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I'm leaving out of Garner tomorrow morning at 6am. I have an empty car and would like some traveling companions to and back from the Blacksmith Guild of Virginia Jessie Ward demo. Blacksmith Guild of Viriginia - Home I will cover gas. She will be doing a demo/hands on for a lucky few on team hammering. Sorry about the late notice. My car went from full to empty this week.

I can't wait to see the photos. This weekend I'm doing a demo over by mt airy nc if all goes well we'll be making medieval styled sporks if it goes really really really well some of them will be pattern welded this is one of the styles of sporks Display Image

One of the tricks I like is reversing the spoon instead of the narrow part being the tip like a modern spoon have it wide at the tip and narrow as it goes back to the handle Just a thought. Spoons were in general cast or carved in the medieval period. I always felt that this was probably a result of less reactivity of the metals and speed of manufacture. http://www.medievaldesign.com/tavola/posatebig.jpg Medieval and Tudor Pewter Repl British Museum - Five silver spoons Medieval design

this is 201-300 ad but fun http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/ant/opac/cataloguedetail.html?&priref=70534&_function_=xslt&_limit_=10

Those are for doing labratory glass and jewelry torch work Your Place And Mine - Topics - Myth & Mystery - Bellows that baffle

I get allot of complaints about using coal or charcoal. My entire rig goes up and takes down very fast. putting up the canopy takes longer than the rest of the setup. The tripod post vice did very well on it's first run. not quite as the good as the 55gallon drum filled with water I use at home but it really packs down Midnight at the oasis 2008 010 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

This style of burner was more common in the 50's and before. There are a few older styles of gas forges and household boilers that used these. My sister in law threw away a heater with 8+ of them in the bottom. She thought we were kidding about driving up and taking care of it for her. They had steam radiators throughout their house and the boiler had a large mica peek window.

Williamsburg Clockjack - a set on Flickr ClockJack - a set on Flickr Flickr Photo Download: Opera di M. Bartolomeo Scappi (1570) g I recently was able to video the inside "ratchet" of a clock jack -Solvarr

For feet I cut off some pieces of 1/4 x 2 1/2 it seemed about right. The one thing I'll do different on the next one with the feet is take a bit more time grinding it so it'll match the floor. I was a little sloppy and I had to build up the weld a bit and the pipe walls wanted to burn out from the stick welder. My welder tends to burn a little hot though. the 3/4 pipe from lowes cost about 27$ but I planned on a decent amount of waste to use in my tong racks. I cut off 1 inch long rings of 3/4 and weld them around the top of my brake drum stands. This keeps the tongs and pliers neatly presented.

Snort. My forging buddy asked where i was hiding the 50 cal.

I used the 3/4 pipe. I am surprised by how stable it is. I used 2 inch square pipe for the vertical shaft (I grabbed the wrong piece) and 2/3 inch pipe fir the legs. I raised up the leg hinge a little. Tripod Post vise stand - Blacksmith Photo Gallery Tripod Post vise stand - Blacksmith Photo Gallery I ran into the problem that the bottom hinge on the post vise bumped into the bolt for the leg vise. Tripod Post vise stand - Blacksmith Photo Gallery

Wouldn't you need to sing I'm a little teapot, dip yourself in honey, and release a swarm of bees while blacksmithing to meet the burning man standards of weirdness.

Northern tool house brand sn't the best but I can afford it. Put their tools on a surge protector and it'll tell you when to stop for a while. I love my band saw they just knocked it down to 155$ 2 months after I bought mine Northern Tools Metal Cutting Band Saw

alot of the noise can be absorbed by making sure to limit hard flat surfaces. The stuff we spray on cielings in houses helps Acoustic tiles(don't have to be new). welder's blanket on the wall. Flammability is an issue so be careful what you use.

we had an anvil go flying 76 feet vertically. This was back in 94 or 95 and we used a bunch of gunpowder at an abana meetup in north carolina. Some nice gentleman was nice enough to show my buddy Cem and I how to do it. I still giggle maniacally when I recount that day...

yes it can It' can spark something fierce and you'll have some steam mixed into your fire. I've done it in a pinch and found that the excess fire becomes a little cumbersome. As wood burns you dry the wood (which is why we season wood) then you char the cellulose creating wood gas then you burn the charcoal. There are anecdotal stories of Appalachian blacksmiths welding using green hardwoods. and you tend to use a watering can to shape and limit the fire

Then I bet I met her at the metalsmithing symposium a few years ago up in PA. It is hosted by a bunch of people on the EKMeatlsmiths list.

The bigger cans are used because they are one refractory brick wide plus kaolwool. http://www.forgemonkeys.com/images/canfront.jpg http://www.forgemonkeys.com/images/canside.jpg

I don't know her. I'll keep an eye out for her. I only know a handful of female blacksmiths in the SCA. Most I've seen get frustrated at not being as strong as the boys and are sensitive about that issue. Most sca metalworking women go into armoring, jewelry, or casting. I have one female student who is willing to come out once a week starting in September and I have another who wants it as a sideline from armoring.

thank you. I now understand where you put the round pipe. all I need is some chain and some 1 inch square tube and I am good to go.

If you have any questions let me know and I'll add the data. I am looking forward to seeing you again at pennsic next year. if you have a hard time getting the refractory I can bring you pack next year (I ran out of space this year)

If I remember right this style doesn't have the center tube touching the ground right? Could you post a couple of close up pics of the hinges? Thanks Solvarr