that, for me, fall into the same category as nail polish and clothes on dogs. in other words its all unnecessary(spelling??) window treatment. and embarrasign for the one wearing it.

But what about an ASO?

Phil

I would say that if a rock can be an anvil then so can a piece of cast iron some person though to shape like a london pattern anvil, just not a very good anvil.
I see that an anvil is more of a purpose and less of a shape or material.

how do you make the screw section of a corkscrew? is it as simple as it looks to be, just wrap a long thin tappered section around a small rod or bolt? or is there more to it?

I have an idea for a corkscrew i just haven't tried it yet. also what is the best material to use will mild steel work or should I use something hardenable?

an anvil is an anvil, because an anvil by any other name would still weight as much.

I can offer not critisism on your sword. I love the design, how did you get that pattern? Do you have any WIP pictures?

vwey nice! I've been meaning to try a sword out of a piece of scrap mild steel i have...just to attempt it. I might try something similar to this. once again, Very nice work.

I have one issue with the idea of leaving a HC RR spike at full hardness, and not tempering it. The first spike knife i made, broke, since then I have tempered them all. I have never had another on break on me. this might me a coincidence, or an odd, higher Carbon than normal, spike I had. I don't really know, but I'm taking no chances as most of my free material is RR spikes.

I am not familiar with this exact product but it seems to me that it is just a jam nut of sorts. by adding the second nut on top of the initial nut and then tightening it down. neither nut can move as they are jammed together. it is good for those times when you want to put a nut and bolt in a project without relying on the base structure to tighten and hold the nut and bolt together. essentially it it a mechanical version of locktite.

nice bit of info Glenn

black vs white, a black smith works in black metals, steel and iron. while a white smith works in white metals, silver and pewter. I'm sure theres more to it than that, but that is the basic idea that comes from the names

while watch weapons master i heard a japanese saying about swordsmithing. the english translation "a minute to learn a lifetime to master"

This is, I believem What we are all here for. Am I correct? we have all been bitten by the blacksmithing bug, and have spent our minute to learn the process, and now the lifetime ahead to master it. I only have on though, and it compares blacksmithing to highschool. how many of us will master the subject at hand and how many will drop out of the race. only time will tell. as for now I am in this for the long haul.

it kindda has a "elvish" look to it. PLEASE post pics when done and along the way

it really is impressive how just the friction of the hammer hitting cold steel is enough to get it that hot. at least I've always been impressed by it.

it lo like a traditional style of diggin tool used similar to a hoe, or an adze. given the spearpoint shape and the spine he is obviously leaveing down the center, I would imagine that it would be sharpened for cutting roots

as it turns out I moved to the bigger shop and withthe weather last night it seems it was a good idea. my old small shop was rickety at best so when it snowed last night, the roof collapsed. Snow is not a tipical thing here in georgia but last night we got 6 1/2 inches in a few hours. oddly enough it isn't even as cold now as it was last night before the snow. i guess that is due to all of the humidity being on the ground now.

I've been toying with the idea of making my next hammer, I got a cross pein hammer from lowes...the face cracked, and now I'm looking for a suitable replacement while I use my largest ballpein hammer.

I am by no means an authority or probbably not even a good person to answer this, but. IMO it seems to me wooden handles are a matter of convenience compared to other handle types. fiberglass and metal handles are harder to replace if broken than wood. also if wooden handle breaks then all you need to fix it is a cutting tool(pocket knife, draw knife, tomahawk, ect ect) and a piece of firewood. even a poor choice of wood will still make a useable handle. metal handled hammers are a lot harder to rehandle. and in my experience all handles eventually need replacing.

when i was a kid, 12 years old, my neighbor/computer mentor/gaming buddy and I decided to find a handle for me online and for gaming. after a few minutes and failed attempts we decided I have a fascination with bladed weapons and thanks to his job keeping our gaming systems "on the cutting edge" as he put it we chose edge. unfortunatly that wasnt available so we looked through the given options and edge9001 was one of those options. I have gone with edge9001 or edge90012 as my handle/sign in/user name ever since.

I have seen several who want to know how to make tongs. while this is not a new topic or even one ive seen on IFI in the last couple of months I do remember several people asking how to make them.

I found this 2 part video on youtube, it shows how to make a set of tongs. not the only method, but one method.

Hey I am a new and interested in blacksmithing. I would like to know where and how to acquire the equipment and supplies for the craft. I would also like tips from experienced people like all of you! Thanks!!!

you can get this stuff by any means legally possible. and don't be afraid to use makeshift tools. an anvil doesn't have to be a cartoon acme brand look alike. any thing with enough mass to handle the beating will do. rocks, railroad rail, Railroad couplers. as for the other equipment, hammers and tools can be found at homedepot, yard sales flea markets and antique stores. another good source for supplies, tools and equipment is craigslist.

just put the word out locally that you are looking for these things, people seem to be unable to keep this kind of information to theirselves.

so in short, scrounge around, purchase new, or make it yourself.

where are you? grounding of static is an issue in areas with sandy soil or very dry areas. if you have the cabinet grounded to the earth directly pour some water around the grounding stakes. Baqck in my miitary days we would ensure our radios and antennas were grounded in iraq by saturatingt the grounding stakes. the sandy soils didnt do much to discharge the static.

I have a set of old tongs I can not figure out what they were designed to be used for. one side of the jaws is flat with a groove, the other side has a bulge at the front.

here is a very crude drawing i made i hope this helps get an idea of what it looks like


i've decided to rework these tongs to a box jaw of sorts, if i can't find out what they are meant for.

originally my moms BBQ grill and a brick using a claw hammer when I was 13. the second time around, watching youtube and making a brakedrum forge and buyiung a crosspein hammer from lowes. y first anvil was the same on eim using now a rr coupler