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Ausfire,
you are on fire.
excellent
is the patina brushed on brass?
george
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excellent example of silk purse from a sow's ear.
Nice work.
george
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On 6/7/2016 at 2:51 AM, Frosty said:
Green is such a restful pleasing color isn't it Doggy. With that many vises don't you mean Versa Vise, Das?
I like mounting vises on the corner of tables, benches, etc so I can bend long pieces over one side of the vise jaw and clear the bench.
Frosty The Lucky.
Green is peaceful, has always been my favorite color,
my vise is mounted on a tire filled with concrete with square tubing extending up to 2x10 table. got it that way, works, so have not changed(will get some pics later)
did mount a HF compact bender but have since but hardie shank on bender to use with anvil or vise,
will eventually but hardie receiver on my work benches to accommodate the bender wherever needed.
sometimes (very often) I lose focus and wind up making tongs/punches/chisels or some other fancy.
I hate it when this happens, but at least it's not, xxxx, lost focus again.
better go before the puter loses focus.......
George
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did you 'borrow' some of Frosty's paint??????
also that is a nice sun/floral panel in the last pic.
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Naw, they are all just as sick as me,,,,LLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL
George
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On 3/9/2016 at 2:53 PM, natenaaron said:
I took one semester of ancient greek. The prof said he would pass me if I NEVER took another class of ancient Greek. True story. I was that bad at it. Tried hard, real hard, just never could wrap my head around it.
I am taking notes about different cooking methods.
I cannot let this pass, It was just 'GREEK' to you?
George
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it could masquerade as a shoe horn at halloween
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started when I was 12, at 26 had spot on lung that was bleeding, had this fixed, doctor said was not cancerous, but I was convinced what was coming next, 40 years later and here I am, dodging coal smoke for the past 8 years.
hope ya'll that have quit also remain in that condition.
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have you tried a spring fuller or a guillotine type fuller?
been meaning to try this myself, will see what I can do and post.
George
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I have been burning anthracite from Old Town, got for about $16/50#, burns hot, have to start with a good wood fire and use air constantly. this first bunch produces a lot of clinker and would choke off the air supply, I learned that after about two hours to stir the fire up, get the clinker 'unstuck' from itself and let the fire regenerate.
Recently have been practicing forge welding in this anthracite fire, if i pay attention to my heat and keep the slag/clinker off the material, my welds will come out, some are less ugly than others
Recently I have been using a different brand, Kimble, from Tractor Supply, this seems to have less clinker and costs $6/40# ($15/100) so far this is a win/win.
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Shamus,
not to worry, my 1st attempt at knife making was realllllllllllllly eye opening about keeping the face of my anvil cleaner. I even left some grind marks, I guess I was blinded by the glaring embedded scale impressions, who knows, my story, might stick to it or not.
Learning can be painful and pleasurable at the same time.
George
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redd1981,
Thanks for the nice words.
George
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the pipe cross was time consuming because I had to figure out how to get the seam aligned, I didn't do too well but I was in a hurry as usual.
the trick is to heat and twist the arms until the seams line up, BE PATIENT!!!!!!!!!!, I was not patient so the result is less than stellar.
The 1/4" sq stock is tough because of the size and the BURN IT UP factor.
George
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here is an excerpt from the Florida Artist Blacksmith Association, April 2009 news letter, THE CLINKER BREAKER,Shop Hints Hand CleanersButch Patterson(Starke, FL) writes:This a good blacksmihing tip that I discovered:I have noticed that many blacksmiths buy expensive soaps to use for removing coal dust from their hands, arms, and the rest of their bodies (let's not go there). Well, I have a simple and cheap solution to the problem.In the 80's I lived in West Virginia and sold truck scales to coal mines and processing plants. Often I would see cases of dish detergent in the storerooms. Eventually my curiosity got the best of me so I asked why they washed so many dishes. Well as you may have guessed by now, the coal miners showered and washed their hands with it every day. One miner told me "Joy is the only stuff that will clean the coal out of your pores".So, forget expensive soaps and buy regular (not concentrated) Joy. Not just any dish detergent though, Joy has something in it that releases the coal dust.George
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Most everything we dig out of the ground around here is either flint or limestone (or oil <_<) - some areas have more of those materials laying on the surface than usable soil for agriculture. Must have been decent material for the ancient Amerindians as the stuff is everywhere. Walk over any plowed pasture after a rain and you are liable to find some type of flint tool or point.
Re the OP question; some flints are much better at throwing sparks than others. I have found some pieces that almost look like a grinding wheel spark spray when you hit them on a steel - others might throw one or two sparks over several strikes.
I have a crushed limestone drive and as I walk it daily, especially after a rain, I am always finding "flinty" looking rock pieces, I have been carrying a steel striker with me to test, and I keep what sparks decently, no need to 'explore', just walk the side of a road somewhere crushed lime stone is used as base material, at least in Texas.
George
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I'll second L. Smith's desire for TIME. Time to forge, time to practice, time to take a class or go to a demo.
I'm told that acres of time show up as the nest empties, here's hoping.
Don't believe them, the vacuum is automatically filled.
George
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Adam, of Adam and Eve, had a 3rd cousin, twice removed that was a blacksmith, his name was "MURPHY" of Murphy's Law.
If it can, It will, usually in multiples, at the most inopportune moment.
ggraham
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I like contraptions as much as the next guy, but I think I'll pass.
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Everytime I visit this site, I learn something new or how little I know.
I just thought my choices were rust, paint, acidize and linseed oil.
Thanks for the info on Guilders Paste.
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Maybe it didn't, but yes, it does have a slotted hole on one side. It's just like a TV tray.
Thanks, nice clean lines and simple.
I like it.
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Brian,
looks like it might fold up for storage and transportation.
If it does, how did you accomplish this, a slotted hole on one side?
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A few hammers...
There are at least 100 there. I know I already have far too many hammers for a beginner - but could you turn down this many for
home made vise stand
in Vises
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finally regained focus, as noted above, works and have not needed to change, so for now, that's all folks.